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A decades-long struggle between Chabad-Lubavitch and Russia can proceed in the American court system, a U.S. appeals court ruled. At issue are more than 12,000 religious texts and an archive of some 25,000 handwritten pages on Chabad philosophy and Jewish law dating back to the 18th century. Chabad has waged a 70-year battle with the […]

Lubavitch.com “A torrent of rain sent the thousands attending Staten Island fest for Russian speakers scurrying for cover, but not Chabad rabbinical student Aharon Teleshevsky and Mark Tokar, 16.Teleshevsky had helped Tokar wrap tefillin just moments before, a first for Tokar since his bar mitzvah. “I don’t do prayers, normally,” he said.” ” Only 13% […]

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Tefillin Booklet in Russian $1.97

Mayor Bloomberg is a nasty, untrustworthy, tan trum-prone liar who “has little use” for average New Yorkers - like the 1,500 workers who would have lost their jobs had OTB closed, a furious Gov. Paterson has said privately.

“He appears to be self-destructing,” the governor said.
According to a source with firsthand knowledge of Paterson’s comments, the […]

“The idea for the series was inspired in part by the fascinating dualities in my own neighborhood, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The bottom photograph at left combines an image from the tight-knit enclave of Hasidic Jews south of the Williamsburg Bridge and street art from the bustling community of urban hipsters to its north.” NYtimes

“In the past year, a number of Jewish organizations, led by Conservative movement rabbis, have suggested that consumers should consider the labor and environmental conditions behind kosher food. A union that is affiliated with the workers at Flaum has made similar arguments in its protests of the company. In a pamphlet handed out to shoppers […]

For one day last week, sixteen-year-old Yosef Abrahamson, a black Chabad chassid from Omaha, Nebraska, was commanding officer of New York’s 71st precinct. He and 120 other teenagers were sworn in as temporary members of the New York City Police Department for writing winning essays on the topic: If you were […]

MAMAKATING — An Orthodox Jewish sect has kept quiet since buying more than 450 acres in rural Sullivan County, but a booklet circulating in the Jewish community reveals a plan to establish a religious village there. The Skver sect of Orthodox Jews is quickly running out of room in the Village of New Square, its […]

Shavuot Guide :Learning on Shavuot Night, The Ten Commandments, The Book of Ruth, Eating Dairy Foods, Adorning the Home with Flowers. chabad.org

Aaron Rubashkin, outside his Brooklyn butcher shop on June 3, 2008, says his Agriprocessors firm “don’t do no injustice to nobody, not to a cat.”photo JTA
Aaron Rubashkin, the owner of the embattled kosher slaughterhouse Agriprocessors, denies he has engaged in unethical labor practices and blames the failure of U.S. immigration policy for his mostly illegal […]

Mayor Bloomberg is going to put his political clout on the line by endorsing a longtime ally who is about to make an unexpected run for the state Senate seat held by Kevin Parker in Brooklyn, The Post has learned. City Councilman Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn), long thought to be a contender for city comptroller next […]