New Engagement!
Avremy Wolff (Morristown, NJ) and Devorah Leah (bas Moshe) Rubashkin (Crown Heights)
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Op-Ed: Shopping Bag Tax Hurts Real New Yorkers
The proposed five-cent tax on plastic shopping bags being considered by the NYC Council will hurt real New Yorkers, argues Councilman David Greenfield.
NATO Welcomes Israel After Turkey Removes Veto
After years of delays, Israel may open offices in its Brussels headquarters, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) advised Jerusalem on Tuesday, and may complete the process of credentials for its representatives, the Foreign Ministry stated.
Video: Helfgot Sings the National Anthem
World-renowned cantor Rabbi Yitzchok Meir Helfgot was recently naturalized as a U.S. citizen. To celebrate the occasion, he sang part of the American National Anthem right outside the courthouse on the streets of New York.
Twins! Boy and Girl!
Yossi and Brocha (nee Dalfin) Feiner (Hallandale, FL)
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Kosher Pop-Up Fills Void in Bowery
On a recent Tuesday night at the Chabad House Bowery on the Lower East Side, a crowd began to form. Tables covered in craft paper filled the room, tea lights flickering in mason jars. At a long table at one end, servers set up paper plates and jugs of ice tea — but no food. “Jazzie’s running late,” explained Matt Glick, the Chabad House chief of staff.
2 Hamas Terror Tunnels Discovered
Following extensive military operations in near the Gaza border, Israeli Defense Forces have discovered two subterranean terror tunnels spanning from Gaza into Israel. Israel revealed today that the successful operations were based on information gleaned from a captured Hamas terrorist.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Sarah Springer, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sarah Springer, OBM, who was one of the founding settlers in Kfar Chabad after its founding in 1949 along with her husband Reb Yankel Springer, OBM.
New Engagement!
Shalom Katz (Montreal, Canada) and Rivkah Muller (Columbia, SC)
200-Year-Old Budapest Synagogue Restored
The Jewish community of Hungary celebrated the restoration of the 200-year-old Great Synagogue in Budapest.
Baby Girl!
Shmary and Devorah Leah (nee Lerman) Gurary (Crown Heights)
Jewish Toddler Killed in Tragic Elevator Accident
A two-and-a-half-year-old Orthodox-Jewish toddler died this morning in a freak elevator accident in Antwerp, Belgium.
‘Shabbat in a Box’ Aids and Comforts Jewish Patients
For Jewish patients in Essex and Morris counties in northern New Jersey, observing Shabbat in the hospital has become much easier, thanks to a little “thinking outside the box.” Or, perhaps, in it, as part of a program called “Shabbat in a Box.”
800 Russian Students Participate in March of the Living
Yesterday, Tuesday, some 800 Jewish students from Russia, along with 40 Shluchim, took part in the opening of this year’s March of the Living in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Kasich Suspends Campaign, Clears Path for Trump
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is leaving the Republican presidential contest, giving Donald Trump a clear path to his party’s nomination.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Thursday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday, May 5. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
