New York Bans Smoke Detectors with Removable Batteries
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law Monday which will require that all new smoke detectors sold in the state contain 10-year, non-removable batteries.
Daily Archives: December 29, 2015
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Here, at a secret farbrengen in Moscow circa 1983, Reb Getche Vilensky can be seen fourth to left, clutching his long white beard.
L’Chaim on a Moscow Train Platform: 25th Year Since the Fall of the USSR
Three young Jewish men approached Reb Getche Vilensky’s Moscow apartment, hoping to join him that evening in celebrating the Chassidic holiday of 19 Kislev. It was the late 1950s; times were dangerous. In the building’s dark entryway lurked a Soviet policeman, waiting for them.
The NYPD is once again combing the streets of Brooklyn for clues after a 17 year old Flatbush Orthodox Jewish teen was assaulted last night on his way home from yeshiva.
2nd Attack in Flatbush: Bochur Punched in Head
The NYPD is once again combing the streets of Brooklyn for clues after a 17 year old Flatbush Orthodox Jewish teen was assaulted last night on his way home from yeshiva.
Ambit to Refund Nearly $1 Million to New Yorkers
One of the state’s largest independent suppliers of electricity and gas for residential customers has agreed to refund nearly $1 million to resolve complaints about its billing practices.
Monsey Mesivta Welcomes New Sefer Torah
Mesivta Lev Tmimim Lubavitch of Monsey celebrated the Simcha of their new Sefer Torah Sunday. The ceremony was the culmination of the Avos Ubonim Shabbaton, at which almost all fathers of the boys in the Yeshiva – all of whom are out-of-towners – came to spend 48 hours of learning, Davening, Farbrenging, and inspiration with their sons.
London experienced a massive surge in anti-Semitism in 2015, with anti-Semitic incidents up more than 60 percent over the previous year.
Anti-Semitic Incidents in London Soar in 2015
London experienced a massive surge in anti-Semitism in 2015, with anti-Semitic incidents up more than 60 percent over the previous year.
File photo: Palestinian demonstration
Poll: 67% Palestinians Support Stabbing Jews
A new poll has shown that a “growing majority” – now 67% of Palestinian Arabs – support the recent scourge of terrorist knife attacks, car rammings and murders of Israeli Jews, while only and 31% oppose it.
Video: When Someone Else Is in Trouble
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shemos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What should your attitude be when someone else is in trouble?
New Song Memorializes Paris Terror Victims
Coming up on the anniversary of the massacre at Paris’s ‘Hyper Cacher’ supermarket, Yochai Kfir and Yehuda Kalman present “Habayta,” performed by some of the top artists of Jewish Music: Avremi Roth, Avi Miller, David Solomon, Yossi Berger, Yitzchak Meir, Ishay Lapidot and The Moetzet, Ishay Ribo, Meir Green, Tzvi Weiss, Udi Ullmann and The Cantors Forum.
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