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“No, wait: The most amazing thing is that I have often gone into B&H to purchase a specific product, only to be talked into something cheaper. For example, once I went in to buy a field video monitor to use for some interviews I was conducting. I expected to pay $600 until the salesperson said, […]
“Kiryas Joel, NY - A frum magazine known for its pro-Israel stance, a Rebbe associated with an anti-Zionist stance—and now, an article in that very magazine about that very Rebbe. How the times are changing. In its pre-Pesach edition, the popular Israel-based Mishpacha magazine is running a lengthy feature on Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, shlita, Kiryas […]
“B&H electronics retailer in New York City has settled a job discrimination lawsuit on behalf of 149 Latino warehouse workers for $4.3 million. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday a federal judge in Manhattan approved the settlement. The federal agency had accused B&H of paying the Manhattan and Brooklyn workers less than other workers, […]
Photo NYTimesUpd:”Oy vey: Council hopeful Isaac Abraham (right) can now attend the CBID forum now that it is no longer in a church.” more@BrooklynPaper.com“Get this: an Orthodox Jew and five other Council candidates are invited to a Methodist church for a meeting. So what’s the punch line? That depends on whom you ask. Isaac Abraham, an activist in […]
“Litvishe Roshei Yeshiva in America Refuse to Sign Ban Against Concerts”
Breaking! Fanatics Attempt End Run Around Gedolim; Publish New Lipa Ban(Text) From the DM investigative news desk… Asher Friedman who runs the charity Nechomas Yisroel and Yitzchak Stern from Williamsburg, having failed to convince the rabbonim to ban this year’s Lipa Schmeltzer concert, “The Event […]
A Brooklyn man who survived both world wars, the Auschwitz gas chambers and the deaths of four wives perished at age 100 when he was trapped in a fire in his Williamsburg home. David Weiss had seen the worst of the world but remained deeply faithful. He went to synagogue every day, including the morning […]
“The project, which took nearly three years to get approval, will usher in a tradition of non-denominational Jewish orthodox scholarship that traces its roots to a great hero of the Holocaust. According to officials of the Yeshiva of Nitra in Mount Kisco, the yeshiva to be built at the former Inn at Chester on Route […]
Tens of Thousands of Satmar’s with Grand Rabbi of Satmar at Kuf Alef Kislev 12/17/08 In williamsburg
“About 20 years ago, the family of Baila Moskowitz had an idea. And what an idea.
In the fledgling Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel, they founded ABC Toys. Now it overflows with everything a child could want — Torah tapes and CDs, tiny figurines of Hasidic families, Hanukkah coloring books, pencils and rulers, and Hebrew memorization […]
“According to a family member, “Holding a Zionist funeral for Teitelbaum, who was a Satmar Hasid, would desecrate the dead man’s honor.” The family demanded not to have a government representative at the funeral and that the casket, which will be flown into Israel today, would not be covered with the Israeli flag.””Pfenheim, who attended the same […]
Central Rabbinical Congress Of USA And Canada To Hold Prayer Vigil, Announces Asra Kadisha’s Lazar SternAt 2:00 p.m., prayer vigil in front of Spanish Consulate calls for end to desecration of graves of JewishancestorsWHERE: In front of the Spanish Consulate. 150 East 58th Street New York, NY 10017WHEN: Monday December 1, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.Rabbi Isaac […]
