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Adam Nesenoff (Boca Raton, FL) and Chana Engel (Melbourne, Australia)
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Small-Time Airbnb Hosts Call New York Law ‘Unfair’
A new New York law that carries fines of up to $7,500 for certain kinds of short-term listings is causing headaches for many Airbnb hosts, who say they are getting unfairly swept up in a measure that’s more aimed at commercial operators who turn multiple apartments into illegal hotels.
Israeli Science Minister Visits Moscow’s Jewish Community
Israeli minister of science, technology and space, Mr. Ofir Akunis met with Russian chief rabbi Berel Lazar on Thursday and learned about the country’s Jewish history and its current progress in Jewish education and social support. As part of the meeting, Akunis visited Moscow’s Jewish community center, a charity center for the elderly and the Jewish museum.
NYPD Says Crime Rate on Track for Historic Low
According to preliminary data published Tuesday by the New York Police Department, crime in the Big Apple continued to drop again this year, with October being the safest month in the city since CompStat records began to be recorded.
Graphic Shows Impact of Chabad on Campus in UK
A cutting-edge graphic was created that depicts the broad impact Chabad on Campus had on Jewish students and faculty members over the course of Tishrei in the United Kingdom.
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Zalmy (ben R’ Yankel) Goldberg (Crown Heights) and Chaya (bas R’ Shimon) Mochkin (Crown Heights)
Info to Be Menachem Avel Goldman Family
The Goldman family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Shimon Goldman, OBM, at 1582 Carroll Street [between Troy and Schenectady Aves.] until Monday morning. Shacharis – 7:00 and 8:30. Mincha – 4:15 and 5:30. Maariv – […]
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Jewish Life Gets a Jump in Mobile
Though Jews have lived in the port city of Mobile since before the Civil War, it was only two years ago that the third most populous city in Alabama was added to the map of Chabad-Lubavitch outposts worldwide. And just last month, right before the start of the High Holidays, the community celebrated the grand opening of the Olender Chabad House, co-directed by Rabbi Yosef and Bina Goldwasser.
Video: Jewish Children Attacked with Fireworks
In a shocking attack caught on video, a group of thugs aimed dangerous fireworks at a group of innocent Jewish children passing by in Stamford Hill, London, injuring one of them.
New Cycle of Rambam Begun by Grieving Father
Thousands of members of the Chabad community in Paris gathered last night for the annual Siyum HaRambam, marking the completion of the Rambam’s famed work and the beginning of the new cycle for the coming year.
Photos of Shanghai Students Discovered
When the Hamodia Newspaper landed in the homes of thousands of families last week, Lubavitchers were surprised to see ten photos of Chabad Tmimim in Shanghai, China. Making its way through social media since, the photos have brought shivers down the spines of many whose loved ones were photographed in the refuge city during WWII.
Video: Shliach Interviews Marco Rubio
Florida Shliach Rabbi Pinchas Taylor spoke with Senator Marco Rubio about faith, values, and the security of the people in Israel.
Picture of the Day: Trick or Treat? How About a Bar Mitzvah!
What happens when you go Trick-or-Treating at the home of a Chabad Rabbi? This Halloween reveler in West Bloomfield, Michigan, ended up getting a Bar Mitzvah and wore Tefillin for the first time!
Video: Who Should Jews Vote For?
Hillary? Trump? Neither? Rabbi Yosef Y. Jacobson delivers a unique Jewish take on the elections, the candidates, and what we can and cannot expect, based on 2000 years of Jewish experience in the Diaspora.
Kinus Banquet Keynote Speaker: Rabbi Dovid Hazdan
The Kinus Vaad is pleased to announce that Rabbi Dovid Hazdan, fellow Shliach in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been selected to deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Kinus Hashluchim Gala Banquet 5777/2016.
Thousands of Beis Rivkah Students Join Levaya
Thousands of Beis Rivkah students and members of the community partook in the Levaya of Rabbi Shimon Goldman, OBM, a longtime member of the board of Crown Heights’s largest girls’ school and one of the administrators of a vital Gmilas Chesed, who passed away yesterday.
