Yesterday, we published an op-ed written by Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf from Chicago, lambasting Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for his latest publication, Kosher J. While we do not wish to take sides in this controversial issue, in the spirit of fairness we gave Rabbi Shmuley a chance to respond to his critics.
Last night after Seder, a group of young Charedim approached Toras Emes, a Chabad Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and began to hurl insults and profanities at the Yeshiva Bochurim. A few of the youth then proceeded to pick up stones and throw them at the Yeshiva’s windows, shattering a few of them and injuring a couple of students with the glass shards.
A New Jersey Chabad rabbi’s kidney donation to an Israeli living on a secular Moshav in central Israel didn’t make news as the headline-grabbing, purportedly bitter religious vs. secular Jewish divide always does.
Crown Heights [CHI] — A few days after Chanukah, a group of about 40-50 avid bicyclists gathered at the CH Cycles bike shop on Empire Blvd. for a gathering of members of ‘Team Aleph,’ a Bicycle club based in Crown Heights.
The Bloomberg administration is working with the state to close a loophole that has allowed city restaurants to duck its strict letter-grading system by registering as supermarkets or wholesalers.
Some 60 years have passed since the Holocaust — a world away and generations ago. Now, a Woodland Middle School eighth-grader is part of a worldwide effort to give identity to survivors, who were listed only by numbers when they were released.
Richard Obshatko of Hewlett, NY, hasn’t been formally affiliated with a synagogue for years. Still, he believes that “every Jew needs to go to shul on Rosh Hashanah,” and after conducting some research recently, he found a newly-minted Chabad-Lubavitch center practically in his backyard.
With great sadness we inform you of the tragic death of a 17-month-old baby, Noa Basya Lazarus, OBM from Johannesburg, South Africa. Her parents, Rabbi Dovid Yaakov and Daniella Rus Lazarus will be sitting Shiva in Johannesburg.
IYH this Tuesday, the 15th of Teves (January 10th), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12.
There will be dancing in the streets of South Beach — a sacred Jewish artifact has arrived.
What: The New Hampshire primary. When: January 10, 2012. Analysis: The Iowa caucuses turned out to have quite a dramatic finish, with a mere eight votes separating the first place Mitt Romney and second place Rick Santorum. Ron Paul finished a disappointed third, followed by Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, John Huntsman and Michelle Bachmann. Following her last place finish, Bachmann dropped out of the race, leaving only six GOP candidates left to compete in New Hampshire.
Chicago Shliach and educator Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf blasts Rabbi Shmuely Boteach‘s new book, saying the subject and recent interviews lends itself to apikorsus.
Bill Daley is stepping down from his job as White House chief of staff and will be replaced by budget director Jacob Lew, an Orthodox Jew.
Down in sunny South Africa, a record-breaking 280 children in Johannesburg enjoyed their summer vacations at the Camp Gan Israel in Johannesburg.
Mendel Friedman (Mill Basin, NY) and Chaya Feigelstock (Vancouver, Canada)
L’chaim tonight, Monday at 484 Crown St.
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.] at 9:00 PM
Over 20 Jewish university students from across North America spent part of winter break hitting the books this winter at Miami Torah Experience, a 10-day immersive program under the auspicies of Chabad-Lubavitch of Florida in cooperation with the Chabad on Campus International Foundation.
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