1,600 Arrested for Putting Feet Up on Subway
AP
Sleepy New Yorkers beware: Putting your feet up on a subway seat during a late-night train ride can land you behind bars.
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Boteach: “I Could Declare Myself Messiah Right Now”
Haaretz
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach talks about his new book in Jerusalem, Israel
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach revels in speaking publicly about topics most Orthodox Jews avoid; his newest work promises to be no less controversial. The Israeli Newspaper Haaretz interviewed him on his latest book “Kosher J,” in which he describes the founder of Christianity as a good Jew, and blames later Christians who never knew him for portraying him falsely.
Last night, a Crown Heights couple noticed a great deal of anti-Semitic graffiti on a Kingston subway bench. They went to report it to the station attendant on their way home, and mentioned that there had been similar stuff in the exact same spot about a month ago.
Kingston Ave. Subway Station: Anti-Semitic Graffiti and Rude MTA Attendant
Last night, a Crown Heights couple noticed a great deal of anti-Semitic graffiti on a Kingston subway bench. They went to report it to the station attendant on their way home, and mentioned that there had been similar stuff in the exact same spot about a month ago.
In honor of his upcoming marriage, singer Shimmy Engel teamed up with Israeli composer Yishai Lapidot to release a music video of Avraham Fried's touching Aleh Katan - in Yiddish.
Video: Duo Sings Fried’s ‘Aleh Katan’ in Yiddish
In honor of his upcoming marriage, singer Shimmy Engel teamed up with Israeli composer Yishai Lapidot to release a music video of Avraham Fried‘s touching Aleh Katan – in Yiddish.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Mrs. Sima Esther Hecht, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sima Esther Hecht of Chicago, IL, daughter of renowned Shliach Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Hecht Z”L.
Baby Boy!
Saadya and Mushky (nee Hayes) Notik (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Shmuli and Racheli (nee Goldstein) Friedman (Miami Beach, FL)
Target Praised for Using Down Syndrome Boy in Ad
NY Daily News
Ryan (far left), a six-year-old boy with Down syndrome, in a recent clothing ad for Target.
Target is raking in praise over a recent ad featuring a 6-year-old boy with Down syndrome.
Hundreds Attend Hatzalah Health Symposium & Benefit
Photos by Chaim Perl for Hatzalah
Oholei Torah’s ballroom filled up Motzei Shabbos with hundreds of guests attending the annual Crown Heights Hatzalah fundraiser.
Photos & Video: 8th Day Rocks Long Island
At a concert benefiting the Friendship Circle of West Hempstead, Long Island, the 8th Day’s Shmuly and Bentzy Marcus, along with their brother Eli, performed a rocking show for the large crowd, including their hit song Yalili, as well as a number of brand new songs.
JLI Launches in Germany
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky announced that JLI, the adult education arm of Chabad Lubavitch, will now be launching in Germany, joining more than 350 branches worldwide with more than a quarter million students.
Baby Girl!
Shmaya and Rochie (nee Silver) Galperin (Holmdel, NJ)
Forging Friendships, Preserving Memory
Holocaust survivors are a fast dwindling population. But buried with many a survivor who dies is a story of untold suffering and loss, and also, lessons of an extraordinary will for life.
JTA
Rabbi Benzion Chanowitz shows the empty cabinet where the Torah was stolen from.
A New York state synagogue is holding a rally to help locate a stolen Torah. The handwritten Sefer Torah and $200 in cash were found to be missing on Saturday after a break-in at the Landfield Avenue Synagogue in Monticello, NY.
Chabad House to Hold Rally to Locate Stolen Torah
JTA
Rabbi Benzion Chanowitz shows the empty cabinet where the Torah was stolen from.
A New York state synagogue is holding a rally to help locate a stolen Torah. The handwritten Sefer Torah and $200 in cash were found to be missing on Saturday after a break-in at the Landfield Avenue Synagogue in Monticello, NY.
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