“Do you want your child to love being Jewish?” The postcard arrived at the right moment for the Mazers. Recently settled in Chandler, Arizona (Jewish pop. 4,000), the couple was looking for a Jewish education for their five-year-old. Rabbi Mendy and Shternie Deitsch, also new arrivals, sent the mailing in search of students for their new hebrew school. It was 1997.
A former addict who now counsels members of the Orthodox-Jewish community who struggle with substance addiction wrote the following op-ed, in which he decries the fear of stigma that prevents many addicts and their families from seeking help when it is most needed.
With a few simple and sincere kind words you can leave an indelible impression on someone else. Watch how little it takes to make a big difference in someone’s life.
Writing for media platform Medium, Crown Heights comedian Moshe Kravitsky shares his thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
With sadness we inform you of the passing Friday night of Mr. Yosef Tzvi (Joel) Greene, OBM, of Boca Raton, Florida, a beloved askan and businessman. He was 77 years old.
Amid overcast skies and the cold biting winds of a winter sandstorm, 1,500 mourners joined Natan Meir and his six children at the Har Hamenuchot cemetery, as Dafna Meir, 39, was laid to rest a day after being murdered by a terrorist at her home in the town of Otniel.
Five of the seven winners of yesterday’s elections for the Vaad of Kfar Chabad, a committee created at the behest of the Frierdiker Rebbe and tasked with overseeing all mundane issues of the village, pose for a photo following the ballot counting.
In the second horrific attack in the past 24 hours, an expecting 30-year-old mother is fighting for her life after she was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist who infiltrated the settlement of Tekoa in the West Bank.
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