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.
Multiple Mortars Fired from Gaza into Israel
Multiple terror attacks emanating from the Gaza Strip over the past few days may signal the beginning of new hostilities between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory.
Picture of the Day: Blessing the Trees
A special mitzvah, which can be fulfilled only once a year, is to recite a brachah upon seeing a fruit tree in bloom. A group of Beis Rivkah Pre-1a students went out to make the blessing on an apple and cherry tree! Plus: Locations of fruit trees in Crown Heights.
Montreal Councillor Apologizes to Jewish Community, But Not Chabad
A Montreal city councillor who is vocally opposed to a building project that would see a Chabad Center replace a former church apologized to the Jewish community for inflammatory comments he made that many deemed to be anti-Semitic. However, he made a point of saying he was not apologizing to Chabad.
Musical Tribute to Victims of Babi Yar Massacre
In honor of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, filmmaker Daniel Finkelman produced a haunting instrumental music video set in Kiev, Ukraine, at the site of the Holocaust’s greatest massacre.
Baby Boy!
Yosef and Shari (nee Junik) Rosenfeld (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Boruch Nemtzov (Brooklyn, NY) and Mushkie (bas Meir OBM) Roness (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Nosson and Chayale (nee Hecht) Potash (San Francisco, CA)
Ted Cruz Drops Out of Presidential Race
Ted Cruz dropped out of the presidential race on Tuesday night, ending one of the best-organized campaigns of 2016 after a series of stinging defeats left Donald Trump as the only candidate capable of clinching the nomination outright.
From Days Gone By: The Mashpia
Legendary Mashpia Reb Mendel Futerfas sits with several students at Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Kfar Chabad, Israel. Can you identify anyone else in the photo, or what year it was taken?
