Police find Air Guns in a 749 Dorm Room
A 911 call regarding gunshots on Sterling Place led officers guided by an NYPD helicopter into the Kvutzeh dormitory on Eastern Parkway where a number of weapons were confiscated from dorm resident.
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Tweens get a crash course on scribal art in Atlanta, Georgia.
What’s Inside That Pretty Mezuzah Case?
It’s not all that unusual to discover that rolled inside that decorative mezuzah case you purchased in Israel or at your local Jewish gift shop, is not the scribe’s handiwork on parchment, but a piece of printed paper.
Video: James Cordon Takes Over L.A. Kosher Butcher
In a segment titled ‘Take a Break,’ James Cordon, the host of The Late Late Show, took over several workers’ shifts at the Western Kosher butcher shop in Los Angeles. His jobs included manning the checkout counter, butchering meat and driving the forklift.
Several “Code Red” sirens were sounded in Southern Israel, Wednesday night. They went off in the cities of Netivot, Ashkelon and the Sdot Negev and Hof Ashkelon regional councils on Wednesday night at around 11:00pm.
3 Rockets Fired from Gaza into Southern Israel
Several “Code Red” sirens were sounded in Southern Israel, Wednesday night. They went off in the cities of Netivot, Ashkelon and the Sdot Negev and Hof Ashkelon regional councils on Wednesday night at around 11:00pm.
Captain Receives Distinguished Leadership Award
Coordinators of the Crown Heights Shomrim met this morning with NYPD Captain Thomas Burke to thank him for going beyond the call of duty in his work together with Shomrim while he was serving as a Captain and Executive Officer in Crown Heights’ 71st Precinct.
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte
Assemblywoman Apologizes to Jewish Community for Racially Tinged Comments
Two days after making divisive remarks about the Jewish community during a heated radio interview while discussing Governor Cuomo’s proposed tax credits to provide relief to some private school parents, a Brooklyn Assembly member has issued a formal apology.
Chabad.org Gets Prestigious News Reporting Award
The American Jewish Press Association has announced that Chabad.org and writer Dovid Margolin have won the first-place Simon Rockower Award for Excellence in News Reporting for work done in 2014.
Sefer Hamitzvos Tournament Winners Announced
116 Girls from around the world competed at the international tournament of the 613 Mitzvos, culminating in the live game show in Crown Heights.
Photos: New Bris Milah Clinic Opens Doors in Moscow
Russia’s chief Rabbi, Berel Lazar, along with other dignitaries and community leaders, joined philanthropist George Rohr in Moscow on Sunday to cut the ribbon to a brand-new, state-of-the-art clinic that will be used to perform circumcisions on Jewish boys and men of all ages.
Video: The Special Power of a Baal Teshuva
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Beha’aloscha. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the special power of a Baal Teshuva?
330 Extra Cops to Combat Rise in Shootings
New York City police say shootings are up so far this year and to combat the spike, 330 officers are being pulled from their usual duties for special patrols. So far this year, there have been 439 shootings, up from 403 in 2014.
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Hungarian Holocaust Torahs Restored in Russia
In mid-May, Boca Raton resident Sibyl Silver was in the center of a group that concluded a three-year quest to restore Torahs stolen during the Holocaust back into Jewish use in synagogue worship.
Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mesivta Students Gather for Kinus Torah
On Isru Chag Shavuos, the Yeshiva Ketana of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France, held a Kinus Torah, in accordance with Chabad custom.
Or Avner Jewish day school in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Russian Authorities Raid Chabad Day School
Authorities in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg raided the local chapter of Or Avner, a Chabad-run Jewish day school, confiscating Jewish books and questioning 30 students on ‘suspicion of racism.’ The raid was carried out by the Russian state security agency FSB, successor to the dreaded Soviet KGB.
New Torah to Honor Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schapiro, Educator and ‘Good Friend to All’
Rabbi Avremi Schapiro was just 7 when his father passed away 25 years ago, but he carries on his legacy.
Crown Heights Shows Appreciation for HOO Volunteers
On Tuesday, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, all the volunteers of HOO (Helping Our Own) were treated to a beautiful dinner of appreciation at the Jewish Children’s Museum.
New Engagement!
Menachem Nochum Silverstein (Crown Heights) and Raizel Blumberger (Chicago, IL)
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