Multiple car break-ins were reported in Crown Heights this week, all within the same area as we have seen for months. In all cases, the thief gained access by smashing the side windows of the vehicles, before rummaging through the cars and leaving them a mess.
Rabbi Moshe and Devorah Wolff have been appointed to establish a new Chabad center to service the cities of Burien, Federal Way, and the surrounding Seattle suburbs.
Jonathan Pollard landed in Israel on Tuesday night, the Israel Hayom newspaper reported. Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevitch welcomed Pollard to Israel.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New Yorkers can begin using sick leave benefits under the state’s nation-leading paid sick leave law starting January 1, 2021.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced updated quarantine guidelines for New York which are consistent with the latest Centers for Disease Control guidance. Under the new guidelines, individuals exposed to COVID-19 can end their quarantine after 10 days without a testing requirement as long as no symptoms have been reported during the quarantine period.
Following true Arabic Abrahamic tradition, King Mohammed VI of Morocco extended the royal treatment, literally, to the delegation of American and Israeli dignitaries who visited the palace in the capital of Rabat for an overnight stay last week. Wishing to give his guests the full Moroccan experience, the king insisted that the kosher meals served be prepared by the palace chefs.
Breakthroughs in stem cell research have caused much excitement about the vast potential of using embryonic stem cells to cure various diseases. But what are the moral implications of destroying these embryos in the process? What is the Jewish view? Should an embryo in a Petri dish be considered a life?
A Jewish man was stabbed Thursday morning in what is being portrayed as an unprovoked attack. According to The Lakewood Scoop, the woman is known to the Police, and was taken into custody.
Thirty Eight year veteran of the U.S. Army, Chaplain Colonel Jacob Z. Goldstein gives a rare look at his service in the army with the Jewish Learning Institute.
Writing by hand, on stationery bearing the seal of the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recalled her childhood as a young Jewish girl in Flatbush, Brooklyn. She made many such notes to Chabad Shliach Rabbi Gurary.
Originally recorded by Benny Friedman on his album Kulanu Nelech, this gorgeous song was covered by the A-Team Orchestra Featuring Moshe Tischler and The Shira Choir. The song has been touted as a perfect choice for a Chosson as he walks down the chuppah about to begin a new chapter in his life.
A bochur is in critical condition Tuesday after being struck by a drunk driver while rollerblading in Boro Park. EMS rushed the bochur to Maimonidies Medical Center with head injuries where he is reported to be in critical condition. Updated with name for Tehillim
Earlier this month, the Jewish community in Forsyth County, Georgia, laid the cornerstone for the first Jewish establishment in an area where it once would have been inconceivable.
The House of Representatives voted Monday to give most Americans $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks, but the bill may still die in the Senate.
Two trees that have stood behind 770 – flanking the Tashlich pond for many years – were cut down Monday, after this past weeks storm destabilized them and set them leaning dangerously.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals just issued a ruling declaring that Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order restricting attendance at houses of worship “discriminates against religion on its face.”
On the first night of Chanukah, Friendship Circle of Brooklyn gathered at the parking lot at Beis Rivkah’s Crown St location for an epic outdoor Chanukah party, and hundreds of toys.
