A two-year-old girl and her four-year-old sister died and five other family members were hospitalized after apparently being poisoned by pesticides in their Jerusalem home Wednesday.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will remain suspended tomorrow, Thursday, January 23, to facilitate snow removal. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Ever wanted to learn to read the Megillah but didn’t think you had the time? This year’s extra month until Purim may be just what you were waiting for! And that’s not all! Chabad.org just launched the ultimate Megillah reading tool: The Interactive Megillah Trainer.
The Rebbe introduced the “Birthday Campaign” on 25 Adar 5748, the first birthday of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka after her histalkus. Today, 21 Shvat, the day before the Rebbetzin’s yohrtzeit, our daughter Mushkie, named after the Rebbetzin, would have celebrated her first birthday.
A French Jew who was wrongly executed for blood libel almost 350 years ago has been exonerated of the crime and declared a martyr.
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rebbetzin Chasiah Kudan, OBM, Shlucha to Hollywood, Florida, at the age of 48.
Vietnam. Late morning at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi. Hundreds of passengers waiting by their gates for flights to various Far East destinations. All, without exception, turn towards the center of the terminal and stare at a group of young Jews wearing Tefillin.
Captive diners know that a good meal is hard to find. Airplane passengers, for instance, have been known to order kosher meals, even if they are not Jewish, in the hope of getting a fresher, tastier, more tolerable tray of food. It turns out that prison inmates are no different.
Amid the incessant stream of dinners, meetings and receptions during his first official visit to Israel, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined his Israeli counterpart, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for some private time with the delegation of Canadian Chabad rabbis who accompanied him on his trip.
A Jewish home on Maple Street near Schenectady Avenue was robbed today. The robbery occurred in the span of a couple of hours during which the house was left unoccupied.
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Benda Shlomo Lakein, OBM, a longtime member of the Crown Heights community, at the age of 67. Levaya times added.
Representing the Rabbinical College of America and Chabad of New Jersey at Governor Chris Christie’s second inauguration and swearing-in ceremony, which took place this afternoon at the War Memorial in Trenton, were several Chabad Shluchim.
Yoel (ben R’ Chaim Yonah) Edelman (Brunoy, France) and Tsvia Cabessa (Strasbourg, France)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday, at 1461 President St.
[between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Haaretz, a popular Israeli news outlet, profiled today a website parodying the presence of a Chabad center on Mars. While the website itself seems to be in good nature and clearly states that it has no affiliation with the Chabad movement, some images on the website would likely be deemed offensive to most Chabad Chasidim, such as one of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s face superimposed on an astronaut suit.
Authorities have announced that human remains found at a Queens beach last week belong to Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old autistic boy who had gone missing nearly four months ago. The search for Avonte came to Crown Heights in early October, shortly after he had gone missing, but was called off after the reported sighting of him turned out to be unsubstantiated.
After a month-long hiatus, the Crown Heights wheel thieves are back in business. A black Lexus parked on Union St. near Albany Ave. was their latest victim.
Alternate Side Parking Regulations remain suspended citywide tomorrow, Wednesday, January 22, to facilitate snow removal. Payment at parking meters remains in effect.
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