The world’s oldest complete Sefer Torah, believed to have been written between the years 1155 and 1225, was discovered about six weeks ago in the library of the University of Bologna, Italy, by Professor Mauro Perani.
I was born in Paris, France, and the Rebbe and the Rebbetzin were the kvatters at my bris. That is, they carried me to the circumcision ceremony when I was eight days old.
Two Jewish women were walking to the Monticello Wal-Mart from their nearby bungalow colony when they were robbed at gunpoint.
This morning, through the great work and cooperation of the NYPD, Shomrim and a vigilant homeowner, the man responsible for several burglaries on a single Crown Heights block has been arrested.
About 200 people squeezed into Getzel’s Shul last night for an evening of tribute to Mrs. Sarah Behrman, OBM, who passed away one month ago.
Counselors at the Gan Israel Day Camp in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts were treated last night to a farbrengen with Rabbi Peretz Chein, Shliach at the nearby Brandeis University.
Levi Gold (Crown Heights) and Sarah Mizrachi (Flatbush, NY)
The L’chaim will be tonight (Thursday) at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Delivering his most explicit and candid appraisal yet, David N. Dinkins says in a forthcoming memoir that he barely won the New York City mayoral election in 1989 and lost four years later for one reason: because he is black.
With the grand opening of the Alaska Jewish Museum recently, the story of Alaska’s role in Operation Magic Carpet finally gets its due. At a July 4 reception, state officials and philanthropists involved in the project enjoyed a preview of the Museum’s permanent exhibit,On the Wings of Eagles: Alaska’s Contribution to Operation Magic Carpet.
Lubavitcher artist Yitzchak Moully created a unique portrait of the Rebbe – made entirely out of QR codes, which link to the websites of the thousands of Chabad centers around the world.
On a Sunday evening in early June, thousands of Hasidic men in long coats and black hats braved the heat to attend two outdoor anti-Internet asifas (or gatherings in Yiddish) organized by leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Satmar community of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y. Women were forbidden, but the real temptation for the men was already in their laps, where they covertly thumbed their smartphones.
The heat wave continued across the Tri-State Area on Wednesday and forecasters said it will continue for at least the rest of the work week.
On Tisha B’av the bochurim of Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ heard wrenching testimony of the atrocities of the Holocaust from a survivor, who brought along several artifacts to demonstrate in real-life terms how things were in those dark times.
Students at Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok Nemenov, traveled to the French Alps for three weeks of summer learning in a pristine and relaxing environment.
Mendy and Sara (née Weiser) Alevsk (Cleveland, OH)
Hatzolah stepped up to the plate yesterday when it responded to a desperation call involving the collapse of a female staffer at a morning event in Williamsburg hosted by NYC Council speaker, and Democratic mayoral candidate Christine Quinn.
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