Partnering with Susan G. Komen Foundation, JLI Raises Cancer Awareness
Recent media reports have highlighted the risks associated with the BRCA genetic mutations, which Ashkenazi Jews are ten times more likely to have than the general population.
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Crown Heights Experiencing Internet Outage
Large swaths of Crown Heights have been cut off from the internet due to severed broadband cables, CrownHeights.info has learned.
File Photo: The members of Kiev's Jewish community carry old toras, which were kept at Soviet archives for more than 60 years, back to their proper place during the opening ceremony at the renovated Brodsky Synagogue in Kiev March 22, 2000.
Court: 300 Seized Torahs Belong to Jewish Community
A Ukrainian court has ruled that hundreds of Torah scrolls that were seized by Soviet authorities nearly 100 years ago belong to the local Jewish community and not the state archives.
Times of Israel
Video: “Shhh… Don’t Report Frum Child Abuse”
Jewish Community Watch, a child-abuse advocacy group, held a landmark seminar directed toward addressing abuse issues within the Jewish community.
Chabad of Monroe Celebrates 10th Anniversary
A packed crowd of close to 300 was on hand for Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe’s Gala tribute celebration. The event marked the 10 year anniversary of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, and a decade of service to the Jewish community, headed by Rabbi Eliezer and Chanie Zaklikovsky.
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Gamliel and Chana (nee Nemni) Dray (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1548 President St. [corner Troy Ave.] Apt. #N
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Braindel (Betty) Rubinstein, OBM, of Melbourne, Australia.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Braindel Rubinstein, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Braindel (Betty) Rubinstein, OBM, of Melbourne, Australia.
Baby Boy!
Menachem and Altie (nee Maness) Silverberg (Manhattan, NY)
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Prospect Park to Close Friday for Obama’s Arrival
Prospect Park will be closed Friday when President Barack Obama’s helicopter lands there on his way to visit a Crown Heights high school.
From Days Gone By: The Mashpia and the Prime Minister
In this photo from the late 1970s, the legendary Mashpia Reb Mendel Futerfas in engaged in a heated conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin.
Rabbi Menachem Schmidt
Effort to Build Mikvah in Philadelphia Picks Up Steam
For years, as more observant Jews have decided to call Philadelphia’s Center City home, there’s been talk of constructing a mikvah downtown. But it had never seemed much more than talk — until now.
Jewish Exponent
Left: Csanad Szegedi. Right: Rabbi Shlomo Koves.
Former Neo-Nazi Leader Converting to Judaism
Csanád Szegedi, a former leader of the ultra-nationalist and anti-Semitic Hungarian Jobbik party who last year learnt that he has Jewish ancestry, is converting to Judaism with the assistance of Chabad rabbis in Budapest, the German newspaper ‘Welt am Sonntag’ reports.
Last year's public Menorah lighting in West Milford, NJ.
Shliach Lobbies for Public Menorah in North Jersey Town
A local rabbi has urged West Milford, NJ municipal officials to wrap up their ongoing dialogue on the town’s holiday display policy.
NorthJersey.com
De Blasio Gets Testy When Questioned About Riots
Bill de Blasio may be working already on his victory speech, as well as fundraising for his reelection campaign in 2017, but the mayoral front-runner’s, who promised a change of the Bloomberg era, is already picking up a bit of the current mayor’s grumpy attitude when it comes to the press.
Crossfire: Tackling Big Jewish Questions (Vol. 4)
Have you ever wished to have a “no-holds-barred” discussion with a Rabbi and get answers to all of your burning questions? This is your chance – the popular “Crossfire!” is back with an all-new panel!
Yesterday evening at about 7:30pm a bochur was down Albany Ave. near the corner of President St. while speaking on his cell phone. Suddenly, he was jumped by two African-American males, one of whom snatched the phone out of his hand.
Another Phone Snatched, Cops Respond in Full Force
Yesterday evening at about 7:30pm a bochur was down Albany Ave. near the corner of President St. while speaking on his cell phone. Suddenly, he was jumped by two African-American males, one of whom snatched the phone out of his hand.
The newly completed Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Chandler, Arizona.
New Chabad House Celebrates Arrival of First Torah
The first new Torah scroll for the 2-month-old Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Chandler, Arizona was inducted for use Sunday.
AZ Central
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