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When a Chassidic woman on an El Al flight suffered a gall bladder attack, the entire airplane and the Chabad Rabbi in Halifax galvanized to help her get to a…
September is here. As the air starts to turn slightly crisper and people’s minds turn to back-to-school, autumn foods, and sports, one shul in Silver Spring, Maryland decided to focus…
A 24-year-old Jewish man was attacked as he walked along Warsoff Place on the periphery of the Jewish neighborhood of Williamsburg. As the victim strolled along the sidewalk, he was…
The massive blaze that destroyed a vacant house in Midwood last night left 34 people displaced from an apartment building next door that also caught on fire. The fire began…
A planned water-main replacement project in Kensington has been postponed until after the upcoming Yamim Tovim, following advocacy from local officials. The city’s Department of Design and Construction last month…
Hamodia is saddened to report the petirah of Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Gelman, z”l, son of ybl”c Rabbi Yosef Gelman, the Menahel of Mesores Bais Yaakov in Brooklyn. Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Gelman was struck by…
Harav Yitzchok Eichenthal, a long-time Boro Park resident who was legendary for his chessed and a renowned activist in Mifal Torah Vodaas, has passed away. Rav Eichenthal’s wife, ybl”c, is…
Blaze on Prospect Avenue Injures 3 A fire in a housing complex on Prospect Avenue sent three people to the hospital with severe burns. The blaze broke out after midnight…
A car attempted to hit two Orthodox men standing by the side of a road in Jackson this past Shabbos according to a report filed with local police. Both…
An adult and a child were injured after a sidewalk shed collapsed outside Beis Medrash Beis Shmuel Tzvi D’Spinka in Williamsburg on Shabbos afternoon, reports WABC News. Metal support beams…
The Pupa Rebbe, shlita, is to appoint his son Harav Levi Yitzchak Greenwald to serve as Dayan of the Pupa community’s Boro Park beis medrash. The hachtarah will be at…
With great sadness we report the petirah of Harav Shlomo Gissinger, zt”l, one of the prestigious Rabbonim serving the Lakewood community for over three decades. Rav Gissinger, who had been…
The suspect in a brick attack last month on a Jewish man in Crown Heights has been arrested and charged with a hate crime. The assault occurred early in the…
On Tuesday, Chabad shliach Rabbi Menachem Bakush, who is also a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was called upon to save the life of a local Indian man who drowned in…
Attorneys are asking a federal judge to suspend Jackson Township’s ordinances banning eruvin and the construction of new schools and dormitories while litigation claiming they are discriminatory is pending in…