Religious Israeli nationalists have decried what they see as a lack of government response to the attack on the seminary, in the western part of Jerusalem. Most of the victims were teenage boys.The gunman, identified as Ala Abu Dhaim, 25, was killed March 6 at the scene of the attack. The authorities allowed the Abu […]
The Russian Government has recently contacted Russia’s Chief, Rabbi Berel Lazar, with an unprecedented offer to release the 40,000 Kesovim to the Chabad run Federation of Jewish Communities of CIS. Among the Kesovim, which were discovered in the archives of the Russian Army around 1995, are Maamorim of the Friediker Rebbe from 1920-1923 and 1929-1935 […]
First he couldn’t hold Natalie Portman’s hand - and now a Williamsburg Hasidic Jew-turned-actor has to give up his chance to hit it big in a Hollywood movie.Abe Karpen, 25, a married father of three, was cast as Portman’s husband in “New York I Love You,” a film composed of 12 short stories about love […]
Rabbi Yehuda Levin, founder of Jews for Morality and popular Jewish radio talk show host, will be leading dozens in a protest of NYS Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s support of ”Toeiva” marriage on Sunday, March 16, 2008, at 10:30 AM in front of the home of the Chairman of the Board of Agudath Israel of America, […]
MONSEY, N.Y. — It was Friday afternoon when the developer who had been intent on building a 215,000-square-foot Wal-Mart in this hamlet sent word to the town offices in Ramapo. The fax was terse, but its message clear: “We will not continue to proceed with the development.” NYtimes
Mayor Rabbi Yaakov Guterman said, “Our city is considered Israel’s third-largest Torah center [after Jerusalem and Bnei Brak - ed.], and is a drawing card for Torah institutions. It has long functioned as a city, and now it has received an official stamp of approval… Its great merit lies in its Torah scholars and the […]
TAKE the D train to 55th Street in central Brooklyn, and you feel as if you have set foot in a different world.
The station sits at the junction of New Utrecht Avenue, 13th Avenue and 55th Street in the heart of Borough Park, home to a quarter-million Orthodox Jews, one of the largest concentrations […]
The current Rebbe, Shlita, davening at the kevarim of previous Belzer Rebbes in Belz, where he traveled in honor of his firstgrandson’s bar mitzvah. The Rebbe is seen here with his only son, Aharon Mordche(far right), and his oldest grandson, the bar mitzvah boy.Hamodia Magazine Issue 499
‘Terrorist fired 500-600 bullets before he was killed’
The gunman entered a dining hall where about 80 people were gathered, witnesses said, and opened fire. “There are at least seven killed and 10 people wounded,” said Eli Dein, director of Israel’s rescue service. JPost
Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav Kook
At least 40 people have been wounded; one […]
MP3, iTune “Dvar Malchus Speaks Russian” by R. Shmuel Sominski
The weekly Sichos that were said and edited
by the Rebbe in the years 5751-5752/1991-1992
Hagaon Reb Chaim Kanevsky shlitah has given his approval to learn
in the Chabad weekly pamphlet Dvar Malchus. Shturem.net
