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Fire Destroys Construction for Girls School in South Fallsburg
Officers Honored for Arrest of Monsey Stabber on Chanukah
An award ceremony was held Tuesday in Rockland County for the two police officers who handled with professionalism the arrest of the suspect in the Monsey stabbing on Chanukah. NYPD…
BD”E: Reb Yisroel Yakov Breit, Niftar After Accident
Reb Yisroel Yakov Breit, z”l, of Brighton Beach, was niftar Tuesday, a week after being hit by a car in Boro Park. Reb Yisroel Yaakov, who lived in Brighton Beach,…
The Yeshiva of Rochester’s Forty-Fifth Anniversary Dinner
The Yeshiva of Rochester’s Forty-Fifth Anniversary Dinner honoring Rabbi and Mrs. Baruch Davidowitz as the guests of honor and Dr. and Mrs. Eli Gabay awarded with the Torah Leadership Award.
11-Year-Old Shir Tevet Killed in Kensington Fire
An 11-year-old Jewish girl, Shir Tevet, a”h, was killed late on Monday night, after a two-alarm fire broke out in her house on Ocean Parkway at Foster Avenue. The call came into…
Chaveirim of Rockland Appreciation Dinner
Harav Pesach Eliyahu Falk, Zt”l
The Torah world was darkened on Monday morning with the sad news of the sudden petirah at the age of 77 of Harav Pesach Eliyahu Falk, zt”l. Rav Falk is…
Community Leaders Commemorate MLK Day at Masbia
Chesed Shel Emes Holds Shiurim on Kavod Hameis
Lakewood Briefs
Ocean County Leaders Condemn Anti-Semitism at Simon Wiesenthal Sponsored Event A broad base of Ocean County elected officials and civic leaders condemned anti-Semitism and thanked the Murphy administration for its…
BD”E: Noted Posek Harav Pesach Eliyahu Falk, Zt”l, of Gateshead
The Gateshead community, and Jews further abroad, were plunged into mourning with the sudden petirah of Hagaon Harav Pesach Eliyahu Falk, zt”l, world-renowned posek, on Monday morning. He was 77 at…
Budapest Celebrates the Siyum HaShas of the Daf HaYomi
Last week Sunday the Chabad community celebrated the Siyum HaShas, learned every morning at the Shas Chevra Lubavitch shul. In honor of the Torah and its scholars, a large crowd,…
Siyum Mishnayos Seder Nezikin in Berlin
Over 250 Mosdos Attend Security Grants Seminar
Rabbi Moshe Leibiker, Z”l
Moshe emes v’Soraso emes. These four meaningful words were inscribed below the high school yearbook picture of Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Leibiker, z”l, whose sheloshim we are marking this week. It…
Fraudulent Letters Circulated on Agudah Stationery
A letter on Agudath Israel stationery, posted Tuesday on telephone poles in some Jewish neighborhoods, related to the HPV vaccine, is fraudulent, Agudah says. Last month, another fraudulent “Agudah” letter…
Hikind: Man Says NYPD Officer Cursed Jews in Boro Park
Former Assemblyman Dov Hikind says a man has reported an NYPD officer cursing at Jews. The man, a Chassidic father, told Hikind he was walking with his 17-year-old son Friday…
Harav Shimon Chanan Mattisyahu Zeffren, Zt”l
Tefillos Called for as Harav Zvi Rothberg, Rosh Yeshivas Beis Meir, to Undergo Medical Procedure
Tefillos were called for across the Jewish world on behalf of Hagaon Harav Zvi Rothberg, shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Beis Meir in Bnei Brak, who is to undergo a medical procedure…
Lakewood Briefs
Municipal Building Stabber Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison The attacker who stabbed an Orthodox man in Lakewood’s municipal building last February was sentenced to 10 years in prison for…