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.
Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web becoming a publicly available service on the internet.
Hassidic singer Avraham Fried is marking the 30th year of his musical career, during which he has released albums, filmed clips, and performed thousands of times in Israel and around the world, almost always using suitable expressions from the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible.
Nochi and Miriam Goldshmid (Crown Heights)
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale was felt for several seconds across Israel on Sunday, shortly before midday.
Federal authorities could have spared Postville a great deal of upheaval if they had gone ahead with a planned 2000 immigration raid there instead of waiting nearly eight years to deal with a blatant case of illegal hiring, a retired federal agent says.
Nearly 15% of the U.S. population relied on food stamps in May, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.
As part of a five-decade old program originally dubbed “the Jewish Peace Corp”, two Chabad Rabbinical students will be visiting Springfield, Jefferson City and Branson, Mo. this August as part of their community outreach training. The young Rabbis-in-training will be spending their summer on the road, sharing their passion for Jewish life and bringing Jewish awareness and practice wherever they go.
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