It’s been 25 years since the explosion at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power station but the health implications facing the next generation are still as serious as ever, according to the main Jewish charity working with communities living in the region affected by what is considered the world’s worst man-made ecological disaster.
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At the Passover Seder, we are supposed to ask questions about why things are done the way they are. Recently I asked some questions about the government-funded social service agency that serves my Jewish community in Brooklyn, the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council. Specifically, I questioned the policy that only allows men to vote for the council’s leaders. In public letters I argued that the policy might violate the Constitution (or at least civil rights statutes), and I cited various sources in support of my contention that there is no halachic reason for excluding women from voting in elections for a secular organization.
Over 300 Jews spent Pesach in New England, in the picturesque village Stowe Vermont in a program led by a group of Lubavitchers.
A man suspected of causing an explosion at a Santa Monica synagogue has been ordered held without bond in a Riverside court.
The 135,000 participants and viewers of last year’s Great Parade will always remember it as an unparalleled celebration of Jewish unity, pride and Ahavas Yisroel. Does it get any greater?
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe“: Chassidim singing ”Al Achas” Niggun as the Rebbe encourages them at a Farbrangen on the 13 Nissan, 5734, (April 4 1985).
What more is there to say about the Lubavitcher Rebbe 16 years after his passing, on the occasion of his birthday, that has not already been said? I was pondering that question as I walked the streets of my boyhood town of Miami Beach over Passover.
A North Carolina company is recalling a batch of cucumbers due to the potential that the product may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Eliane Benzecry has carried a picture of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, in her wallet her whole life. First benefitting from Chabad-Lubavitch as a child growing up in Brazil, she says that now living close to his resting place in Cambria Heights, N.Y., is very meaningful.
One person, 30, was killed R”L and five others were severely injured in a shooting attack in the West Bank on Sunday.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The Brooklyn Landmarks Preservation Commission will vote on landmarking an additional 610 Crown Heights buildings in June. Another 630 buildings are expected to follow.
Blood was spilled on a Crown Heights street last night when two men were slashed at around 7:45 p.m., police said.
Hundreds of people attended Thursday night’s concert dubbed the Orlando Pesach Unity Concert featuring the 8th Day with a guest appearance from Dr. Laz and the Cure. Taking place at the Orlando Sun Resort and Convention Center, the audience was treated to some of the best songs from the 8th day and Dr Laz.
Yaakov Chayim Greenfield (Wembly, UK) and Adina Solomon (Morristown, NJ)
Internal Affairs cops got a big break in their exploding ticket-fixing probe when they caught a Bronx sergeant shamelessly trying to make a traffic violation disappear for an honorary NYPD deputy commissioner, The Post has learned.
Attention, allergy sufferers: we know you’re coughing, mercilessly sneezing and desperately want to claw your itchy eyes out of your head.
