A bill aimed at expanding Florida’s tax scholarship program, which provides funds for low-income families to attend the school of their choice, including sectarian schools, passed that state’s legislature on Friday and is awaiting the signature of Gov. Rick Scott.
When fire destroyed the home of Rabbi Chaim and Yocheved Boyarsky on April 2, 2014, leaving them and their five children homeless, one of their first concerns – once they knew everyone was safe – was for the students who would be counting on them for Passover meals.
Boruch Akiva and Rochel Hayman (Monsey, NY)
CrownHeights.info has obtained hair-raising footage from the driver of a Crown Heights school bus, which depicts the moment a 2-year-old child ran across the street as the massive bus was barreling towards him.
Eli and Rochi (nee Friedman) Lipskar (Miami Beach, FL)
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with the chief rabbi and Shliach of Kiryat Gat and Sderot, Rabbi Moshe Havlin, at a ceremony on Israel’s Remembrance Day. Sderot is located near the Gaza border and is constantly under rocket fire from the Hamas controlled territory.
The fifth annual Maternal Wisdom Jewish Doula Training, a unique opportunity for women who aspire to help others during childbirth, takes place this month in Crown Heights.
The lead story of the May 6 edition of the New York Times began by saying “In a major decision on the role of religion in government, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Constitution allows town boards to start their sessions with sectarian prayers.” In writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the prayers did not violate the Constitution because they were ceremonial and served to signal the solemnity of the occasion.
Zalmi and Zisy (nee Lapidus) Plotka (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
This Shadchan wasn’t your typical matchmaker, but thanks to his persistence and some divine providence, a young Jewish couple was brought together. Meet Terry, your friendly neighborhood UPS delivery guy.
Shloime (ben Levi) Hecht (Crown Heights) and Chana Greenberg (Crown Heights)
A man was arrested Tuesday evening after throwing a rock at vehicle driven by a Shomrim Volunteer. The man, along with a friend, was harassing two Jewish girls on Montgomery Street.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Behar. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is true faith?
Rabbi Shmuel Hecht devoted many months to learning the Talmudic laws surrounding winemaking, but it was years before he would experience the process himself—and learn some important lessons along the way.
Tzvi and Chanie (nee Goldman) Altein (Crown Heights)
Jonothan Sabin, a writer at Tablet, a non-Orthodox Jewish magazine, recently published an article about the personal journey he experienced after obtaining a pair of Tefilin from a Chabad rabbi to pray for his young daughter as she underwent heart surgery.
A fire broke out today in the northern section of Kfar Chabad, located in central Israel. The fire caught on to dry thorn bushes and spread quickly, threatening nearby homes and their inhabitants.
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