A battle over liquor and wine sales has erupted in Crown Heights, pitting established businesses against a newcomer, and forcing the city’s liquor board to decide who is correct about Orthodox Jews’ alcohol shopping habits.
A 7-year-old Brooklyn girl is miraculously alive and well today after plummeting three stories — thanks to a heroic neighbor who raced into action and broke her fall.
Forty-six years after Israel’s current President, Mr. Shimon Peres, met the Rebbe in a private audience at 770, he spoke about it on the record for the first time, sharing previously-unknown details about their conversations and correspondence.
In this 38th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how thankful she is to have such a holy and caring son – the Rebbe.
Campers and staff of Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY enjoy the best overnight camping trip (“bivouac”) ever last week.
A street food vendor on his way to work suffered an odd mishap when he ‘lost’ his food cart on Easter Parkway this morning. The upended cart spilled grease, oil and other cooking supplies all over the roadway.
Rabbi Nochem Kaplan, Rabbi Kenneth Brander, Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin, Dr. Marc Kramer and Dr. Leonard Saxe discuss the need for holocaust education at the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem on June 19, 2012.
Camp L’man Achai, an overnight camp in Upstate New York for boys ages 8-16 from newly-observant families, had a wonderful first visiting day this past Sunday.
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After reviewing and pondering some of the recent articles and associated comments on this website, I felt that there is a significant problem in the Lubavitch community that must be addressed. The problem is the prevalent practice of Lubavitch families employing non-Jewish (predominantly Hispanic) women to work in their homes assisting with housework and/or child care.
CTeen Chapters from all over the state of Florida got together for a wonderful time in Orlando last week,
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On Thursday, July 12th, rocks, mud and trees crashed down a mountain above the shores of Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, ripping through Johnsons Landing. It was followed by another slide on Friday. At least three houses were engulfed when the wall of mud, rock and trees cascaded down the hillside.
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested Monday in Jerusalem against attempts to draft members of the ‘Haredi’ community into the Israeli military.
BOG war (the fist-month version of color war, with three teams: Blue, Orange and Green) came as a surprise last week to campers at Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY.
Gathered in Danbury Connecticut, over 150 Mechanchim are taking part in a two day conference aimed at sharpening their teaching skills as well as presenting and discussing new ideas. The conference is organized by the Chinuch Office which is directed by Rabbi Nochum Kaplan.
Deriving inspiration from its role in the recovery of six stolen Torah scrolls, the Tzfat branch of the Israel Police has established a synagogue in the local police station and arranged for the use of one of the scrolls belonging to the holy city’s historic Tzemach Tzedek Synagogue.
A property was purchase for a new Chabad House in central Paris yesterday, which will cater to Jewish students attending several nearby universities.
Tzvi and Sheva Tauby (Crown Heights)
