Rabbi Zev Segal (1917–2008) served for 33 years as the rabbi of the Young Israel of Newark. He held various leadership positions with the Rabbinical Council of America, including that of president from 1968 to 1971. After his retirement from the rabbinate, he devoted most of his time to working for Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in May of 2007.
Police are investigating an unprovoked assault on an Orthodox-Jewish student of Medgar Evers college in Crown Heights as a possible hate crime.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, the United States spied on Israeli officials during Iranian nuclear talks, including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. According to the report appearing on Tuesday, the National Security Agency was instructed to monitor the Israelis during the sensitive talks, highlighting the extent of mistrust that exists between Washington and Jerusalem.
Talented Rabbis and CPDs (Co-Program Directors) Levi Druin and Lavi Klein are at the forefront of Wayz, Darchai Menachem’s revolutionary Enrichment Program. In honor of this year’s Hakhel theme, the dedicated CPDs have chosen unity-themed projects to enhance the students’ Jewish pride.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parasha, Shemot. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: If Moses and Aaron weren’t enslaved to Pharaoh, then why didn’t they just enjoy their own freedoms and stop sticking their nose into Egyptian politics?
Yossi and Naomi (nee Katz) Kopfstein (Crown Heights)
As Oholei Torah launches its 60th Year campaign, a Charidy drive will be held over the next 24 hours with the goal of raising $2,000,000 for the venerable institution.
Zevi Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) and Luba Gurkov (Oceanside, NY)
The Florida State Attorney’s Office has released two photos of the suspect as evidence in the murder case of a Crown Heights rabbi while he was visiting Miami.
Gennady Kaufman, the 41-year-old victim of terrorist stabbing attack at the beginning of the month near the Me’aras Hamachpela in Chevron, died of his wounds at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning.
A fire broke out this morning on the 5th floor of a Crown Heights apartment building, located at 560 Lefferts Ave. near the corner of Kingston Ave.
Sefer Shemos begins with again listing the names of the Yaakov’s children. Explore the importance and influence of a name, and other intriguing curios on Jewish names. For example, why don’t we find reference to anyone being named Gad and Asher – names from the Shevatim – throughout the entire era of Mishnah and Gemarah? Rabbi Mendel Kaplan even shares a compelling theory on the origin and meaning of the name Mendel.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law Monday which will require that all new smoke detectors sold in the state contain 10-year, non-removable batteries.
Three young Jewish men approached Reb Getche Vilensky’s Moscow apartment, hoping to join him that evening in celebrating the Chassidic holiday of 19 Kislev. It was the late 1950s; times were dangerous. In the building’s dark entryway lurked a Soviet policeman, waiting for them.
The NYPD is once again combing the streets of Brooklyn for clues after a 17 year old Flatbush Orthodox Jewish teen was assaulted last night on his way home from yeshiva.
One of the state’s largest independent suppliers of electricity and gas for residential customers has agreed to refund nearly $1 million to resolve complaints about its billing practices.
