With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Tzvi Schechter, OBM, a devout Chosid and former longtime member of the Crown Heights community who owned and operated a fabric store on Kingston Ave. He was 98 years old.
A Chasidic school in Montreal that is allegedly operating without a Permit from the Quebec Education Ministry was raided today by the local version of Child Protective Services, accompanied by heavily-armed police. It is yet unclear whether any students have been taken into protective custody.
A developer has filed for permits to convert a single-story garage on President Street between New York and Nostrand Avenues into a six-story apartment building and synagogue.
A group of 32 talmidim of the Oholei Torah Mesivta pose for a group photo as they embark on a 7 day trip to the Ukraine. They will be visiting the oholim of the Rebbeim, and areas which were fundamental and historical in our rich Chabad history. Accompanying them are members of the hanhola and shluchim to the Mesivta.
The Deren and Berman families are sitting Shiva after the passing of Mrs. Rivky Berman, OBM, at the Deren home – 121 Little Hill Drive, Stamford, CT 06905 from 8:00pm tonight (Tuesday) until Monday morning. Tuesday: Mincha/Maariv 8:00pm. Wednesday – […]
A new agreement reached between Chabad leaders and the Israeli government will allow Chabad Yeshiva students to delay induction into the IDF until their return from spending a year to study in 770, also known as ‘Kvutzeh.’ A few prominent Chabad Rabbonim decried this agreement, saying it’s better for the students not to travel to the U.S. at all, in which case they can delay their IDF service until the age of 26 like the rest of the Chareidi Tzibur, rather than being drafted at a much younger age immediately upon their return from Kvutzeh.
Fishel and Shainy (nee Gurary) Oster (Crown Heights)
General Mills, the manufacturer of Gold Medal flour which bears the OU Hechsher, has issued a voluntary recall of a number of flour products due to possible E. coli O121 contamination, which has been linked to some 38 illnesses across 20 states.
Shimon Caplan (Crown Heights) and Mushka Schneider (Surfside, FL/Crown Heights)
By the time most Jewish adults graduate from college, they know far more about the fundamental texts, principles and histories of a host of cultures and civilizations—from the West to the Far East—than they do about the history and genius of Jewish thought, and the deep and practical wisdom to be found in classic Jewish texts: Torah.
Member of the Canadian Parliament Michael Levitt proudly puts on Tefilin with Rabbi Yirmi Cohen at the Walk with Israel rally in Toronto on Sunday.
Four people were arrested after Shomrim assisted police in locating a vehicle that was stolen from Crown Heights.
Sholom Ber (ben Yaakov) Eckhaus (Crown Heights) and Moussie (bas Yosef Yitzchok) Brod (Los Angeles/Crown Heights)
Mendy Sapochkinsky (Westlake Village, CA) and Mushky Tzfasman (Crown Heights)
Hundreds of Jewish children marched through the streets of Paris, France, on Lag Ba’omer, in a defiant display of Jewish pride that’s becoming increasingly rare, as the Jewish community weather’s a barrage of near-daily anti-Semitic incidents.
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