When a 16-year-old Lubavitcher named Ari Halberstam was gunned down on the Brooklyn Bridge on March 1, 1994 by a Lebanese livery cab driver, the killing seemed to be a cut-and-dried case.
Last Sunday, a group of thirty participants, including Bar Mitzvah boys and their parents, completed a unique seven-day bar mitzvah journey. It was the first journey of its kind to be organized by the Bar Mitzvah Experience.
Vietnam. Late morning at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi. Hundreds of passengers waiting by their gates for flights to various Far East destinations. All, without exception, turn towards the center of the terminal and stare at a group of young Jews wearing Tefillin.
A year after Superstorm Sandy catastrophically flooded hundreds of miles of eastern U.S. coastline, thousands of people still trying to fix their soaked and surf-battered homes are being stymied by bureaucracy, insurance disputes and uncertainty over whether they can even afford to rebuild.
4th of July: There are certain principles that are so central to the foundation of the United States, that they were engraved on its coins and printed on its currency. Two fundamental principles: In G-d We Trust and E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One.
A took a jog on the Manhattan-bound subway tracks this morning, prompting police to shut down the power and look for him. The man was apprehended at the Kingston Avenue stop and arrested.
According to Kabbala the essence of life is based on Rutzo and Shuv, which translates into “To and fro” (literally, “Running and returning”). The latter refers to a rhythmic motion that permeates man’s entire being; physically, emotionally and spiritually, i.e., one’s service of the Almighty.
Exploring, discovering, hiking, connecting and inspiring. These are verbs that describe the LYA Israel Experience, 2013. Eight 7th-grade and 8th-grade students spent ten amazing days in Israel at the end of February with chaperones Rabbi Chaim and Rochel Leah Kosofsky.
New York City and Long Island will begin rationing gas to relieve frustration and long lines at the pump as the region continues to recover from damage to fuel distribution caused by Sandy last week.
New York City’s subway is likely to be out of service for another four to five days after monster storm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s office tonight confirmed at least five storm-related deaths in New York. The first of which was a 30-year-old man in Flushing, Queens.
Transit officials in New York are preparing for a total shutdown of subway, bus and train service as Hurricane Sandy continues to bear down on the metropolitan region. All service will be suspended at 7:00pm today, Sunday.
Close to 80 Danish Jews travelled to Malmo, Sweden in solidarity with the city’s Jewish community and in protest of anti-Semitic attacks there.
A tornado touched down briefly in Brooklyn this morning, destroying property, disrupting plans and terrifying residents all over the city.
A massive sinkhole opened up in Brooklyn on Wednesday, nearly swallowing a parked car and causing a giant headache for city workers, who plan to work through the weekend to repair it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem today, June 26, 2012. After saying a prayer at the wall as customary, Mr. Putin requested a tour of the temple mount tunnels, which they were promptly given by the Kotel’s rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch.
At 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 20, four cars headed from Los Angeles to the 2012 Pasadena Marathon filled with members of the Skirts for SOLA team. Despite training for weeks, many of these newly minted runners still could not fully grasp that the day truly had come.
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