New Yorkers began voting for their first new mayor in 12 years on Tuesday with early public opinion polls giving Democrat Bill de Blasio a 40-point lead over Republican rival Joe Lhota. Brooklyn voters will also determine whether District Attorney Charles Hynes will serve another term, or be replaced by Ken Thompson.
Crown heights philanthropist Rabbi Yerachmiel Jacobson donated a new Bimah and Chazzan Amud to Chovevei Torah, in memory of his father Reb Betzalel, OBM.
A 65-year-old career criminal was apprehended and charged in connection with a slew of Friday night break-ins that have been terrorizing the neighborhood since early summer.
Members of the London Chabad community gathered last night for a Rosh Chodesh Kislev seudah and farbrengen, organized by the Talmidei Hashluchim of the Yeshiva Gedola of London, with Rabbi Chaim Schochet of Crown Heights as the keynote speaker.
Hundreds of local women gathered in Cedarhurst, Long Island last week to support Circle of Hope, a project of the Merrick-Bellmore-Wantagh Chabad Center for Jewish Life, on Oct. 24.
No matter how much money Rabbi Ely Rosenfeld raises to help the needy, he said the smiles he delivers are more valuable.
The Jewish community in Green Bay, Wisconsin will soon have a new place to call home.
On Sunday, October 27, over 10,000 people participated in a walk to raise money for the Friendship Circle of Southern California, under the leadership of Rabbi Yossi Mintz. Among those attending the ‘Pier to Pier Friendship Walk’ were late-night talk show host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel, actress Brooke Burke-Charvet, actress Ashley Argota and former L.A. Dodgers pitcher Tommy Lasorda. The walk, sponsored by The Sketchers Foundation, raised over a million dollars to benefit children with special needs.
This photo was posted yesterday on Reddit, a user-generated social media website. It depicts an African-American man sleeping on the shoulder of an Orthodox Jewish man on the New York City subway. The photographer accompanied the photo with the following caption:
Many in Israel and around the world, who were following the Bat Mitzvah trip of singer Paula Abdul to Israel last week, were wondering why she made a last minute unexpected cancelation of her reported plan to celebrate her Bat Mitzvah by the Kotel in Jerusalem.
While their fathers attended the grand Kinus Hashluchim banquet in Brooklyn’s Marine Terminal, hundreds of junior Shluchim gathered in the Beis Rivkah ballroom for a grand banquet of their own.
The parents of child abuse whistleblower Manny Waks are leaving Australia, saying they have been bullied, intimidated and virtually ”excommunicated” from the community.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Tuesday, November 5 for Election Day. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Guests, city leaders, officials with the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce and members of Chabad of Camarillo, California cut the ribbon to officially open the expanded facilities of Saving Lives. Started by Chabad of Camarillo, Saving Lives is a community-based coalition with a mission to reduce drug and alcohol abuse by youths throughout Ventura County.
Channeling the awesome energy from the Banquet, Shluchim and their lay leaders made their way back to 770 and sat down for the – what has become – traditional Farbrengen.
2
