The world’s largest Mezuzah has been affixed to a passageway near the Western Wall in Jerusalem by Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitz, Rav of the Kotel, and Mr. Shmuel Flatto-Sharon, the Mezuzah’s sponsor.
One idiot with a gun can ruin any party, even day-long festivities for three million guests. But organizers of next week’s West Indian American carnival parade along Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway say they are eternally frustrated by local news media who blame any Labor Day violence in the borough on their celebration.
The United States’ most influential pediatricians group has released a study saying that the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks involved (the study does not include the practice of Metzitza B’peh). They also recommended that insurance companies should pay for it, as it is likely to bring net health savings down the line.
Nearly 700 people gathered at the Ramada Hotel banquet hall in Jerusalem for an historic event – the 100 year anniversary of Yeshivas Toras Emes.
Following a tip from the Boro Park Shomrim, a Brooklyn man in his mid to early twenties was apprehended by police yesterday, hopefully bringing an end to a several week long rash of burglaries that involved Tens of thousands of dollars worth of valuable silver items.
With cloudy skies overhead, Brazilian-American multimillionaire Guma Aguiar stepped onto his 31-foot fishing boat Zion in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on June 19 and set sail. The next day the Zion drifted ashore, its light and engine still on, but its owner missing. In the two months that followed, the unexplained disappearance of the 35-year-old energy tycoon sparked a ferocious battle in Florida courts, with Aguiar’s wife and mother moving separately to gain control of his estimated $100 million fortune.
Kosher Media Network has announced that Bitayavon will be merging with Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller magazine. The result is a multi-featured bi-monthly Jewish food and lifestyle magazine that is the only one of its kind on the market.
Rabbi Fishel Weingarten, who brought merit to many as a recognized lecturer among Chabad Chasidim, passed away Friday evening, following a two-year battle with a serious illness. Rabbi Weingarten was laid to rest Motzei Shabbos at the Har Hamenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem.
Moshe Holtzberg joined some two million Israeli children today as he attended his first day of Grade One. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with Moshe; he wished Moshe well and said that the prayers of the entire Jewish people are with him.
Chaim Duban (Crown Heights) and Maia Sror (Coral Springs, FL)
Levi and Estee (nee Ettelson) Capland (Crown Heights)
Dovid and Leah Gittel (nee Steinmetz) Oberlander (Monsey, NY)
Yesterday we visited Forsbacka, Sweden, 190 km north of Stockholm. There is only one known Jewish inhabitant there, but past experiences have proven that it’s quality over quantity. Our time in Forsbacka was no exception.
To many, the Middle East has long been recognized as the world’s pulse and epicenter for historical conflict and present-day empowerment. There have been many battles waged within its lands, from before the crusades to the ongoing wars and strife of today. The desert landscape of Israel and its environs seem to have always been tempered with conflict, if even for little reason.
Mayor Bloomberg found a clever way to deflect criticism over the city’s growing homelessness problem: When confronted with the disturbing statistic that the average stay for families in city homeless shelters had jumped 30 percent during 2012, the Mayor responded that since the shelters are so nice – homeless people don’t want to leave.
A man steals solar-powered lamps from the front lawn of a Jewish home in Crown Heights.
Zalmy Levy (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Rivka Vogel (Crown Heights)
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