The two rabbis offered an unusual service to Jewish women who could not get their husbands to agree to a divorce, according to the FBI. For a fee, they would convene a rabbinical court and authorize the use of violence to get a recalcitrant husband to agree to a divorce.
Over a thousand homes are without water this morning in Montreal after a water main on the corner of Westbury and Barclay Sts. burst, forcing four homes to be evacuated and flooding many basements.
The students of Yeshivas Lubavitch of Baltimore organized ‘Mishmor’ – a weekly learning program for boys ages 7 and older – last night, with over 30 children in attendance.
After a year of hard work by the administration to reorganize the Yeshiva, the school year at Tzeirei Hashluchim of Tzfas has gotten off to a wonderful start. Classes began yesterday under the leadership of Rabbi Zalman Kaplan.
Meyer and Miriam (nee Rahmani) Litzman (Phoenix, AZ)
A 14-year-old boy from Queens, who is mute and autistic, has the entire city on alert and searching for him since he went missing six days ago. Police received a tip that he may have been seen in Crown Heights, which brought dozens of police officers into the neighborhood.
A delegation of Lubavitcher Rabbonim and Shluchim visited the Yosef family, who are sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, former Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, OBM.
Millions of Americans will see a drop in their food stamps benefit next month as a temporary increase is set to expire.
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath of Chabad of NDG in Montreal went on the Tommy Schnurmacher radio show, together with a Muslim imam and a Christian priest, to discuss the proposed Quebec charter of values that would ban religious clothing in public places. They snapped a photo together after the show.
Chabad at Arizona State University welcomed Rabbi Mendy and Sarah Rimler, and their daughter, Chayale. The couple joins the organization’s founding directors, Rabbi Shmuel and Chana Tiechtel.
My first ever trip to Crown Heights, I am filled with excitement. My heart races as my thoughts and prayers begin to align. Each stop draws me closer and closer to the meeting point, the springboard for the night, a synagogue named Chevra Ahavas Yisroel. This synagogue is frequented by singles and young marrieds, inspired types, warm types, sincere types.
Representatives of Chabad Terror Victims Project visited Noam, the courageous nine-year-old girl who was shot in the chest by a terrorist at her home in Psagot, Israel, in order to bring comfort and assistance to her and her family.
In an announcement on their Facebook page, the OK Kosher certification agency said that they had removed their Hechsher from popular Kingston Avenue cafe, Chocolatte.
[Update: Statement from owner of Chocolatte added.]
Samuel Cohen-Eckstein, a 12-year-old boy just weeks away from celebrating his Bar Mitzvah, was killed yesterday when he ran into a Park Slope street and was struck by a van.
In 1978, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, then Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel, visited Milan, Italy, where he met with the leaders of the local Chabad community at the home of Rabbi Moshe Lazar.
Danny Ayalon, former Israeli ambassador to the United States, spoke Tuesday night on the current state of the Middle East, saying the political importance of the region extends beyond the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ayalon spoke to an audience of more than 80 students at the Tannenbaum Chabad House at Northwestern University near Chicago, Illinois.
A revamped $100 bill entered circulation for the first time today, with additional design features that will make it more difficult to forge.
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