Silly me. I thought flying on 9/11 would be easy. I figured most people would choose not to fly that day so lines would be short, planes would be lightly filled and though security might be ratcheted up, we’d all feel safer knowing we had come a long way since that dreadful Tuesday morning 10 years ago.
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Showing that modernity might, just might, find its place even in a world predisposed to the most traditional of customs, in walks FaceGlat: an ultra-Orthodox Jewish answer, at least for some, to Facebook.
Divine Providence and a hurricane led two Bochurim Dovid Kotlarsky and Yehoshua Greenspan who aer out on Merkos Shlichus to a chance meeting with Mike Eman, the Prime Minister of Aruba.
An inseparable part of the West Indian-American Day Parade is a nighttime celebration called J’ouvert. It is a night feared and dreaded by the police, both for their own safety and the amount of people who get shot and stabbed throughout the night. This year was no different, with a number of fatalities as well as people shot and stabbed all around the area.
Friendship Circle of Cleveland executive director Rabbi Yossi Marozov sits at a table among the cluttered work-in-progress of what will become the teen volunteer organization’s youth lounge.
The number of narcotic-related emergency room visits has risen significantly due to an increased abuse of prescription painkillers, according to a New York City Health Department survey.
BREAKING: Earthquake like tremors were felt in Crown Heights, and throughout Brooklyn just moments ago. The city’s 911 system was instantly flooded with calls for buildings and houses shaking. No official report yet on what exactly had taken place. UPDATES in the extended article.
The following is a letter from Hatzolah of Los Angeles to the entire community:
We were in Bar, Montenegro. The meeting started like any other. Jasa invited us in, and we spoke for over an hour.
“So how about we put on tefillin?” I asked. He gladly accepted.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a five-step plan on Wednesday to update the technology that powers the 911 emergency response system.
Drivers in Brooklyn will have to dig a little deeper into their pockets starting Tuesday.
Boston University, 1970s. An anguished father struggles for a way to bring his bright son back to Jewish observance.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a touching encounter, where the Rebbe urges that family ties—and patience—be maintained, in spite of level observance, and that in time Torah will prevail, with special thanks to Rabbi Mordechai Berkowitz.
The majority of people feel upset and lonely when they are deprived of access to the internet, according to consumer research.
Say “Chabad,” and many people likely picture men in dark suits, black hats and long beards. But Beth Menachem Chabad (BMC) in Newton isn’t your father’s Chabad. On any given Saturday, the men arrive ready to pray, dressed in everyday clothing: jeans, corduroys, trousers or suits.
College students looking for information about the programs offered by Chabad at Washington University now have an easier way to do so using a newly launched app for the iPhone. The free Chabad WUSTL app contains a continually updated guide to events, and a thought for the day. The app also empowers users to donate, and provides an easy way for students to RSVP for events and to interact with Chabad professionals.
This past Wednesday, in conjunction with Gimmel Tammuz, a Gala banquet was held in the Jewish Childrens Museum by a special organization based in Crown Heights, the Torah Learning Project.
New York — The efforts of three trailblazing young rabbis were recognized by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who issued an official proclamation yesterday declaring July 6, 2011 to be “Bike 4 Friendship Day.” The proclamation pays tribute to Bike 4 Friendship, the cross-country fundraising and awareness bike tour for the Friendship Circle.
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