The Orlando Jewish community rejoiced as little Joseph received his bris ritual circumcision, a celebration entering him into a covenant with God. This ritual has been practiced ever since God commanded Abraham the first Jew: “This is My covenant that you shall observe between Me and you and your children after you, to circumcise your every male.”
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A thief broke into a minivan and nearly got away with it thanks to the NYPDs dawdling response time – taking over fifteen minutes to respond to the incident, despite repeated calls from Shomrim volunteers and dispatchers.
100 Shluchim from New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Virginia, Wes Virginia and Delaware, gathered last Thursday in Manalapan, NJ for a day of achdus, learning and inspiration.
A few days before Passover last April, a stream of RVs decorated with Hebrew letters rolled down Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn. The caravan of 61 vehicles was not a trailer park gone rogue, but an annual parade of the so-called Mitzvah Tanks that the Chabad-Lubavitch movement uses to encourage Jews toward religious observance. This year, though, the tanks were flanked by the the newest and perhaps unlikeliest members of Chabad outreach, a group of Hasidic and Orthodox motorcyclists called Rebbe’s Riders.
As another night of unrest begins in London, the Jewish community is taking precautions to protect their stores from the violent riots.
Shaya and Chaya Mushka (nee Wolf) Schtroks
As more motorists than ever take to the roads during the busy summer season, a Brooklyn company is attempting to prevent the number one cause of arrests within the frum community: driving with a suspended license.
Henech and Feiga Bowick (Oak Park, MI)
New York State Police are conducting a campaign to crack down on speeding motorists. “Speed Week” begins Monday and runs through the 14th.
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: Afternoon Prayers on Tisha B’av at 770. The Rebbe recites the Haftorah. Tisha B’Av, 5747 · August 4, 1987.
A little over a week ago, Michael Lesher took to the pages of the New York Post to publish a column of unabashed hate and seething venom against Brooklyn’s Shomrim patrols. Apparently unsatisfied with the previous assault, the NY Post has decided to launch another attack on the Jewish volunteer safety patrol from its editorial pages. Ungrateful for the tremendous effort Shomrim put together to find the missing Leiby Kletzky, the New York Post summons the audacity to accuse Shomrim of getting in the way of the NYPD during the investigation.
A shocking report from Beitar Ilit relates of a violent attack on Rabbi Binyomin Lerer’s home in Beitar. Members of the Atra Kadisha organization were irked by the handling of burial sites at the Africa – Israel company work site. Rabbi Lerer, who is the Rov of the Lubavitcher community in the Dekel neighborhood, is the Rov at Africa Israel, and Atra Kadisha holds him responsible for the way the kevorim issue was taken care of.
As the Shnas Limudim in Detroit came to a close, together with it, did the vast Mivtza Torah happening in the local Mesivta. On this past Thursday night (4 Ov) a large celebration took place, marking the culmination of the Mivtza and rewarding its participants.
New details emerged in connection with the kidnapping of a Chabad Shliach in Ecuador, information indicated that he abducted by an Israeli man who was well known to him and his wife.
Shalom Chai Wrubel (Montreal, Canada) and Bat-el Shertzer (Montreal, Canada)
Chabad-Lubavitch of Ulster County in Kingston, N.Y., unveiled its newly-renovated social hall and brand new guest accommodations at a community breakfast and ribbon cutting ceremony.
The Port Authority says it plans to raise the toll on its bridges and tunnels by $4 next month.
