German Court Outlaws Bris Milah
The district court of Cologne, Germany ruled this week that religious circumcision of a child is harmful and that a parent’s jurisdiction over his child does not extend to the practice of circumcision.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia's chief rabbi Berel Lazar visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem today, June 26, 2012. After saying a prayer at the wall as customary, Mr. Putin requested a tour of the temple mount tunnels, which they were promptly given by the Kotel's rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch.
Photos: Putin Visits Western Wall with Rabbi Lazar
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem today, June 26, 2012. After saying a prayer at the wall as customary, Mr. Putin requested a tour of the temple mount tunnels, which they were promptly given by the Kotel’s rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch.
Nearly a Quarter of Brooklyn’s Residents Are Jewish
NY Daily News
Kings County is the most Kosher jurisdiction in the nation. A new study has found that nearly one in four Brooklynites are Jews – making the borough home to the most Jews of any county in the country.
Photos: Parksville Gan Israel Heads Off to Camp
Camp Gan Israel of Parksville, NY set off this morning for the first month of summer up in the Catskill Mountains.
A two-car crash in Crown Heights sent seven people to the hospital on Monday afternoon. The crash occurred just after 2:20 p.m. at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Rochester Avenue.
Seven Injured in Crown Heights Car Crash
A two-car crash in Crown Heights sent seven people to the hospital on Monday afternoon. The crash occurred just after 2:20 p.m. at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Rochester Avenue.
Sydney Anash Unite for Gimmel Tammuz
This past Sunday night the entire Sydney community – Shluchim, Rabbonim and Bal Habatim from many synagogues accross Sydney – came together for the 18th anniversary of Gimmel Tammuz.
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Weekly Photo: From Days Gone By
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of Yeshiva Students with their mentors. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.
Basking Ridge Chabad Celebrates 20 Years
Daily Record
Chabad Jewish Center in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards kicked off the season with the Mercedes Feldman Summer Music Festival.
Whatever preconceived notions one might have about the demeanor or perspectives of an Orthodox rabbi, be prepared to have them completely shattered upon meeting Rabbi Mendy Herson, spiritual leader of Chabad Jewish Center in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards.
Authorities were called after a man, dressed as Elmo, started pestering tourists and spewing anti-Semitic vitriol in Central Park yesterday, leading him to be taken in for mental evaluation.
Video: Anti-Semitic Elmo in Central Park
Authorities were called after a man, dressed as Elmo, started pestering tourists and spewing anti-Semitic vitriol in Central Park yesterday, leading him to be taken in for mental evaluation.
Guma’s Wife Asked for Divorce Before Disappearance
ABC
Troubled missing millionaire Guma Aguiar‘s wife told him she wanted a divorce just hours before he vanished from his fishing boat, the lawyer for Aguiar’s mother told ABCNews.com today.
Photos: Mayor of Beitar Illit at Rebbe’s Ohel
Yaki Hershkop, a Lubavitcher Askan from Beitar Illit, Israel, invited and accompanied the mayor of Beitar Illit, Meir Rubestein, along with his assistant, Yehudah Deutsch, to the Rebbe’s Ohel on Sunday.
Photos: Moishe Holtzberg Visits Viznitzer Rebbe
Shturem
Merely a few hours before the news broke that one of the lone surviving perpetrators of the Mumbai massacre, which claimed the lives of his parents, was apprehended, Moishe Holtzberg visited the Viznitzer Rebbe in Bnei Brak with his grandfather Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg.
New Engagement!
Chaim Pil (San Francisco, CA) and Devora Leah (bas Reb Shimon) Horowitz (Crown Heights)
Jewish Tribune Pays Tribute to Chabad of UK Founder
Monday, 5 Tammuz, is the 37th yahrzeit of Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, OBM. The Jewish Tribune, based in Stamford Hill, London, featured vintage photographs and a short biography of Rabbi Shemtov’s life in a full page spread in its ‘faces from the past’ section.
Schapiro Family Rejoices over Completed Sefer Torah
On Sunday hundreds of Anash joined the extended Schapiro family as they celebrated the completion of a new Sefer Torah in memory of Rabbi Lipa and Mrs. Chana Schapiro, and their beloved son Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, OBM.
Yaldah Magazine to Be Published Monthly
Leah Caras, founder and publisher of Yaldah. Photo: VIN News
Eight years after its initial release, Yaldah Magazine, the successful Orthodox publication written by Jewish girls for Jewish girls continues to grow and in response to reader request, is switching over from a quarterly to a monthly format.
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