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.
Another positive change in the State handling of the COVID-19 pandemic came in the announcement of a two week pilot program allowing family members to visit loved ones while they remain in certain hospitals, including Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn and NYU Langone Hospital in Manhattan.
Chabad centers around the world—particularly those that primarily serve the most vulnerable populations—have had to adapt to serve their communities during the coronavirus pandemic, and Chabad Lifeline, which is located on the grounds of Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, has been an exemplar of such proactive flexibility.
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed an executive order prohibiting resident camps (sleep away camps) for this summer. The order signed last night effectively closes Camp Chomeish, the one Lubavitch overnight camp that had announced its plans to open.
Yudi contracted Coronavirus on March 22. After a week bedridden at home, when he could barely talk, he was hospitalized. His condition continued to deteriorate. After his lungs collapsed, he was placed on an ECMO machine to provide respiratory support. Now, people are doing Mitzvahs and praying for him.
In a blunt letter accusing the World Health Organization of caving to Chinese pressure and withholding important information, US President Donald Trump threatens to withhold funding of the World Health Organization permanently, and possibly withdraw the US completely.
A large menorah was knocked down in front of the Chabad center at Elon University in North Carolina last week. Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
US and foreign government officials say that an attack last week on an Iranian port facility appears to have originated with Israel. The attack left the port in ” total disarray,” snarling up traffic for days.
The Bais Din of Crown Heights has published a letter clarifying it’s position on the hopeful “reopening” of the Crown Heights Jewish community. In the letter, the Rabbonim listed five points, firstly that all restrictions from legal and medical professionals must be adhered to.
Being forced to cancel Crown Heights Bikur Cholim’s annual fundraising event, we turn to you to help us continue our commitment to this community. We hope and pray that Bikur Cholim will always be here until the time be”H when these efforts will no longer be needed. Please buy a raffle ticket(s) and help us continue our vital work.
Rabbi Levi Goldstein has seen miracles, and Boruch Hashem, is now off a ventilator and singing again. He thanked hashem for his personal miracle through a lively song of thanks.
US President Donald Trump on Monday revealed he’s taking hydroxychloroquine, the drug that he’s championed as a potential treatment for coronavirus, for about a week-and-a-half.
Mikvah in Difficult times: Stories of Today and Yesteryear to Inspire the Soul will air this Wednesday, 8:00pm at mikvah.org/live.
Distinguished Crown Heights Rabbi, Gedale Korf, a’h, was taken by Covid-19 on 5 Nissan, 5780. Before he left this world he related that he feels guilty because of a message that The Rebbe had personally entrusted in him in a surprise 1950 Yechidus.
Mrs. Thelma Levy, a feisty and spirited woman known for her wit and her steadfast commitment to her religion and connection with the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—as well as the stalwart force behind her husband, Rabbi Berel Levy, who grew OK Kosher Supervision into an internationally leader in the kosher industry, passed away on March 18. She was 95 years old.
Following multiple tips from local residents, the NYPD busted an Orthodox Jewish school operating in Williamsburg, against city and state laws. The police closed down the illicit school, telling the adults there to send the children home.
As the summer is fast approaching, New York State Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein says it is time to have an honest and candid discussion about opening sleepaway summer camps.
