The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food stamp assistance available to needy families—the largest single increase in the program’s history.
Tropical Storm Fred was expected to gain strength from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday before slamming into the Florida Panhandle later Monday.
MyShliach concludes their second consecutive successful year of virtual summer camp, and hundreds of Yaldei Hashluchim “return home” with smiles (and prizes!)
The topics in this week’s 367th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Is There a Reason That Only a Man Can Initiate a Legal Divorce by Writing and Delivering a Get? Is Elul a Serious Time or a Time of Joy? How Should We Deal With Adversity? Is G-d “Violating” the Prohibition of Withholding Payment to a Worker by Not Bringing Moshiach After All Our Work in Golus? How Would You Sum Up Moshe’s Last Instructions and Can We Compare That to the Rebbe’s Last Instructions? Is It Possible That Moshiach Won’t Come In This Generation? What Will It Take To Have G-d Answer Our Prayers to Prevent Tragedies?
An NYPD vehicle driving on Eastern Parkway was involved in a collision with another vehicle Friday afternoon, shutting down the Parkway for a period.
A huge fire has broken out in a forest near the town of Beit Meir, not far from Jerusalem. Fire fighters from across the country as well as the Home Front Command have been deployed in an effort to bring it under control.
Marking the first Yartzeit of Levi Heintz OBM, the community is invited to join in a siyum Sefer Torah written in his memory. The Siyum will take place on Sunday, the 7th of Elul, August 15th, 4:00pm at Kingston Pizza 395 Kingston Ave.
Taliban fighters entered Kabul on Sunday and sought the surrender of the central government, officials said, as both Afghans and foreign nationals attempted to flee the country, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.
Chabad singer Nemouel has released the song “Heviani HaMelech” with a lyrics video.
Two Staten Island homes have been served an eviction notices by the FDNY over construction and safety violations at two adjacent homes used as what appears to be a boarding school.
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued an alert to New Yorkers, warning them about the “Boss Scam,” a common text and email scam in which fraudsters pose as a consumer’s employer and request gift cards due to a purported work emergency.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Tzvi Zev (Hershel) Hakohen Lan OBM, a long time resident of Crown Heights. He passed away on shabbos the 6th of Elul, 5781.
