Since Levi Heintz’s tragic passing, friends and family have worked to keep his memory alive and allow his legacy to flourish by establishing the Levi Yitzchak Mentorship Fund for Young Adults, to be facilitated with the combined expertise of Aliyah Institute and Neshamos.
He was a familiar sight in Jerusalem, humbly making his way to one yeshivah or another, ready to deliver a class on whatever area of Torah he was asked. Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, who passed away on Aug. 20 at the age of 89, was a Torah scholar of the highest caliber, whose devotion to Torah transcended communal boundaries and political affiliation, teaching in institutions whose affiliation ran the gamut from Chassidic to Religious Zionist.
As Yom Kippur approaches, the NCFJE has announced some changes to Kaporos procedures to address COVID-19 concerns. To give participants as much space as possible, the organization has instituted some changes.
New York Attorney General Letitia James released a statement on the death of Rabbi Avraham Lider OBM, who passed away over Rosh Hashanah.
The New York Department of Motor Vehicles is launching a pilot program to offer an online version of the written learner’s permit tests for cars and motorcycles. It is also piloting a program allowing customers in several locations to register their vehicles online.
The Jewish community of Moscow celebrated Rosh Hashanah with precautions due to COVID-19, including “pods” and outdoor Shofar Blowings.
Watch the Levaya of Rabbi Avraham Lieder Live starting at 1:00pm at the Shomrai Hadas Chapel in Boro Park. Follow it’s progress with live updates.
New York City was among three cities labeled “anarchist jurisdictions” by the Justice Department on Sunday and targeted to lose federal money for failing to control protesters and defunding cops.
Levi and Sonya (nee Chefer) Goodman (Kfar Chabad, Israel)
A tragedy has struck Monsey Motzei Rosh Hashanah with the passing of two Yungerman from the Monsey community in a late night crash.
A Manhattan subway train derailed Sunday morning after a maniacal, laughing vandal tossed metal clamps onto the tracks.
After 6 months of fear, pain, and the unknown, the children of Rabbi Yudi Dukes were finally allowed into the hospital to see their father, feel his embrace, and to receive a personal blessing for Rosh Hashana from him in person. No words can describe the emotions that took place today. – Sarah Dukes
Poland has moved a step closer to terminating its $1.8 billion industry of kosher and halal meat for export — one day after a parliamentary committee had removed language about a ban in an animal rights bill.
Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with the Prime Minister of Honduras Juan Orlando tonight (Sunday) and discussed the moving of the Honduras embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Continuing with our Highlights from 770 series, we present this special footage from the night following Rosh Hashana in 1989 and the fast of Gedaliah.
With great sadness we report the sudden passing of Rabbi Avraham Lieder OBM, the founder of the Ahavas Chesed organization and Jewish Chaplain at Kings County Hospital. He passed away on the first night of Rosh Hashana, 5781. Updated with Levaya times.
Jewish US Supreme Court Judge Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday night, the first night of Rosh Hashanah at her home in Washington DC. She was 87 years old.
