The maintenance and Kitchen staff at Bais Rivkah Lefferts did not come into work Thursday morning in what appears to be a strike over not being paid. The strike left the students without breakfast, and teachers to arrange food for their students themselves. Update 11:15am: The workers are reportedly back at work, and the money paid.
Unofficial election results from the New York City November 5th election paint a simple picture on the winners and the losers. By far the biggest loss for the Jewish community is the likely passing of the proposed change to the voting system, making it Ranked Choice Voting.
A manhole explosion shook a Crown Heights block Friday night, igniting the car parked directly above it. The explosion knocked out power to a nearby building. No one was injured and firefighters quickly dowsed the fire.
El Al, Israel’s national airline, has agreed to compensate passengers from last year’s infamous “Shabbat flight”, paving the way for an out-of-court settlement, ending a class action lawsuit against the airline. UPDATE: Deal cancelled!
The body of missing IDF soldier Eliezer Ashkenazi, 20, was found Monday after he was reported missing since Sunday morning.
An 8 year old boy has been pulled from the water near Haverstraw after the boat he was on capsized. He was transported to the hospital with CPR in progress.
Another swastika was found in Brooklyn, this one on 14th Avenue and 39th Street, on a very busy Boro Park Street. The red Nazi symbol was found on a wooden board, and the NYPD and Boro Park Shomrim were called.
A projectile was fired from Lebanese territory into northern Israel, landing in the town of Avivim, near the Israel-Lebanese border, the IDF reported Sunday afternoon. According to the preliminary IDF report, the projectile was an anti-tank missile, and was fired at an army vehicle near the border.
An elderly Jewish man was brutally assaulted with a brick Tuesday morning, as he walked through Rochester Park in Crown Heights. Hatzalah rushed the man to the hospital, where he is being treated for facial injuries.
Three rockets fired from Gaza landed in Southern Israel Sunday evening. Two of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome, and another landed in an open area. No injuries were reported from the impact.
A 21-year-old Lubavitch Bochur R”L drowned on a beach in Mexico. It happened on a beach on the island of Cozumel, a mostly undeveloped Mexican island in the Caribbean Sea. The island is famed for its scuba diving. The victim is a resident of Be’er Sheva.
A Chareidi father was reported missing Monday night, after he and a friend went swimming at a Tel Aviv beach. The incident occurred after two young men went swimming together near the Dolphinarium. One of them came out of the water and reported that his friend had disappeared.
A Frum Monsey father of 7, Reb Dovid Traube, was reported reported missing while boating on Greenwood Lake, which straddles the New York and New Jersey Border. Rabbi Traube had jumped into the lake to save his son who had gone overboard. The son was reported to have been removed from the water, while the father has yet to be found.
In the third large scale search this Sunday, Rockland Chaverim have begun establishing a search for a missing bochur at Bear Mountain. Updates will be published as information becomes available.
Local Emergency Services as well as Hatzalah are responding to a call for help after a hiker fell off a cliff at Minawoska State Park. The man was located by chopper, but was unable to be lifted due to the weather.
Rocket sirens sounded in the city of Sderot and nearby Israeli communities on Friday evening. 15 Rockets were reported to have been fired from Gaza, and locals have reported hearing explosions.
Two Brooklyn Residents have been taken into custody in connection with the assaults on six elderly Jews early this week. The assaults had had sent two of the victims to Bellevue hospital with broken bones. Update: Now four arrested.
