TERROR: Two Killed in Shooting Attack at The Entrance to Eli
Deadly shooting attack carried at gas station at entrance to Eli in Binyamin, the same location where four people were murdered in another shooting attack last year.
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$50,000 New York Lottery Ticket Sold on Utica Ave In East Flatbush
The New York Lottery today announced four third-prize-winning tickets were sold for the Feb 28th Powerball drawing. One of those winning tickets was sold at an East Flatbush store on Utica Ave.
Aerial view of San Francisco
Chaim V’Chessed: Efforts to Ensure Pesach Travel for US Citizens
With Purim approaching, the Pesach travel season is just around the corner. Tens of thousands of US citizens who reside in Israel may be considering traveling Stateside to visit family for the holiday. However, it’s crucial for them to ensure they have the proper travel documents in hand.
New Engagement!
Tsemah Rubens (Paris, France) to Linoi Alzerah (Lyon, France)
New Engagement!
Mendel Attuil (Paris, France) to Ilana Messika (Villeparises, France)
Two Defendants Charged with Stealing or Misusing $20 Million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits
At the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Dawood Kassim and Dia Alqalisi with trafficking and stealing millions of dollars in benefits from SNAP. They carried out the fraud from a bodega in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn which Kassim owned.
At a historic printing of the Tanya at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library at the University of Manchester, England, the first page is hand-crafted on an 1800s’ Eagle Press.
In UK, University of Manchester Conducts Historic Tanya Printing
Amid rising antisemitism in Great Britain and a “deep concern” for its Jewish student community, the University of Manchester hosted a historic printing of the Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic philosophy, at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on Feb. 14.
Video: The Rebbe on Crown Heights Housing
In a Sicha that is as relevant today as ever, the Rebbe talks about the housing situation in Crown Heights during the Yud Shvat Farbrengen of 5745 (1985).
Picture of the Day
Crown Heights Hatzalah volunteer, Dovi Andrusier, was seen administering first aid to a Nigerian orphan during a visit to Nigeria for a humanitarian program for his nephew’s Bar Mitzvah.
Mivtza Success: Over 500 Bochurim Unite in Learning Mishpotim Sicha; Winners announced.
In an unique effort to unite bochurim worldwide, the Mivtza “Beat Swords into Plowshares” has achieved tremendous success. Winners have been announced and Bochurim will be receiving their Seforim gift voucher in the upcoming days.
Impressive Dinner to Benefit Central Gmach in FSU
The benefit dinner takes place every year close to Shushan Purim Katan, the yohrtzeit of the young shlucha Chaya Mushka o.b.m, who despite her young age merited to influence girls and even women to increase their mitzva observance. This year marks 27 years since this dear pure soul has departed from us.
VIDEO: How Did The Intelligence Failure of October 7th Happen?
Former head of IDF’s 8200 intelligence unit, Brig. Gen. (Res.) Hanan Gefen and former Mossad agent Sima Shine discuss how the intelligence failure of October 7th happened.
50 Orphaned Girls Bonded by Loss at Jerusalem Bat Mitzvah
At a wedding hall in Jerusalem earlier this month, 50 girls—many of them dressed in white tulle—celebrated the milestone of becoming a bat mitzvah. Their shared joy, however, was underscored by shared feelings of grief as each one of them had a tragic life event that brought them together: the loss of a parent at a young age.
Rahamim Shamash, right, and his wife with two Torah scrolls that he and his brother David brought from Jerusalem to Afghanistan in 1914.
An Heirloom Torah’s Journey From Jerusalem to Afghanistan to Hong Kong
In 1914, Jewish Afghani brothers Rahamim and David Shamash returned from Jerusalem to Afghanistan along the well-trodden routes of the Silk Road with two new Torah scrolls, written for the Jewish communities of Afghanistan. A century later, after falling into disuse and disrepair, one of the Torah scrolls has found a new home, when two scions of the Shamash family—Hannah Zion and her brother, Ronald Abram—refurbished and rededicated it last month at Chabad-Lubavitch of Hong Kong.
Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights: Providing Support for Each Other through Medical Crisis
A medical crisis can throw an entire family into a tailspin, with devastating ramifications for both the patient and the entire family. That’s where Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights steps in.
East Flatbush Community Fights to Keep Homes Affordable
In a letter addressed to brokers and prospective home buyers, East Flatbush Rov Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Holtzman begs everyone to help keep the price of homes affordable for young families looking to purchase in their community.
JEM: What the Rebbe Said to My Father Revealed
When Rabbi Moshiach Chudaitov and his family immigrated from the Soviet Union they received some unexpected attention from the Rebbe, together with a very special blessing. (Early 1970s)
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