Video: Can You Identify the Beard? Hip or Hassid?
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel featured a Hilarius clip showing a mix of bearded Brooklynites and asked the audience to attempt and identify if they were a Hassid or a Hipster.
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Update: Limited Subway service to resume tomorrow, Thursday.
Video: NYC Subway System Under Water
Update: Limited Subway service to resume tomorrow, Thursday.
911 Overwhelmed with Calls Monday Night
New York City 911 Call Center.
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the NYC 911 system received 10,000 calls per half hour on Monday night. A quick math suggests that this is 333.3 calls per minute, which in turn means 5.5 calls per second!
Nearly 500 students graduate from Chabad high schools each year with the hopes of continuing their undergraduate studies the following year in a Chabad seminary.
CyberSem Launches New e-Learning Program
Nearly 500 students graduate from Chabad high schools each year with the hopes of continuing their undergraduate studies the following year in a Chabad seminary.
Most Crown Heights Schools to Stay Closed Monday
CrownHeights.info has complied the following list of Crown Heights schools which will not be open tomorrow, Monday, due to severe weather conditions.
by Debbie Maimon - Yated
A newly-adopted NY City Health Code amendment that subjects bris milah to government regulation has galvanized New York’s religious community to take the extraordinary step of challenging the law’s constitutionality in federal court.
Assault on Bris Milah Unites Jewish Communities
by Debbie Maimon – Yated
A newly-adopted NY City Health Code amendment that subjects bris milah to government regulation has galvanized New York’s religious community to take the extraordinary step of challenging the law’s constitutionality in federal court.
Running Red Light Causes Parkway Accident
Two vehicles collided on Eastern Parkway, after one blew through a red light, injuring a number of passengers. UPDATE: One driver charged with driving while intoxicated.
Website Lists Open Sukkahs All Over the World
A world-wide registry of Sukkahs available for public use has been set up, and is listed online at www.localsukkah.org.
ChabadMatch.com Celebrates 100 Engaged Singles
by Yonit Tanenbaum
ChabadMatch.com, a matchmaking site for Lubavitch singles and shadchanim featuring the largest online database of Lubavitch singles, recently celebrated its 50th engagement — that’s 100 happy Chabad individuals who are single no longer!
9-year-old Mushky returned home from camp and proudly showed her parents the prize she had received from her counselor - an English translated volume of Hayom Yom printed by Sichos in English.
Rebbe’s Biography Erased from English Hayom Yom
9-year-old Mushky returned home from camp and proudly showed her parents the prize she had received from her counselor – an English translated volume of Hayom Yom printed by Sichos in English.
A YouTube clip released three weeks ago by Kraft Foods in order to market a new gum features an eclectic group of New Yorkers dancing on the subway, among them a Lubavitcher Chossid.
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Illustration photo: An Israeli prison.
A young bride from Nachalas Har Chabad, married but one short month ago, was jailed in Israel and charged with defection from the IDF.
[Update: Judges rule she will remain in custody until Thursday.]
Lubavitcher Kallah Jailed for ‘Defection’ from IDF
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Illustration photo: An Israeli prison.
A young bride from Nachalas Har Chabad, married but one short month ago, was jailed in Israel and charged with defection from the IDF.
[Update: Judges rule she will remain in custody until Thursday.]
A new Chabad Tefillin app has strapped itself into a spot on Israel’s Top 30 Apps in the education category, with similarly impressive positions on the top 100 lists of France, Ukraine and South Africa.
Chabad Mivtzoim App Hits Israel’s Top 30
A new Chabad Tefillin app has strapped itself into a spot on Israel’s Top 30 Apps in the education category, with similarly impressive positions on the top 100 lists of France, Ukraine and South Africa.
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The United States' most influential pediatricians group has released a study saying that the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks involved (the study does not include the practice of Metzitza B'peh). They also recommended that insurance companies should pay for it, as it is likely to bring net health savings down the line.
Doctors: Benefits of Circumcision Outweigh Risks
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The United States’ most influential pediatricians group has released a study saying that the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks involved (the study does not include the practice of Metzitza B’peh). They also recommended that insurance companies should pay for it, as it is likely to bring net health savings down the line.
CGI Florida Hosts MBP Awards Ceremony
As every year, the campers of Gan Israel-Florida overnight camp worked on preparing a special and most befitting present for the Rebbe with their annual Mishnayos Be’Al Peh program; together, the campers learned and were tested on close to 30,000 lines of Mishnayos, Tanya, Siddur and Yediyos Kloliyos. This figure includes: 48 complete perakim, 651 Mishnas and 1,868 lines of Tanya.
We are pleased to report that as of 4:30 this morning Yakov has been found and is doing fine. It turns out that he just wanted to take a break from a long summer of hard work, and impulsively decided to leave for a few days vacation. He will return to Crown Heights in the near future.
Missing French Twin Found
We are pleased to report that as of 4:30 this morning Yakov has been found and is doing fine. It turns out that he just wanted to take a break from a long summer of hard work, and impulsively decided to leave for a few days vacation. He will return to Crown Heights in the near future.
E.U. Map Lists Israeli Cities as ‘Settlements’
A map created by the European Union lists undisputed Israeli cities such as [parts of] Modi’in – located midway between Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv – as “settlements” subject to trade restrictions.
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