Columbia Presbyterian medical records for a baby who suffered brain damage after being infected with herpes (HSV-1) tell a shocking story of parents being threatened with trumped up criminal charges, unless they turned over information to authorities about the baby’s mohel.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Monday and Tuesday, August 20-21, for Eid-ul-Fitr (Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan). All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Students at a newly built school in Oak Park, Michigan aimed at preparing young men to become rabbis began moving into their new dormitory this week.
IDF military police tried to arrest an 18-year-old chareidi girl for not reporting to military service. According to a Ladaat.net report, the story is confirmed but the parents, members of the Chabad community, do not want her name released.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Dorit Giro, OBM, a mother of seven and long-time resident of Crown Heights, at the age of 45. Mrs. Giro succumbed to a severe infection, and returned her soul to its maker last night. She is the sister of Itzik Benabo, owner of the Kol-Tuv and Empire Kosher supermarkets.
Rabbi Yossi Jacobson recently embarked on an Australian and South African speaking tour, with stops in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Johannesburg. In the midst of his whirlwind schedule in Melbourne, Rabbi Jacobson made the time to Farbreng with the Rabbinical College of Australia & N.Z. (Y.G. – Melbourne).
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Australian Bochur Gabi Kaltmann met a fellow on Mitvzoim who obviously has strong sentiments towards The Holy Land.
A Blood Drive will take place today, Sunday, August 19 (Rosh Chodesh Elul) from 1:00pm to 7:30pm at Ahavas Chesed, 271 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Pl.]. Refreshments will be served. Please bring identification. One must wait 56 days between blood donations.
A new Israeli television show finds entertainment value in the Chabad Lubavitch movement’s renowned worldwide outreach. The show, Kathmandu, focuses on the fictional story of a young Lubavitch couple doing outreach in Nepal.
It would be easy to imagine Levi and Mushky Glitsenstein‘s wedding taking place somewhere far away, somewhere more exotic, had it not been for the prevailing backdrop of yonder snow-speckled mountains — and the occasional appearance of a prominent Alaska politician.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yechezkel Lewintow, OBM, of Crown Heights, at the age of 86.
Boruch Lipshitz (Antwerp, Belgium) and Nechama Dina Pikel (Kiryat Malachi, Israel)
Michael Lorber, a star of the reality television show Million Dollar Listings, posted a picture on his twitter feed of himself putting on tefillim with bochurim on Mivtzoim on the streets of Newport, Rhode Island.
In a landmark overhaul, Chabad’s Yeshivah and Beth Rivkah Colleges in Melbourne, Australia will share a principal from January 2013 – with Yeshivah principal Rabbi Yehoshua Smukler to assume both posts.
The rabbi who learned someone drew a swastika on the driveway of his home expressed gratitude to his neighbors who helped. And while he characterized the swastika as an indicator of hate, he said the incident does nothing to change his belief that Hunterdon is a warm and caring community.
A preview of the camp video, produced by Mendy Korf, of the amazing summer enjoyed by campers and staff at Gan Yisroel-Florida.
For two days campers and staff at Gan Yisroel-Parksville participated in plays, competitions, songs, comedy skits and – most importantly – Mishnayos Ba’al Peh. The battle between teams red and blue culminated in the ‘Grand Sing,’ where the entire camp gathered in the Shul for hours of lively song and inspiration.
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