Eleven out of the top 20 schools garnering the greatest number of votes in Kohl’s Cares school competition, are Chabad-affiliated schools. Despite the fact that Chabad schools lost their lead during the last hours of voting Friday which coincided with Shabbos, when all voting activity came to a grinding halt, their strong voting numbers...
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Daylight Saving Times Changes in Eretz Yisroel
Dalia Itzik MK on Sunday urged Israel’s Chief Rabbis to drop objections to a proposed law that would extend summer daylight saving time. Itzik’s request came as public debate intensified following a proposal by Nitzan Horowitz, an MK for the leftwing Meretz party, to extend daylight saving time until the last Sunday in October,...
Rabbi Pinto Has Meeting With Businessmen in Bulgaria
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto held a closed meeting with 80 Jewish American businessmen in Bulgaria and asked them to invest $5 billion in the Israeli economy, including $2 billion in the coming year. The businessmen who met with Pinto included entrepreneur Jay Schottenstein and one of the owners of the Victoria’s Secret women’s wear retailer.
New Zealand Chabad Synagogue Survives Earthquake; Roof of Shliach’s Dining Room Razed
The only synagogue in Christchurch, New Zealand, survived a massive earthquake. The fate of the city’s Chabad house remains unclear, however.
Jews Turn to Chavez Over State Media’s Anti-Semitism
The increasingly anti-Semitic commentary in Venezuela’s state-sponsored media in recent days prompted the heads of the country’s Jewish community to request an urgent meeting with President Hugo Chavez. The presidential palace responded that their request would be granted. The verbal and written attacks have included hints that the Jews are damaging the country’s economy...
Deli Selling Non-Kosher Meat Vandalized By Charedim
Two ultra-Orthodox residents of Jerusalem were arrested after being caught by police in the act of vandalizing a deli that sells non-kosher meat. Police say the two arrived at the deli after morning prayers Saturday and smeared vomit on the door and windows of the establishment.
Shomrim Wants Gun-Happy Shooter Put Away Forever
The violent pervert who shot four members of a private Jewish security patrol remained hospitalized as leaders of the group called on authorities to lock the man up for life. “He deserves to stay in jail for the rest of his life,” seethed Simcha Bernath, coordinator of the Borough Park Shomrim.
Teenagers Read Rosh Hashanah Essays for Ransacking Jewish Bungalows
Four teens apologized and read essays on the meaning of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah before they were sentenced in Sullivan County Court on Friday for ransacking a Jewish bungalow colony in April and spray painting gang graffiti, a swastika and spelling out “Hitler.” Daniel Anderson, 19; Travis Beaupierre, 16; Malik Keith, 18; and...
Shomrim Members Shot in Boro Park While Chasing Suspect Identified
Four members of an Orthodox Jewish volunteer patrol in Brooklyn were shot Thursday night after they followed and confronted a man in a vehicle who had been acting suspiciously, the police and witnesses said. The men, members of the Brooklyn South Shomrim Patrol, a licensed unarmed civilian group, were shot about 8 p.m. near...
Jewish Teenagers Mugged in London
A group of Jewish teenagers have been robbed at knifepoint in Hendon. The three 16-year-old boys were followed by a blue car at 2.30am on Thursday as they walked home through Manor Hall Avenue. After noticing the car, they ran and hid behind bushes in a garden. Two men followed them into the garden...
Four Shomrim Members Shot in Boro Park
Boro Park, NY – 46th Street and 10th Avenue, Shomrim was following a vehicle for a Code100 perp came out of the car and perp started shooting on members 4 Member shot Hatzalah rushed to the scene with BLS & ALS Members being transported to Lutheran Medical Center via escort. NYPD Calling now a...
Rabbi Stopped on Airplane For Carrying Shofar
An Israeli rabbi narrowly escaped arrest after being stopped by security officers at Munich airport for carrying a shofar. Airport officials pulled aside the man, in his late 50s, and asked him to explain the religious article while arriving on a flight from Tel-Aviv on Monday night. He was visiting his daughter who lives...
Chief Rabbi Bans Non-Kosher Meats
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger has ordered a complete halt in importers’ sale of non-kosher meat to Israeli chains. Metzger’s decision has great implications for meat importers, who rushed to stop all sales after hearing it, according to him.
Widow of Rabbi Gets a Victory in Court, Regains Four Torahs That Once Belonged to Her Late Husband
The widow of a North Hollywood rabbi who has fought for years to regain four Torahs that once belonged to her late husband won another battle when a civil court ruled in her favor. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge confirmed an earlier ruling by a rabbinic court that Rita Pauker should get back...
Hayeled Rivka Kravitz A”H Niftar R”L After Being Struck By Vehicle in Monsey
Monsey, NY – Hatzolah responded to 38 Monsey Heights Road for a child that was struck by a vehicle that was backing out of a driveway. The child was pinned under the car and Hatzolah requested medics to respond to the scene. Please be Mispallel for Rivka bas Avigayil.
Terrorist Attack: 2 Israeli Shot in West Bank
Shots were reportedly fired at a vehicle traveling in the area between the settlement Kochav Yaakov and Rimonim Junction in the West Bank on Wednesday night. Police who arrived in the area found one person critically injured and one person slightly injured.
1 Dead Many Sick After Jewish Wedding
Health officials have launched an inquiry after a wedding guest died following salmonella poisoning and eight others were infected. Rene Kwartz, 82, was one of four guests who needed hospital treatment after a meal at a hotel in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.
Palestinian Forces Arrest Hundreds of Hamas Activists
Palestinian security forces arrested more than 150 Hamas members in an overnight sweep throughout the West Bank after the Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for shooting dead four Israelis on the eve of new Mideast peace talks. With the Wednesday crackdown, the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appeared to be trying to send...
Levaya of Terrorist Attack Victims
Thousands of people attended the funeral Wednesday of Yitzhak and Tali Ames, Kochava Even Haim and Avishai Schindler, who were killed Tuesday evening in a terror attack near Hebron. The four were shot dead in a car. The Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack.
At B&H Photo, Employees Say Not Everything Is Picture Perfect, Sue Over Female to Male Ratio
Walking in the doors of B&H Photo in Midtown Manhattan is a study in classic New York contradictions. The first thing you hear is the mechanical whirring of conveyor belts overhead, zipping goods from the stock room to the registers in front. The shop takes up an entire city block and the second floor,...
Different Standards For Similar Businesses; Rubashkin Unfairly Convicted
Ever wonder why Jack DeCoster was allowed to continue business as usual, even after all the run-ins with authorities over the years – concerning the operation of his business – even with the massive fines paid out over the years because of the blatant disregard for the rules and regulations pertaining to the operation...
August Offers Much Strictly Kosher Fun for Charedim
Two groups of ultra-Orthodox Jews came to the Sultan’s Pool in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the Avraham Fried concert. Among those who came to see the Brooklynite Hasidic star was a sea of whole families, wives, children and all, spread out over the many rows of plastic chairs. Outside the actual venue a swarm...
Sullivan County Sheriff Opens Investigation Into lights and License Plates of Chesed Shel Emes
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office has opened an investigation into the license plates that appeared on a vehicle that was stopped in a Liberty cemetery last week. On August 24, State Environmental Conservation police and Sheriff’s deputies questioned Mayer Berger, 29, of Brooklyn, who was spotted in a Jewish cemetery on Hysana Road.
Orthodox Jew Inmate Loses Challenge Over Facial Hair, Judge: Inmates Have No First Amendment Rights
A federal judge has ruled that inmates have no First Amendment rights to grow a beard, rejecting the claim of an orthodox Jew who claimed prison policy banning facial hair longer than a quarter-inch violated his constitutional rights. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Steven McAuliffe ruled against Albert Kuperman, saying prison officials’ concerns about...
Zaka Member Arriving At The Scene Finds His Wife Among The Murdered R”L
ZAKA volunteer Momy Ben-Haim was dispatched to the scene of the terrorist attack with his colleagues, where to his horror he discovered his wife’s body among the dead. “We saw a crying volunteer, and at first we did not understand what was happening – he has seen many disasters before,” Zaka volunteer Isaac Bernstein...
Bugs Found in NYC Water Making it Not Kosher
The City is known for having excellent tap water, but why does it taste so good? It might be the microscopic shrimp. Tiny copepods were discovered after a reddit user uploaded photos of what they found through the other end of a microscope after adding H&E stain to New York tap water. According to...
Petira of Talya and Yitzhak Imes HY”D, Kochava Even-Haim HY”D and Avichai Shendler HY”D
Islamic militant Hamas claims responsibility for shooting that killed 4 Israelis in West Bank. Names of shooting attack’s victims released
Terrorist Attack: Four Israelis Killed in Shooting
UPDATES BELOW. Four Israelis were killed as terrorists opened fire at an Israeli vehicle near Kiryat Arba in Hebron Tuesday evening. Magen David Adom paramedics arrived at the scene of the shooting and declared all four victims dead; two men aged 25 and 40 and two women aged 25 and 40. Paramedics added that...
Kiryas Joel Posts New Tznius Signs For Visitors
A large new sign greets visitors as they cross over Route 17 on Forest Avenue and enter a world where the skirts and shirt sleeves are always long, regardless of the season. “Welcome to Kiryas Joel,” it reads. “In keeping with our traditions and religious customs, we kindly ask that you dress and behave...