An Orthodox Jewish rabbi director of a Brooklyn, New York, religious school was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday on charges of trying to extort $4 million from SAC Capital hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen.
On Monday night Rosh Chodesh Kislev, Crown Heights held a special Farbrengen conducted by rabbis and Shluchim from the Matusof family, a meal in honor of the Sheloshim of their mother’s Rebitizin, Pesya Matusof OBM.
When religious Singers were more of a novelty WB11 News produced a special report about Mordechai Ben David dated in the early ’90s.
This past weekend saw two mammoth Jewish gatherings take place. The first was the General Assembly for the Jewish Federations of North America, and the other was the International Convention of Chabad Emissaries. Whilst both are awe inspiring in their grandeur and both are focused on Jewish continuity, the Chabad movement continues to rapidly grow at a spanking pace and the Federations appear to be largely stagnant.
Danny and Dalia Fishman (Los Angeles, CA)
Mr. Gennady Bogoliubov speaks at the International Conference of Shluchim 2010.
Mendy and Henni (nee Denburg) Halberstam (Miami Beach, FL)
Levi and Rivky (Nee Osdoba) Dubinsky (Mountain Lakes, NJ)
We are pleased to present our twenty-third online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by the editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, Rabbi Chaim Miller.
There are more troubling questions about what critics say is the NYPD’s obsession with ticket and arrest quotas.
It is 10 p.m. on a Sunday and Yosef Bergovoy is standing on a sidewalk talking to his friends. In a moment, these three college students became suspects of a criminal misdemeanor.
Shlame and Miriam (nee Brook) Landa (Fairfield, CT)
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Photos of the L’Chaim of Eli Wilansky (Montreal, Canada) and Esther Kurinsky (Crown Heights) in Crown Heights.
Following the Roll-call by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, he asked that everyone rise and give a round of applause, after which the crowd broke out in a ‘spontaneous’ dance!
In honor of the 27th annual Kinus Hashluchum Lubavitch Archives released three images from the Menachem Wollf Photo Collection of the first Kinus Hashluchim in 5744-1983.
Autumn has arrived in New York City, ushering in blustery winds, crisp skies, and shortened days. While cooler temperatures send many New Yorkers running for cover, Brooklyn Botanic Garden celebrates fall’s advance with FREE weekday admission and seasonal guided tours.
A billboard advertisement placed by Kehot Publication Society on the bus shelter on Kingston Aveune corner Carroll Street, has been vandalized by unknown perpetrators.
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