New Jersey – Police are looking for vandals who toppled about 15 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in south Jersey. The vandalism at Rodef Sholom Cemetery in Egg Harbor Township happened just before the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
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Yad L’achim: ‘Kids in Secular Schools Don’t Even Know Shema’
Days before the holiday of Shavuot, the head of the Yad L’achim organization, Rabbi Sholom Dov Lipschitz, called for more action in promoting Jewish identity among tens of thousands of Jewish schoolchildren in Israel, which has deteriorated significantly of late. “There are some 80,000 non-Jewish students in Israeli schools now, where they attend classes...
Nation’s Prisons Face Soaring Demand for Kosher Food
Washington – Can one celebrate freedom behind bars? Ask the hundreds of kosher consuming prisoners who partook in seders this past Passover holiday. Indeed, the Jewish prisoner population in the United States today numbers in the thousands, making for a plethora of penitently-style kosher meals to be manufactured, served, and consumed, according to Chaplain...
Petira Of R’ Berel Weiss A”H
Los Angeles – Known Chabad chossid and philanthropist Reb Yissachar Dov Weiss, a long-time resident of Los Angeles, passed away Tuesday, Iyar 27 5771. He was a few days shy of his 86th birthday.
Israel Navy Prepared to Board Flotilla Ships if They Don’t Stop
The Israel Navy is prepared to intercept and take control of the ships participating in the new flotilla to the Gaza Strip, a senior Navy officer said Tuesday on the anniversary of the IDF operation to stop the Mavi Marmara that ended in the death of nine Turkish nationals. “We will order the ship...
Bnei Brak Signs Twin City Alliance With Lakewood
The ultra-Orthodox central city of Bnei Brak has found a twin sister overseas – Lakewood, New Jersey, which also has a very large haredi community. In a ceremony held last week in the Israeli city, Bnei Brak Mayor Yaakov Asher and his American counterpart, Menashe Miller, signed a Twin City Alliance in a bid...
IDF Intelligence Gets First Charedi Officers
Israel – Two haredi men received their officer ranks this week after finishing a unique IDF Intelligence course especially designed for yeshiva students who wish to enlist into the army. “I feel like a pioneer and I hope many follow my lead,” Second Lieutenant Israel, 28, told Ynet about the IDF course intended for...
Satmar Kehillos Place Bentzion Miller In Cheirim Following His Prison Release
Bnei Brak – Benzion Miller, the man who set up the three boys from Bnei Brak who were later arrested for smuggling drugs into Japan, was slated to be released on Friday from the Maasiyahu prison after serving just eight months behind bars. While two of the three boys remained incarcerated in Japanese prisons,...
Battle Over Brissim is Shaping Up in California
San Francisco – In November, San Franciscans will vote on a ballot measure that would outlaw circumcision on boys under the age of 18. Although experts say it is highly unlikely the measure will pass — very few state propositions pass, much less one this controversial — the mere fact that it reached the...
Rabbi Files Lawsuit Against D.C. Elections Board
An Orthodox rabbi in Washington and two of his congregants have filed a class-action suit against the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics. The complaint, filed May 27, claims that the board placed an unconstitutional burden on observant Jews by scheduling a special election on the last day of Passover this year.
1,600 Visit Yosef’s Kever Accompanied by Soldiers
Some 1,600 Jewish worshipers escorted by Israeli soldiers visited Joseph’s Tomb for late night prayers, but the event was overshadowed by others who refused to leave the West Bank holy site. The worshippers entered the site in the West Bank city of Nablus early Monday morning in coordination with the army. The visit came...
Parade in Square Town in Support of Burn Victim
New Square – An annual Memorial Day motorcade in the Rockland County area was arranged by some of the supporters of CA Rottenberg, the man that was burnt by a 17 Year old boy last week. The motorcade of about 22 bikes drove through the New Square Village as well, to show support.
Burn Your ‘Non-Kosher’ Cellphones
Jerusalem – The leader of the Dushinsky Hasidic dynasty is threatening to expel any community members caught with a “non-kosher” cellular phone or a computer with Internet connection, including iPhones. The Rebbe not only called for a boycott of electronic devices which do not meet strict Orthodox rules, but also demanded that they be...
Two Arrests in Connection with Synagogue Burglaries
London – Police have arrested two people from the Finchley area in connection with a series of synagogue burglaries in the borough. A 42-year-old man was arrested on Saturday, May 20, and a 16-year-old was arrested on Wednesday, May 25, after items were taken from synagogues across the borough, including religious artefacts.
Petira of Hayeled Avigdor Krasny A”H Killed in Tragic Fire in Flatbush
A father heroically ran into his burning Brooklyn home multiple times and rescued five of his children last night — but tragically couldn’t reach an 8-year-old boy trying to escape the flames through a third-floor window. “I saw the boy hanging out of the window screaming as firefighters started to rescue him,” said a...
Hatzolah Opens in Philadelphia
On a recent summer day, Rabbi Shloime Isaacson received an urgent call: A 98-year-woman was having difficulty breathing. Isaacson was on his way to a meeting with a potential donor for a summer-camp program connected with his Northeast Philadelphia Orthodox shul, but he quickly took a detour.
Yeshiva Robbed at Gunpoint Queens
A knock on the door of a dormitory of a Yeshiva on the Queens-Nassau border at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning turned into a nightmare for one group of students. In the tiny, quiet enclave just off Far Rockaway, known as Bayswater to the locals, is where a group of young men came face to...
Four Killed in Accident in Shomron Israel
Four people were killed in an accident on Wednesday evening between a truck and a tractor in Reihan, northern Samaria, Israel Radio reported. Three of the dead were 3 Jewish children ages 12 and 13 who live in northern Samaria. . Rescue teams were attempting to save a fifth passenger, who was said to...
Ynet Reporter in Uman Sees: Drugs, Pot, Marijuana, Drunks, Alcohol, very far from the Breslov way
Ukraine – Hasidic followers are not the only ones making the annual pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman of Breslov’s gravesite in the Ukrainian city of Uman. The past few years have seen the site become a booming tourist attraction – and with tourists come the tourist attractions. Alcohol, drugs and aggressively offered escort services are...
Charedi Mother Killed & Children Struck By Car In Rechasim – Critically Injured
A mother in her seventh month of pregnancy was killed and her three children injured, after they were struck by a vehicle as they crossed a street in Rehasim, southeast of Haifa, on Monday evening. Magen David Adom Carmel crews evacuated the 30-year-old mother, Hava Shtudlener, in critical condition, her four-year-old son in serious...
Netanyahu Could Not Hear Shofar Due to Security
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was a prisoner of his security detail over Rosh Hashana, unable to go to the nearby Great Synagogue in Jerusalem because of security considerations that would seriously have inconvenienced the other worshipers. So instead of going to hear the shofar on the holiday, the shofar came to Netanyahu, with Eli...
Israeli Arrested For Stabbing Ukranian
An Israeli citizen was in police custody on Saturday in Uman, Ukraine after he reportedly stabbed a Ukranian citizen in the Jewish quarter of the city Friday night. Reports of what led to the stabbing are conflicting and still unclear, but a number of witnesses said the Israeli man was drunk and that the...
Chassidim Riot in Uman
Hundreds of Jewish pilgrims rioted with police in the Ukrainian city of Uman Friday during a pilgrimage to the grave of a Jewish sage. Local police used dogs, violence, and pepper spray to disperse a crowd of about 500 Jewish pilgrims which had surrounded two Ukrainian men in a parked car they allegedly caught...
Explosive Device Thrown Into Synagogue Courtyard
A nail-packed explosive device blew up on the grounds of a synagogue in central Bishkek about an hour before the start of Rosh Hashanah services Thursday evening, according to local press reports. No one was hurt and physical damage was minimal as the bomb, lobbed over a fence into the synagogue’s courtyard on the...
Mortar Fired At Shar Ha’Negev Schools From Gaza Strip
A mortar fired from Gaza landed outside two kindergarten buildings in southern Israel on Wednesday morning, the Israeli military said. No one was hurt when the mortar landed in a kibbutz in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council.
Charedim Protest RFR in Stamford
More than 100 Jewish protesters lined up along the sidewalk in front of RFR Realty on Tresser Boulevard Tuesday afternoon to express their concerns about a development in Jaffa, Israel. “The company has a property in Jaffa, where they’re building a luxury hotel,” said Daniel Green, a member of the Central Rabbinical Congress of...
Chassidim Wear Veils to Block Pritzus
The pre-Rosh Hashanah wave of pilgrims to the town of Uman in Ukraine peaked on Monday as around 9,000 boarded 50 flights from Ben-Gurion International Airport. Another 5,500 pilgrims from the Bratslav Hasidic sect will travel to Ukraine on Tuesday on 28 flights to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman. Overall, some 18,000 Hasidim...
Boro Park Shomrim To Get Bullet-Proof Vests Following Shooting Incidents
Boro Park: New York State Senator Eric Adams (D, Brooklyn) will hold a press conference Monday to announce the purchase of bullet proof vests for members of the Brooklyn South Safety Patrol (Boro Park Shomrim). The vests will provide additional protection to the volunteer safety group while it conducts its daily patrols in the...
Charedim Indicted Over Barzilai Protests
“We will find you. We will come to your home. We will burn you. We will hurt you. We will exterminate you. Nazi, rebel, murderer, despicable person. We will take care of you and will kill you.” These are just some of the threats hurled at a Barzilai Hospital security officer by haredim protesting...
Many Injured in Serious Accident in Yerushalayim
13 people were injured in an accident this morning in Sderot Golda Meir in Jerusalem. Three of them seriously , and one injured is an eight year old child. Most of the injured are Charedim. United Hatzolah were called to the accident scene and evacuated the wounded to the Hadassah Ein Kerem and Shaare Zedek...