When he was 18 and still living in his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Beryl Epstein received a call from his older brother, Mordechai, who was about to join the Israel Defense Forces.
It looked, this week, like there might be progress for women in Saudi Arabia. King Abdullah granted women the right to vote, and to run for election to municipal councils and be appointed full voting members of the Majlis Al-Shura, a government advisory group. According to a New York Times editorial this week, however, women will still need the approval of a male family member.
Fulfilling the dream of having a child is something not all of us are fortunate enough to experience. Not many people give much thought to the subject of infertility. To most people it comes natural but that is not always the case.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was shot eight times and killed late Thursday night last week and the police have not been able to identify him. The victim has been listed as a John Doe in the Kings County morgue and police have no leads on who killed him.
Just before sundown on Monday, dozens of children on the back patio of the Altman Family Chabad Community Center were carrying around ram’s horns, working sandpaper across the rough shell or trying to blow a note, any note, through their new shofars.
The sputtering economy is fueling changes in synagogues’ ticketing policies and marketing strategies for their annual High Holy Days services.
The NYPD is attacking a spike in subway crime with extra weekend patrols by police officers drawn from above-ground precincts and the housing bureau, police said.
Most Yeshivas look at the beginning of the school year as a fresh start. New supplies are purchased, walls are given a fresh coat of paint, and books are dusted off – ready to greet a whole new group of eager students.
In a ranting response to Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s UN speech, in which he mentioned the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s words to him about shining light in dark places, a writer at the extreme-left-wing newspaper ‘Ha’aretz’ went off the deep end, slinging slanderous accusations one after the other at a Jewish leader who showed only love and respect for all mankind. Slurs such as ‘Racist’ ‘Inciter’ and ‘Hater’ are liberally thrown around, as well as the completely ridiculous assertion that Boruch Goldstien was an ‘Emissary’ of the Rebbe.
The Great Sukkah Controversy in TriBeCa has been amicably settled in time for the Jewish holidays, with a new location found nearby for the sukkah and an offer by opponents of its placement in a park to cover the costs of staffing.
In a story posted yesterday at the New York Times, the writer points out that six of the sixty four petition issues at the White House “We the People page” are focused on legalizing Pot, and that a total of 77,000 signed for this issue between all six petitions.
Linda is whisked to a private, VIP room that has been graced by the likes of Al Pacino, the former queen of Jordan and assorted NYC elites. She’s a young, fashionable, Louboutin-loving mom from Forest Hills who gladly spends as much on her shoes as she does haircuts. A fact that normally wouldn’t turn heads — except that these costly sessions, which run about $325, aren’t for her own hair. They’re for her wig.
For the first time ever seven wounded Israeli soldiers came to spend a week visiting Brazil, through a joint venture of chabad victim’s terror project and Noach Adventures in Brazil.
No need to go to the mailbox or even open an e-card, Torah Café’s High Holiday video card is here! Jonathan Sacks, Denis Prager, Natan Sharansky and other Jewish leaders around the world have been brought together to share their thoughts, hopes and wishes for the upcoming year.
Jewish inmates at Penitentiary No. 7 in S. Petersburg, Russia, now have a place to pray, learn Torah and relax in their newly-converted synagogue.
Mendy Jacobs (Kfar Chabad) and Goldy Lieder (Jerusalem)
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