Longtime district manager of Brooklyn Community Board 9 Pearl Miles was ousted yesterday, and she has since filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, claiming he and others schemed to discriminate against her based on her age.
Mr. Elimelech Leiman was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his Jerusalem home in May of 2011.
Shoshana Michel, 59, started playing piano when she was just a child. A door-to-door salesman for a local music studio came by and asked if anyone in the house wanted to take music lessons. She started on the accordion at the age of 7, and then moved on to piano shortly after.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Vayeira.
The NYC Dept. of Transportation has enacted a minor new regulation that is likely to have a significant impact on the commute routes of Crown Heights’ residents: A left turn from Utica Avenue onto President Street is now forbidden between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm.
Demolition has begun at the site of a former mechanic shop on East New York Avenue. Developers have filed plans for a new five-story, eight-unit apartment building to take its place.
A historic luncheon took place at the New Jersey State House last Thursday, where three quarters of the NJ State Senate and numerous Assemblymen and Assemblywomen gathered for a “Meet and Greet” with over 40 Chabad Shluchim.
Yeshiva World News today published the following story of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, which was excerpted with permission from Torah Tavlin vol. 3, a collection of stories and sayings, wit and wisdom from Torah leaders by Rabbi Dovid Hoffman.
South Florida’s Jewish community is keeping a close eye on all the latest developments in Israel. In the heart of one of the most heavily populated Jewish neighborhoods, there’s an unlikely show of support from one business.
Berl Paltiel (Port Washington, NY) and Esti Lustig (Crown Heights)
A Palestinian terrorist attempted to stab a soldier during a routine security check in Chevron’s Hassam Jilber neighborhood today, Wednesday.
Two unknown suspects broke a 12-foot-tall menorah in front of the Chabad House of S. Diego State University.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeira. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the purpose of doing a Mitzvah when you are not in the mood?
Shimon and Zeldy (nee Eber) Stillerman (Bay Shore, NY)
Itche and Chana Kayla (nee Lerman) Hildeshaim (Crown Heights)
A group of young students and their teachers attend a children’s rally in 770 in the 1970s. Can you identify anyone in the photo, or the date it was taken?
In what has become a near-daily occurrence, an Israeli soldier was stabbed and wounded in an attack by two Palestinian terrorists. The incident occurred near Gush Etzion, a settlement located south of Jerusalem in the mountains of Judea.
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