In 2011, Rabbi Naftali and Sari Rotensteich, directors of the Chabad Center for Jewish Discovery and Chabad of Gramercy Park, recruited a young couple, Rabbi Mendy and Gillie Shanowitz, with one mandate: New York Hebrew. It would become the Hebrew School that spawned a community.
A verdict by the Honorable Harriet L. Thompson confirmed exclusive rights to control and manage the synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York, to its rightful owners. In her decision, Judge Thompson cited the testimony of attorney Mr. Nochum Gordon. Watch an excerpt from that interview.
During his daily Coronavirus briefing Wednesday, New York State governor Andrew Cuomo announced that starting Thursday, religious gatherings of 10 people will be allowed state wide.
Please help the family of Mrs Raizel Zucker OBM, who passed away following a lengthy illness. Help her family through the financial hardships by donating to the Zucker Family Fund.
Singer Avraham Fried, who starred in the wildly successful Hatzalah-Thon that netted over $15 Million for Hatzalah organizations worldwide, has a message for Klal Yisroel a week after the Hatzalah-Thon.
Following harsh criticism from the Jewish community in Ukraine, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov fired the senior police commander in the city of Kolomyya, who demanded a list of the city’s Jews.
Levy and Maryasha Djian (Crown Heights)
A bochur walking on Lefferts Ave near Kingston Ave Tuesday night was the victim of an attempted robbery by a group of teens hanging out on the block. The bochur immediately called Crown Heights Shomrim and 911. Job Final: One Under!
Last week, JEM released a fascinating new video highlighting the history of the Children’s Torah Scroll campaign. Now, in connection with the new video, a brand new gallery has been published for the first time – with over 450 photos.
Most of us are still home, aren’t we? So are the young women of Machon L’Yahadus. These young women from all over the world and at all points on their Jewish journey call Machon L’Yahadus home. Please join Machon L’Yahadus opening your hearts and donating generously to the # OpenDoorOpenHearts Campaign
Rabbi Yisroel Eidelman, a Rabbi in Deerfield Beach, Florida, speaks about his niece, Mrs Raizel Zucker OBM, who passed away following a lengthy illness. A fund has been established to help her family.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday evening held a consultation with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, National Security Council head Meir Ben Shabbat and other officials.
Israeli researchers on Tuesday unveiled mysterious underground rooms with an unknown function, carved out of the bedrock near where the Second Jewish Temple stood two millennia ago.
The Jerusalem-based Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies is getting set to launch a unique online summer learning program. This will enable men and women from all over the world to expand their Torah-learning skill set from the comfort of their homes.
The Canada-US border will remain closed for another 30 days, extending the measure until at least June 21 to stop the spread of coronavirus. That agreement was extended in April and was set to expire on May 21.
When her children’s school was closed in Peoria, Ill., in light of the coronavirus pandemic, Jenny Kravetz, like so many parents around the world, was plunged headfirst into the new world of online education. Thankfully, Chabad.org was there to fill in he gaps.
Renovation works at Auschwitz have turned up spoons, forks, cobbler’s tools and other objects hidden beneath a chimney flue — some that might have been used to plan escapes. The objects, which also include knives, hooks, scissors, pieces of leather and parts of shoes, were found last month in block 17 of the main camp.
