My wife and I long ago made a decision that our home would be a “television-free zone.” It is truly amazing how much more you can live without what has become for many an intrusive medium. And our children are more likely to be part of the family when there is no television to watch.
RINKABY, Sweden [CHI] — “Excuse me, are you Jewish?” asked Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick, a Chabad emissary to the World Scouting Jamboree in Rinkaby, Sweden.“Yes I am, how can I help you?” answered the scout in his fully emblazoned scout uniform behind the Jamboree registration desk. “Would you like to put on tefillin?” within a few minutes a loud ‘Mazal Tov’ is heard, as a crowd of bystanders join in to celebrate this young man’s Bar Mitzva.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Aron Moss will lead a discussion into the topic of polygamy and why it was once allowed.
The gentrification of Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights is most evident between Sterling and Park Place.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a photo of the Rebbe at a children’s rally Chanukah 1972.
Eliyahu Cowen (Pittsburgh, PA) and Mushka Stempel (Far Rockaway, NY)
Dovid Begun (Cheviot Hills, California) and Pnina Junik (Montreal, Canada)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a terror threat against the city is credible but not corroborated.
A London rabbi spoke this week of his deep regret that his secret negotiations with the Iranian regime had been published by WikiLeaks.
A new video by the Chabad.org video site Jewish.TV looks back at the 9/11 terror attacks and ask what we have learned as Jews, as Americans and as people.
A lieutenant in the 71st Precinct was involved in an accident earlier tonight, injuring himself and a civilian.
It was a legal lunchtime for Federal Justice Mordy Bromberg when he visited the Chabad of Melbourne CBD for lunch this week.
If the consequences weren’t so serious, it might just be funny.
As we approach the 10th anniversary since the 9-11 terror attack on the World Trade Center, I wish to share with you the story of an interesting 9-11 diary. This diary sheds light on the ongoing struggle between the West and radical Islam.
“We don’t take in Ethiopian children. We don’t think you match our lifestyle and we’re not sure about your Jewishness either.” This is what five young girls of Ethiopian descent were told when they arrived with their parents at the “Or Chaya” school in Petah Tikva.
Bentzion Black (Toledo, OH) and Alanna Duskin (Buffalo, NY)
Having eaten in kosher restaurants in America, London, and Manchester, Garry Mann has a basis for comparison when he’s sitting down for one of his regular meals at L’Chaim’s Restaurant in Glasgow.
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