Another video of what is looking like a serial package thief has surfaced in Crown Heights. The thief, who uses the same tactic over and over, appears to scout out a home in Crown Heights. He doubles back and hops off his bike, lifting some unattended packages by a side door. He uses a black garbage bag to conceal the stolen goods, and pedaled off, completing the theft in under 30 seconds.
An American Airlines mechanic appeared in federal court Friday on a sabotage charge accusing him of disabling a navigation system on a flight with 150 people aboard before it was scheduled to take off from Miami International Airport earlier this summer.
With great sadness we report the passing of R’ Bentzion “Chuck” Novack OBM, a member of anash on the West Coast. He passed away on Friday, the 6th of Elul 5779, following a short illness.
The commissioner for the New York Taxi and Limo Commission has published a response to an anti-Semitic verbal attack that occurred in Crown Heights last week. The incident is under investigation.
Just as a new family of Shluchim settled into their home, they received the terrible news that their three year old daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. Join with Anash and Shluchim across the globe in helping raise money for the family.
Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz, Shliach to Temacula California, attended his sons Bar Mitzvah in Crown Heights Motzai Shabbos. The event took place at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, and attracted hundreds to the Simcha.
Hundreds of thousands of people are without power in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia after Dorian made landfall on Saturday. Many communities within the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) are currently affected by the outages, with Nova Scotia Power attributing the cause to high winds, rain and damaged power lines, according to Global News.
In the most recent Headlines Podcast, which discusses Halachic Debates of Current Events, the podcast spoke with six Shlchim from Six continents on The incredible impact and Mesiras Nefesh of Shiluchus.
A NYPD vehicle was involved in an accident Motzai Shabbos, which sent the police cruiser onto the sidewalk, hitting two Jewish girls. Five people were injured in the accident in total, Hatzalah and EMS transported the injured to the hospital.
Avi Berkowitz, who serves as White House adviser Jared Kushner’s assistant in the White House, will receive most of the responsibilities of outgoing US Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt.
The IDF on Saturday night began attacking targets in northern and central Gaza after a drone dropped explosives on an IDF vehicle. According to Arab media, Israel Air Force planes fired three missiles at a Hamas target in central Gaza.
GQ.com, a men’s fashion website, profiled Lubavitch bespoke tailor Rabbi Yosel Tiefenbrun. GQ.com is the second such website to profile the sought after tailor, with The New York Times profiling him in earlier this summer.
A 17-year-old Israeli and his 60-year-old father were lightly injured when a Palestinian teen approached them near the PA town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, asking if they were Jewish. After answering the affirmative, he stabbed them.
On Friday morning, Members of HEART Team 1 / Hatzalah Air/International / Hatzalah of Florida, departed Miami to the Bahamas to assist Chabad of Bahamas in search and rescue.
The Red Color siren was sounded on Friday night, shortly after 11:30 pm in the city of Sderot, in the community of Ibim and in Kibbutz Or HaNer in southern Israel. The IDF confirmed that sirens had been activated in the area and said it was investigating.
Since this week is the anniversary of the Rebbe Rashab’s wedding, I chose to post this chapter from my upcoming biography on him. It is being posted l’zecher nishmas Reb Tzvi ben Reb Volf, whose yahrzeit was this past Tuesday, Gimmel Elul.
As Hurricane Dorian was unleashing its unimaginable devastation on the Bahamas earlier this week, Rabbi Sholom and Sheera Bluming, co-directors of Chabad of the Bahamas, hunkered down in the capital city of Nassau, making phone calls to residents, galvanizing the community, coordinating with government aid officials and rallying volunteers during their country’s time of need.
