Two Jewish men were assaulted in what is presumed to be a hate crime attack on Cadoxton Avenue in Stamford Hill, London. The assailant smashed a bottle on them and…
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Hospitals Urged to Facilitate Patient-Family Communication
The New York State Department of Health recently issued guidelines in which they encouraged hospitals and health care facilities to improve communication between patients and their families. “Patients should be…
Schumer, Religious Leaders Seek Doubling of Security Grant
State Judge Rules Accused Monsey Stabber Unfit to Stand Trial
A state judge has found accused Monsey stabber Grafton Thomas incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness, and committed him to a mental institution. Lohud legal reporter Steve Lieberman…
BDE – Harav Dovid Moshe Lieberman, Zt”l of Antwerp
12-Year-Old Attacked in Tuscany for Being Jewish
Italian authorities in Tuscany are investigating an alleged anti-Semitic attack on a 12-year-old boy who was hit on the head, kicked and insulted by other teenagers in a park near…
National Antisemitic Group Behind Hateful Miami Flyers
A known hate group traveled to the Miami Beach area and scattered antisemitic pamphlets in Jewish areas over the weekend. The pamphlets claimed the coronavirus pandemic is a Jewish plot,…
BDE: Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver passed away Monday afternoon at the age of 77, after having been hospitalized for several weeks. Silver, a shomer Shabbos Democrat who represented…
Jewish Man Assaulted in Crown Heights
A Jewish man was assaulted in Crown Heights on Shabbos. The 21 year-old victim was walking along Troy Avenue and Carroll Street at 1:20 a.m. when he was struck in…
BD”E: Harav Baruch Yehuda Leibowitz, Z”l, Son of the Nikolsburger Rebbe, Shlita
Harav Shalom Baruch Yehudah Leibowitz, the oldest son of, lhbch”l, the Nikolsburger Rebbe of Monsey, shlita, was niftar on Monday in Yerushalayim, at the age of 47. Many tefillos were…
Jewish Man With Life-Threatening Injuries After Accident on 1-78
A Jewish man was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a car crash on I-78 East in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. The Monsey resident had apparently stopped on the…
BD’E – Harav Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Margulies, Zt”l
Hamodia is saddened to report the petirah of Harav Lipa Margulies, zt”l, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Temimah for over sixty years. He was 97 years old. Besides for Yeshiva Torah…
Hatzalah Honors Pinny Ringel for Dedication to Organization and Community
Police Make Arrest After Woman Spits on Jewish Boy, Shouts Antisemitic Statements
The New York Police Department has arrested a woman suspected of spitting on a Jewish child and shouting antisemitic statements at him last week. At 12:35 p.m. on January 14,…
Woman Spits on Jewish Boy in Brooklyn, Shouts Antisemitic Comments
New York City authorities are investigating an antisemitic attack involving a woman who spat on an 8-year-old Jewish boy outside a Brooklyn shul last week and allegedly told him and…
Dvar Torah on Parashas Yisro by Harav Aharon Kahn, shlita
Thousands Attend Asifa on Technology for Boro Park Children
Few gatherings more justly deserve the title of what Chazal termed “an assembly l’shem Shamayim” more than the thousands of Boro Park children who came together to hear worlds of…
Unprovoked Attack on Car in Far Rockaway-Five Towns
A prominent Rav was the target of an unprovoked attack as he drove his car in the Far Rockaway-Five Towns area. On Tuesday morning, January 18 around 11:30 a.m., the…
Arrest Made in Attempted Assault on Girl in Boro Park
The NYPD has arrested a suspect in the attempted assault of a girl in Boro Park last week. At 10:30 p.m. on January 11, a 17-year-old girl was walking on…
