Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared a state of emergency in New York in preparation for the potential impact of Hurricane Irene, which may hit New York State this coming weekend.
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It’s hard to imagine that Vukan Marinković went through a good portion of his childhood unaware of his Jewish identity.
US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro visited Kaplan Hospital in Rechovot to meet with victims of Hamas rocket attacks. Upon his arrival on Tuesday, the ambassador was met by hospital administrator Prof. Yaakov Yahav and a contingent of senior personnel. The ambassador conveyed good wishes on the victims on behalf of US President Barak Obama.
Menachem Youlus, a rabbi who claimed that he rescued Torah scrolls lost during the Holocaust, was arrested on fraud charges and accused of fabricating the stories.
With a large fish tank and piles of toys in the office, an indoor playground decorated to look like a rainforest and hallway walls covered in student art — including a little house with a working doorbell — the Jewish Academy in East Northport, L.I., is an inviting place for children and their parents.
The exchange of art between America and Russia is in a deep freeze because of a legal battle between the Chabad-Lubavitch sect and the Russian government over the Schneerson Collection — almost 40,000 books and manuscripts that Moscow has and Chabad wants.
Chaya Suri shares with us an act of kindness that happened to her at a wedding.
Folk music has been part of Moshe Feiglin’s life for more than a decade, when it first provided solace to him as a rebellious teenager.
I fought for my family’s safety in a community under fire
Cowering in a tiny, windowless bathroom with my children, in a state of terror, I cried out to my dear, departed mother. “Sarah Basha bas Reb Shimon, save us!” I could hear the shouts of the mob outside…. How had an ordinary Monday evening in Brooklyn, New York in 1991, turned into Russia of the 1800s? There we were, a Jewish family fearing for our lives as the mobs outside our front door ran wildly through the streets, calling for our death.
The Popack siblings are sitting Shiva of their sister, Mirel bas Yehudah Leib Halevi a”h, yesterday in Israel.
They are sitting Shiva at 317 Crown Street [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Shacharis is at 10:00am
Mincha at 7:30pm
Maariv at 8:20pm
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim
Rabbi Pinchas Taylor was at ease in front of the camera as it recorded his lecture on “Dreams in the Jewish Tradition” during an adult education class at Chabad of Plantation. The 27-year-old rabbi’s presentation was being taped for Torah Café, an Internet-based collection of video lectures, classes and presentations by Torah scholars and experts operated by the Chabad-Lubavitch’s Rohr Jewish Learning Institute.
On Sunday, Rev. Al Sharpton gave his version of what happened 20 years ago in Crown Heights. But although he purports to have reflected on and learned from the riots, the truth is his recollection is egregiously distorted and sanitized.
The highly-anticipated National Jewish Retreat in Greenwich, Connecticut was an unprecedented success, with over 800 Jews from all over the world in attendance.
GREAT NECK, NY [CHI] — It is every parent’s worst nightmare, and for Rabbi Yitzchok and Tamar Chayempour, Shluchim in Great Neck, Long Island, it came true this morning when their live-in maid walked out and vanished with their six-month old daughter Esti.
A 20-year-old woman who was barely holding on to her life after Saturday night’s rocket attack now is breathing on her own, adding another miracle in the wake of Arab terrorist attacks on Israel.
The city is urging residents not to panic but to take basic precautions ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene, which has strengthened to a category three storm.
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