Two Chassidic Jewish men were brutally beaten in an assault in Newark NJ Thursday. The two men were a father and son business duo, and the motive for the assault is under investigation.
Japan’s famed cherry trees are in full blossom, tourists are streaming in by the trainload with ooh’s and aah’s over Kyoto’s traditional architecture and serene rock gardens, and the (often kosher) sake is as delightful as ever. Just before Passover, it’s the perfect time for Rabbi Dovid and Chaya Mushka Posner, and their infant son Menachem Mendel, to found the city’s first permanent Chabad House.
The Measles epidemic which has plagued the Willimsburg and Rockland County Jewish communities has reportedly hit Crown Heights, with the first confirmed case having having been confirmed by the Department of Health. Doctors and physicians are urging residents to get their titres checked even if they have previously been vaccinated. Anyone who has not received their vaccinations are urged to get them immediately.
Next week Monday, the 25th of Adar II, marks the birthday of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson in 1901. In 2008, JEM produced a short video on the life and times of the Rebbetzin, and the film’s reception was tremendous. Now, to ever-broaden the the impact, that video has been translated into 7 languages.
The Icelandic low-cost carrier WOW Air announced on Thursday that it is ceasing all operations and all its flights have been canceled. The thousands of passengers that found themselves stranded were advised to find flights on other airlines.
A tweet by Mieke Zagt, a supporter of boycotting Israel, has sparked a Wine craze that nearly sold out all Efrat Wines at the Hema Store chain, reported the Jerusalem Post.
The Syrian military released a statement Wednesday saying that Israel launched raids on an industrial zone in the northern city of Aleppo, causing damage only to materials, while opposition sources said the strikes hit Iranian ammunitions stores and a military airport used by Irans Military forces.
For the first time, a Purim Party was celebrated for the soldiers and employees of Aberdeen Proving Ground a US Army facility located in Maryland, thanks to the efforts of Maryland Shliach Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum and the Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland-Chabad (JUSA).
Since 1977, Rabbi Chaim Moshe Bergstein has served as the director of Chabad of Farmington Hills, Michigan. He was interviewed in July of 2018.
Israeli cave explorers said Thursday that a salt cave with striking stalactites near the Dead Sea is the world’s longest, beating the record-holder in Iran. The cave named Malham, stretching over 10 kilometers (6.25 miles), runs through Mount Sodom, Israel’s largest mountain, and spills out to the southwest corner of the adjacent Dead Sea.
A fierce Twitter battle is in full swing now following a tweet from NYC Councilman Kalman Yeger, who was responding to a tweet by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
The wedding of Sruly Shemtov of Crown Heights and Chavie Kahanov of Jacksonville, FL happened Tuesday night at the Oholei Torah Ballroom.
A French pilot hailed for bravery during the hijacking drama targeting Jews on an Air France flight in 1976 has died aged 95, his son told AFP on Wednesday.
Following the successful sale of the chametz of Manhattan Beer Distributors last year, Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld made arrangements again for this year. The sale was a resounding success, with Poskim and Rabbonim backing the sale as being according to all Halachic opinions.
One of the men who was involved in the killing of Landowner Menachem Stark was sentenced to only 2 and 1/12 to 7 years in prison for his crime. The reasons given were his relative youth, his secondary place in the crime, and no other crimes on record.
Watch a live performance of “Akiva Nichamtanu” by Baruch Levine performed at the “Many Voices, one Song” Gindi Maimonides Academy concert on Feb 18th 2019, in Los Angeles California.
This past shabbos, Rafi Eitan passed away at age 92. Rafi was a legendary Mossad Spy who led the capture of Adolf Eichmann, was adviser to Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and served as a member on the Israeli Knesset. He visited New York and had an audience with the Rebbe in 1977.
