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Hundreds Gather for Tehilim for Hagaon Harav Meshulem Dovid Ben Alta Hendel Soloveitchik Shlita in His Yeshiva
Rock Throwing Teens Turn Themselves In to Police
Police in the 71st Precinct reported that three teens who were wanted for throwing rocks on school buses in Crown Heights have surrendered to police, after a video of them…
Monsey Stabbing: Victim Speaks With Cops as FBI Assists in Investigation
A 30-year-old Rebbi who was stabbed multiple times while walking to shul on Wednesday, November 20, has now spoken to Ramapo police from his hospital bed, Rockland/Westchester Journal News reported.…
Urgent Tefillos Requested for Harav Dovid Soloveitchik
Klal Yisrael is requested to daven and beseech rachamei Shamayim for the refuah sheleimah of Hagaon Harav Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, shlita, Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivas Brisk, who has been hospitalized in…
Over 100 Graves Desecrated With Anti-Semitic Text and Images in France
More than 100 tombstones were desecrated with anti-Semitic text and imagery at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France. The desecration was discovered Tuesday at the cemetery of Westhoffen, near Strasbourg,…
Children on Beis Rivkah Bus Traumatized After Rock Attack Shatters Bus Window
Every morning, the parents of Crown Heights place their children on their respective school buses feeling secure that their child will be well cared for on their way to school.…
Snow Storm in Kiryas Yoel
18 Years to Life for Defendant in Fatal Crash of Yisroel Levin and Elisheva Kaplan
The man who caused the crash that killed engaged couple Yisroel Levin and Elisheva Kaplan last year was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years to life in prison. Rahmel Watkins was…
Tefillos Requested as Harav Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik Hospitalized
Klal Yisrael is urged to daven for the refuah sheleimah of Hagaon Harav Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, shlita, Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivas Brisk, who was hospitalized Tuesday in the Hadassah Ein Kerem…
Lakewood Briefs
Jackson Council President Resigns In a move that both surprised and left many asking questions, Jackson Council President Robert Nixon abruptly announced his resignation last week. Mr. Nixon has been…
Rabbi Badly Beaten in London
A visiting Rabbi has been badly beaten by men shouting anti-Semitic statements in London. Shomrim said Monday that the Rabbi collapsed on the pavement for several minutes, and was left…
Moishe Holtzberg Celebrates His Bar Mitzvah and Receives Greetings From World Leaders
Moshe Holtzberg, orphaned in the Mumbai Chabad center massacre that took the lives of his parents 11 years ago this week, was called to the Torah for the first time…
Yom Iyun in Philadelphia
The CBS Shul of Somerton, Philadelphia, took advantage of last week’s legal holiday with a special breakfast and learn program. The tzibur heard a shiur from Rosh Kollel Rabbi Meir…
Friday and Motzoei Shabbos at the Agudah Convention
2 Swastikas Found on London Jewish Homes
Swastikas were scrawled on two Jewish homes in the Golders Green neighborhood, Shomrim NW London reported. On Motzoei Shabbos, a swastika was scrawled on the wall of a house with…
BD”E: Rebbetzin Yenta Paneth, A”h
Rebbetzin Yenta Paneth, a”h, of Boro Park, passed away Sunday morning. She was 92. She was the daughter of Harav Yechezkel Menachem Paneth of Deszh, zy”a, and the Rebbetzin of…
BD”E: Rabbi David Levi, Z”l, of Ashdod, Killed in Morocco Crash
Rabbi David Levi, z”l, 47, of Ashdod, who was in Casablanca, Morocco, as part of a group with Harav Yeshayahu Pinto, was hit by a bus and killed Friday afternoon. Rav Levi was…
Stories: Yours, Theirs, Ours — The 97th Annual Agudah Convention Begins
Fund Established for Monsey Rebbi Injured in Stabbing Attack
As Reb Mordechai Schlesinger, the 30-year-old Rebbi who suffered serious injuries in a stabbing attack last week, continues to undergo medical treatment, a fund has been established by Tomchei Shabbos…
