Crown Heights Shomrim has released an Alert notifying the community of a series of incidents that have taken place near the Schenectady/Eastern Parkway subway station, and are asking people to be vigilant.
Terrible news has surfaced Thursday night with reports from the FAA that a small plane that took off from JFK crashed near Westchester Airport. Two Jewish men were allegedly on board.
The Kharkov Jewish community had a lot to celebrate this past week as four members of their community, including a 6-month-old, a 4-year-old, a 9-year-old and a man in his 50s received a brit milah.
In his letter, the Rebbe addresses the age-old question of why it is that the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. Tragedies which our people have endured over the centuries of our history – have not deterred us from fulfilling our mission.
If you’ve ever walked past the warm and brightly lit waiting room of Kamin Urgent Care while walking or driving late at night near Lefferts and Kingston, and noticed the comfortable chairs and large screen playing kosher entertainment and thought “Hmm, that place seems nice” before moving on, today I’d like to invite you to take a second look.
Rabbi Sholom & Dinie Ciment established Chabad in this central Palm Beach County region over 28 years ago. They arrived to a spiritually desolate region with nothing in terms of Jewish infrastructure existing. Now, this Sunday, the Siyum on Sefer Taharah also saw hundreds gathered to dedicate Chabad’s newly remodeled Mei Menachem Young Family Mikvah of Greater Boynton, Florida.
Oholei Torah launches an auction emphasizing the vital importance of a timeless חסידישע חינוך.
A few weeks ago moments before Shabbos a simple sign was hung on the bulletin board of Yeshiva Bais Shalom Postville “Rabbi Karp will be Farbenging after the Seudah in the dining hall”. That Farbrengen led to a debate on the question, “Does the world really exist?”
A fine bronze coin, dating from the second year of the Bar Kochba Revolt (133 CE), was discovered in the Israel Antiquities Authority archaeological excavations carried out with the help of volunteers in four caves in the Nahal Darga Nature Reserve.
Those who had unlimited data plans with AT&T between 2011-2015 may be eligible to claim a refund stemming from the FTC’s lawsuit against the company for misleading consumers about its unlimited data plans.
On Tuesday the 24th of Tevet, a Farbrengen was held in the city of Be’er Sheva, celebrating the Hiloula of the Alter Rebbe, the founder of Chabad Chasidus, in the magnificent ‘Shabazi’ halls.
Since this is NYS Land which does not require a community board vote, the current situation on Clarkson Ave will happen again and again, first on Albany and then steadily east until Utica Ave, unless we do something about it.
Watch this weeks Shazak Parsha Production, with its spellbinding audiovisual storytelling of the parsha and Shazak style animations.
A native of Jerusalem, Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Cohen is a veteran communal activist, with close ties to many Chasidic Rebbes and prominent Torah sages in Israel. He was interviewed in his home, in 2012.
