A pre-Election Day mystery has popped up in Rockland County with signs that have potentially anti-Semitic overtones linking two candidates running for different offices, while casting aspersions on the Chasidic community.
Mispallelim at a Sephardic Shul in Flatbush were shocked to find that multiple Sifrei Torah had been robbed overnight on Simchas Torah. The primary suspect appears to be a Chasidic Jewish man.
Brooklyn Community Board 9, which represents the Jewish half of Crown Heights along with Lefferts-Gardens, scheduled a vote on a controversial zoning issue which directly affects the Jewish community on the holiday of Simchas Torah, effectively preventing the Jewish community’s participation in the deliberation and vote. One non-Jewish member of the board bravely spoke out against this outrage, and thankfully she was able to prevent the vote from taking place.
The Los Angeles Jewish community showed up en masse for the annual Simchas Bais Hashoeva in the streets of Hollywood.
It was in the final moments of Hoshana Rabah as Sruly Danzinger, a student of Lubavitch Educational Center (LEC) of Miami, was on Mivtzoim trying to get as many Jews to to perform the Mitzvah of Lulav, when a special encounter occurred.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sara Esther Feigelstock OBM, a beloved teacher and a Shlucha in Montreal, Canada since 1945. She passed away on Simchas Torah at the age of 85.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Morty Mayberg OBM, one of the pioneers who assisted in establishing a Chabad presence in South Florida. He passed away on Hoshana Rabba at the age of 89.
Hoshana Raba was marked on Sunday in Moscow’s Marina Roscha Chabad Synagogue, under the leadership of Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bereishis. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why Did G-d Create a Materialistic World?
A man is fighting for his life after he was shot twice on President Street, as hundreds of local residents were returning home from synagogues following the holiday of Sukkot and Simchas Torah.
Marking the final night of Simchas Beis Hashoeva in Crown Heights, thousands danced joyously until the music stopped after midnight. The throngs of Chasidim then made their way up Kingston Avenue to 770, where Tehillim and Chumash Devarim were recited until dawn.
Brooklyn College, Northwestern University and many schools in the University of California system are hotbeds of antisemitism and anti-Zionism, according to a new report conducted at Brandeis.
Rabbi Yirmi Cohen and his children visited his friend, MPP (Member Provincial Parliament) Mr. Monte Kwinter, who is the oldest serving MPP in Canada, and helped him perform the Mitzvah of Shaking the Lulav and Esrog.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, October 24, for Shemini Atzeres and Tuesday, October 25, for Simchas Torah. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of R’ Mendel Brikman OBM, a resident of Crown Heights and local business owner. He was 43 years old. Levaya will take place today, Sunday.
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