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A Bolivian court denied bail Thursday morning to Jacob Ostreicher, a Borough Park, Brooklyn resident who has been incarcerated without formal charges for more than a year. The bail hearing lasted nine grueling hours and was spread over two days while Jacob’s mother, a Holocaust survivor, sat through the entire process in the Bolivian courtroom along with her daughter, Jacob’s sister, both weeping uncontrollably.
Nechemia and Rivky Tenenbaum (Crown Heights)
This Shabbos at the Besht Rabbi Chaim Miller will lead a discussion on the topic: Mystical insights to make your Rosh Hashanah inspiring.
Lubavitch of Scotland has launched an ad trailer for the coming month to remind people about the upcoming Yommim Tovim and of the activities of Lubavitch. They have also mounted two very large banners at busy intersections in the community, wishing people a shona tova and giving the dates of the Yomimim Tovim.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique photo of the Rebbe entering 770 to Daven Mincha in the winter of 1986.
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The highly acclaimed Jewish study program for women does it again! After ranking second in the top nonprofits empowering women by GreatNonprofits and GuideStar in 2010, it now ranked among the top 10 NYC non-profit volunteering opportunities.
In an interview with Tablet Magazine, Joshua Bolten, 58, the second Jewish chief of staff in the history of the White House, offers a rare glimpse into the presidency of George W. Bush.
An Israeli military court in Jaffa has extended the incarceration of Devorah Leah C., a Lubavitcher newlywed who was detained while trying to verify her draft exemptions en route to Crown Heights for Tishrei, by 24 days.
The Algemeiner Editor’s Club hosted famed CBS journalist Jere Van Dyk at its first annual Summer Party. Van Dyk, who was captured by the Taliban near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan for 45 days in 2008, spoke of his experiences and the life lessons that he has gleaned from them.
Rabbi Manis Barash and son Mendy do Mivtzoim on the streets of Prague. The famed 13th century Alt-Noy Shul, where the Maharal prayed, is seen in the background.
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Sometimes, Benjamin Rosenthal thinks about leaving the small town of Indianola, Mississippi, population 11,000, where he spent most of his life.
It was thirty years since they stepped foot in the Yeshiva of Petropolis, Brazil that had created their Jewish base for so many years to come. During that period so much had changed in their lives, but their love for the yeshiva continues until this very day.
Originality, authenticity and soulfulness characterized the ‘Silent Prayer’ concert at the recent Australian N’shei uBnos Convention. A cast of home grown talent wowed the capacity crowd at Chabad of the North Shore’s Jewish Community Centre in Sydney.
One of the most moving letters you’ll read this year was written by Irwin Cotler, a Canadian member of parliament, to the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, imploring him to hold a minute of silence for the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists 40 years ago at the Munich Olympics.
Shaya Spalter (Morristown, NJ) and Esti Parshan (Toronto, Canada)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday at Beis Rivkah
310 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave.]
What’s in a name? “Everything,” explained Rabbi Yanky Majesky of Chabad of North Orlando.
Schneur Zalman and Mushkie (nee Bronstein) Borenstein (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 37 Balfour Pl.
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