Throughout Friday and Shabbos parts of Crown Heights and towns in the Catskill mountains were left without electricity due to high load on the power grid, forcing residents to take refuge in Shuls and be neighbors for Shabbos meals and some air conditioning relief.
Crime is on the verge of going up this year for the first time in nearly two decades—and anxious NYPD brass are cracking down in an effort to keep their historic gains intact.
The triple-digit scorcher that taxed the electrical grid and made life uncomfortable in the tri-state is expected to simmer down somewhat.
Mandy has 321 male friends. His wife, Chaya Mushka, has 321 girlfriends. How many new couples will they be able to match? Well, none.
The New York Daily News reports today that a Brooklyn councilman is proposing “Leiby’s Law,” named in honor of 8-year-old local boy Leiby Kletzky, who was murdered after becoming lost on his seven block route home from day camp, and asking the man indicted in the murder, Levi Aron, for directions.
MIAMI, FL — Sharing his faith on the streets of South Beach with an RV ministry, Rabbi Rev Katz says he is devoted to helping lost Jews find their way back to God.
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: In 15 Tammuz, 5720 (July 10, 1960) The Rebbe visits Camp Gan Israel New York. The Rebbe tells the children A Baal Shem Tov story with a fundamental lesson: Don’t convince yourself that you aren’t strong enough. G-d grants the strength to achieve all good things — and if you truly want it, you will succeed.
Shlomo and Chana (nee Testa) Voola (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
Reuven Barukh (Sydney, Australia) and Baila Goldman (Melbourne, Australia)
After a long and tiring but successful day, Eli and I (we are both named Eli) headed to our lodging to retire for the night. After making something quick to eat to fill our starving, food-deprived stomachs, we prayed the afternoon service—a prayer like none I had ever experienced before. The extreme gratitude to G‑d for helping us find and connect with so many of His people had really moved me. But when I got to the Shema Koleinu blessing—where you ask for your own personal request—I was stumped: What could I possibly need? I’m here doing what I love, helping Jews connect with their Judaism.
A Monsey man believed to have left his 2-year-old daughter inside a parked car for two hours during Friday’s record-breaking heat is facing misdemeanor endangerment charges.
The main defense lawyer for the man suspected of abducting and killing an 8-year-old boy he met on the street has acquired a new partner with experience in high-profile murder cases, including an insanity defense.
Archaeologists have discovered a rare gold bell with a small loop at its end. The finding was made during an archaeological excavation in the City of David National Park (near the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem) by the Israel Antiquities Authority in cooperation with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Ir David Foundation.
Beginning season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the third class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week’s topic, “The Rebbe on Recreational Dating”.
ABC 7’s Jeff Pegues speakes with attorney Gerard Marrone after he abruptly quit the defense team for confessed killer Levi Aron.
New York City broke a heat record on Friday. A record-high temperature of 104 degrees was measured in Central Park shortly before 2 p.m., easily beating the previous record of 101 for July 22 set 54 years ago.
While one might miss it driving down Tadmuck Road, in an unassuming white house lies the Chabad Center of Nashoba Valley, one of dozens of the centers for the Jewish sect across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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