LOS ANGELES — Hate crimes were down in Los Angeles County in 2009 compared with the year before, but such crimes against Jews spiked almost 50%, according to a report released Tuesday.
WASHINGTON [CNN] — The Senate on Wednesday passed a compromise version of a bill to provide free medical treatment to first responders of the September 11 terrorist attack.
WARSAW, Poland [AP] — Vandals threw firecrackers and bricks with swastikas into the home of the Polish head of a group devoted to Jewish remembrance, the man who was target of the attack said Wednesday.
Menachem Mendel Haller (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Chaya Mushka Borenstein (Bologna, Italy)
Life for Chana Sharfstein, a short, energetic woman who moved from Scandinavia to Boston only to experience the pain of her father being murdered at a young age, has not been easy. Shortly after her father’s passing, her mother passed away, leaving her an orphan in a foreign country. Her more than 70 years have been a near-constant struggle to understand why the Almighty would bestow such difficult circumstances on anyone.
Sunday, December 12, the Jewish Victims of Terror project held its 2nd annual event in memory of reporter Daniel Pearl,H’yd. In 2002, Daniel was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan. The Jewish Victims of Terror event, held at the Suburban Club, focused on celebrating strength and resilience in the face of terrorist activities.
According to a new study conducted by Boston University there are more Jews living in the United States than previously expected.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — John Howells, a local handyman and longtime Crown Heights resident, was found dead by a group of Yeshiva Bochurim in an abandoned construction site nearly two weeks ago, now police have acknowledged that it was a brutal homicide.
Chevruta study between Yeshiva University students and Chabad Rabbinical students gains popularity.
The New York Times has sued the New York Police Department, saying the department had routinely violated a state law that requires government agencies to provide information to the press and the public.
Organizers of the Kinus HaShluchos are asking Crown Heights residents to open their homes to host the Shluchos during the annual Kinus.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Sholom DovBer ben Ilana A new born baby on life support machines
This Wednesday evening, December 22nd, at 8:00 pm at Oholei Torah, 667 Eastern Parkway there will be a special lecture on bullying, given by Barry Horowitz, the coordinator of Ohel’s Adolescent Leadership Program, and a noted lecturer on mental health related topics.
A Brooklyn Laundromat attendant gunned down during a late-night robbery traded a series of heartbreaking phone calls with his family as he lay bleeding to death.
JERUSALEM — Committee for the Sanctity of Shabbat orders Haredi public to complete its Friday shopping at Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market an hour before Shabbat begins so as not to cause merchants to violate the holy day.
Shalom Dovber Gerber, the 2 year-old son of Chabad Shluchim in Philadelphia, has passed away this morning — not waking up from his sleep.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Machne Israel-Lubavitch, has announced the opening of the second grant cycle of the Machne Israel Development Fund – Early Childhood Initiative.
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