NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio responds to a reporters question on the remarks made by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. He calls her remarks anti-Semitic, and calls the remarks out as being inappropriate.
In preparation for Purim, in the month of Adar Beis, we share a letter of the Rebbe about the significance of Shalach Monos and how it comes to rectify the transgression, by some, in the days of Achashverosh. The circumstances of the day brought about a misconception by some Jews that it is the beginning of a new “era” of complete assimilation.
The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved by an overwhelming majority a measure broadly condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred. The measure condemning “anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry” was passed by a vote of 407-23, with 23 Republicans opting to vote against the resolution.
After the success of the Mivtzah “Halikut” by the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim Haolomi, a Mivtzah was started at the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, to learn and become bahavent in a chelek of Lekutei Sichos by heart.
The world of kosher supervision is vast and complex. Hundreds of supervising agencies, thousands of products and millions of ingredients … How does kosher supervision work, and what does an educated, 21st-century kosher consumer need to know?
Rabbi Daniel Eliezer Meijers (1939 – 2015), a former professor at the Vrije University in Amsterdam, was interviewed in his home in Jerusalem in August of 2011. The Rebbe’s letter answering his many questions in Hebrew is reprinted in Likutei Sichot vol. 6, p. 316.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Zalman Baras, a Mashpia at Yeshiva Lubavitch in Cincinnati. He passed away on Thursday, 30 Adar I, 5779 following an extended illness. He was 38 years old. Updated with Levaya information.
An anti-Semitic symbol of hate with the word death was discovered drawn on a City-bike console in Miami Beach Thursday morning. The Miami Beach Police are investigating.
Good morning is not just a phrase, it has the power to connect with other human beings. Watch as Rabbi Nosson Neuman of Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam tells a story on the power of a “Good Morning.”
A rare letter written by the Frierdiker Lubavitcher Rebbe (Rayatz), Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Shneersohn of Lubavitz is being auctioned off by a Jerusalem Auction house.
IDF troops, along with Border Police and the Civil Administration, demolished the residence of Assem Barghouti in the village of Kobar, north of Ramallah Thursday morning.
Today, the New York Police Department announced that all uniform patrol officers in New York City – including Police Officers, Sergeants and Lieutenants assigned to every precinct, Transit District and Police Service Area – are now equipped with body-worn cameras.
Despite a cold and snowy evening outside, the N’Shei Chabad Mivtzoim Auction was a resounding success. A list of winners from the auction has been announced by the N`shei Ubnos Chabad Mivtzoim committee.
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