Rabbi Paltiel’s “Inside Chassidus” Launches App
Inside Chassidus, with the popular shiurim and lectures of Rabbi Paltiel, has launched a mobile app to make Chassidus more easily accessible.
Daily Archives: February 26, 2020
Plastic Bag Ban To Go In Effect In The Beginning Of March
New York States plastic bag ban, signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, is set to go into effect March 1st of this year, and will definitely affect peoples daily lives.
Got Tickets? You Might Lose Your Car
A new law was signed by New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio Wednesday, that allows the city to impound the vehicle of people who get a large amount of traffic camera tickets. The law will take effect on February 26th, 2021.
Shmuel Isaac and Miriam Popack receive a dollar and blessing from the Rebbe.
Life and Legacy: Miriam Popack, 95, Pioneer of Jewish Women’s Programing
Miriam Popack, an educator, a warm advocate for Torah Judaism and a force behind the annual midwinter convention of the Lubavitch Women’s Organization (N’shei uBnos Chabad) since the gathering’s inception in 1962, passed away on Friday, the 5th of Shvat, 5780. She was 95.
Appeals Court Rules Trump Administration Can Block Grants to Sanctuary Cities
The Trump administration can block federal grant money from New York City and several states that do not give US Immigration & Customs Enforcement access to jails, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Rudy Vogel, left, with Rabbi Chaim Kosofsky, center and fellow students who completed the study of Apples from the Orchard—a tome of 1,117 pages of “Gleanings from the Mystical Teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (the Arizal) on the Weekly Torah Portion.”
A Journey in Mystical Study From a DP Camp to Longmeadow, Mass.
by Aharon Loschak – chabad.org As World War II drew to a close, Margarete Miller found herself lost and disoriented in a displaced persons (DP) camp somewhere in Europe, her home town of Bremen, Germany, flattened by Allied carpet bombing. […]
The NYPD's 71st Precinct
NYPD Searches For Perpetrator of Car Break-Ins in Crown Heights
A slew of car break-ins in Crown Heights has prompted the NYPD’s 71st Precinct to ask the community for help in catching the man behind them.
JEM: The Rebbe’s Coach
This week, the focus of the 70 years projects was not on a major new initiative launched by the Rebbe, nor on a famous event or person. The hero this time is Abe Sacks, a formerly unaffiliated Jew who coached a local high school basketball team.
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