Shain Shul, led for decades by veteran Mohel Rabbi Eliyahu Shain, has always had an unassuming, easy-to-miss facade in the midst of the hustle and bustle of Kingston Ave. No longer. Workers have erected beautiful gold lettering in both Hebrew […]
Lubavitch residents of Beitar Ilit, Israel went to the polls this morning to decide who will represent the Chabad community in the mostly ultra-orthodox city council.
From yarmulkas in the military to public menorah displays, civil liberties attorney Nathan Lewin has argued some of America’s most famous First Amendment cases. In this session he revisits his past victories to examine their impact on the Jewish community and the state of religious freedom in America today.
On Wednesday, Democratic Mayoral candidate Sal Albanese went to Crown Heights to visit community organizations and small businesses.
Yesterday at about 6:30pm, Shomrim received a call from the mother of a 9-year-old boy who spotted his bicycle, which had been stolen several days before, being ridden by an African-American child about his age in Lefferts Park.
Yehuda and Zeesy (nee Rothman) Piamenta (Crown Heights)
The Heineken Beer Company recently did a promotional stunt at JFK airport, where they offered passengers the opportunity to switch their upcoming flight for a ticket to anywhere else on earth. The Catch? Their new destination is randomly chosen by a computer.
Chaim Yitzchok (Harry) Spiegel will be sitting Shiva after the passing of his wife, Ruchomo, OBM, at 1515 Union St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.], 2nd floor. Shacharis – 8:00 Mincha – 7:45 Maariv – 8:45 Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch […]
Sholom Cohen (Montreal, Canada) and Mussy Druk (Oak Park, MI)
A Chabad soldier serving in the north of Israel was instructed to remove his wool tzitzis during sports activities for fear he would overheat and possibly dehydrate. His commander told him during sport activities he may not wear three layers (undershirt, tzitzis and shirt).
The Chabad Jewish Center of Rancho Santa Fe, California held a lecture by Dr Efraim Zuroff, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s chief Nazi hunter, on July 30 at the home of Drs. Andrew and Diana Benedek.
New York City’s transit authority says a conductor found a small dead shark aboard a subway train in Queens on Wednesday.
The last Tuesday of each month is circled in red on Jacov Rimerman’s calendar. That is when the Warrensville Manor resident goes downstairs to the Cleveland Heights building’s community room to receive a shopping bag overflowing with fresh fruits, vegetables, canned goods, pasta, bread and pastry distributed by the Zemach Zedek Russian Immigrant Aid Society Kosher Food Bank.
The campers and staff of the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ enjoyed a multi-day grand trip, which culminated in a visit to the Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia.
A serial car burglar, who was being sought by the 71st precinct for a while, was apprehended by Shomrim early Tuesday morning.
A vehicle whose owner recklessly parked it in front of 770 in a spot reserved for Hatzalah was towed by the NYPD this morning.
Chabad of RARA (Rural and Regional Australia) recently celebrated its Bar Mitzvah year. Since its inauguration in June 2000 (Tammuz 5760), one million kilometers have been traveled by over 70 groups of different Bochurim. RARA has contacts in over 250 different cities and towns and has helped to create and assist in 12 regional Jewish communities throughout Australia.
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