IDF soldier Matan Cohen, serving at Shimshon base in the lower Galilee, climbs into the trailer of a 16-wheeler truck to wrap tefillin on his taut, tanned forearm, opposite the black beret tucked into his epaulets. He will be on leave at the end of the week and off to Sri Lanka for a two week break.
It is the sound that can make the toughest men moan and the calmest women weep. But the whine of the dentist’s drill could soon be silenced for good, according to researchers.
BREAKING: Earthquake like tremors were felt in Crown Heights, and throughout Brooklyn just moments ago. The city’s 911 system was instantly flooded with calls for buildings and houses shaking. No official report yet on what exactly had taken place. UPDATES in the extended article.
An interview with Rabbi Yankie Denburg, Chabad of Southwest Coral Springs:
Growing from last years three, this year four Lubavitch owned companies were ranked in the top 1000 of Inc. Magazines fastest growing private companies of 2011, one of the companies making in to the top 50!
CBS, ABC, FOX, WOR and PIX news covered the outbreak of the Crown Heights Riots, or Pogrom, on August 19th 1991. In this six minute clip obtained exclusively by CrownHeights.info we see the reports filed by these reporters and their observation on how the riots unfolded.
Ohel Chana in Melbourne Australia was the first Chabad Seminary to begin its program this year. The students of 5772 began their year down under with the zechus of a farbrengen with Rabbi AL Ceitlin from Tzefas, on Motsei Shabbos Chof Av, following their arrival in Australia before Shabbos.
There’s a new war between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and state lawmakers over more red-light cameras on New York City streets.
The 2011 JCC Maccabi games concluded Thursday, August 18, in Philadelphia. The games are designed to provide Jewish athletes the world over the opportunity to share their heritage and customs in a competitive athletic settings.
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: The Arizal writes that the numerical value of ‘Dimah–Tears’ is 120, which in Torah signifies full life. In truth, the letters only add up to 119, but when the word ‘Dimah’ as a whole is counted, it equals 120. A sicha from 20 Menachem Av, 5742 · August 9, 1982.
New York City’s overall crime rate could increase for the first time in decades, driven by alarming spikes in murder, rapes and robberies in many neighborhoods.
The city’s red-light traffic cameras have resulted in more than $52 million in fines last year to drivers who ran the lights, according to Department of Transportation records obtained by the New York Daily News.
The coordinated, multistage attack on Eilat that left eight Israelis dead and dozens more wounded on Thursday has shaken the tranquility of Israel’s southern resort city.
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