Fire Breaks Out in Sea Gate Shul
A fire raged through the roof of a Brooklyn synagogue Thursday morning during the holy week of Passover, officials said.
Fire Breaks Out At Historic NYC Synagogue
A three-alarm fire broke out on Sunday night at a 19th Century synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Female MK Blasts Bnei Brak Chief Rabbi: Don’t Hide Queen Esther
This year, like every year, posters signed by the Rabbi of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau, have been plastered throughout the city requesting that women, for modesty purposes, not congregate in the streets during the Purim holiday.
Federal Judge Levies $43.7M Fine Against Russia For Failure To Return Schneerson Library To Chabad-Lubavitch
Washington, D.C. – In the latest round of a legal dispute that dates back over a decade, a federal judge on Thursday ordered Russia to pay a $43.7M fine for failing to return the Jewish books and documents collection known as the Schneerson Library over to the Brooklyn-based Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch group.
Fashion: From Barcelona To Bnei Brak
‘Fashion is an instant language,” Miuccia Prada, the Italian designer and entrepreneur behind the iconic Prada brand, once stated. This sentiment has been echoed by many in fashion houses across the world, including one haredi entrepreneur in Jerusalem.
Family of billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman found strangled beside swimming pool in 2017 offer $35 million reward
The family of Toronto billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman, who were found murdered in their mansion five years ago this December, are upping the reward money in the hope of catching the killer from $10 million to $35 million. Sherman, who founded generic drugmaker Apotex Inc in 1974., and his wife, Honey, were found dead…
DetailsFamily Feud Over Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s Estate Goes To Court
The 2015 election campaign has seen a fierce fight between ultra-Orthodox rivals Arye Dery and Eli Yishai over the political inheritance of the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. But the dispute over the spiritual leader’s material and intellectual property has now reached the courts. Yosef’s 10 surviving adult children are scheduled to report on Tuesday to…
DetailsFamily Court: Esti Weinstein Will Be Given Secular Burial
Tel Aviv Family Court ruled this afternoon (Monday) that Esti Weinstein, a mother of 7 who left the Gerrer Hassidic community and religious observance several years ago, will be given a secular Jewish burial as per her request in her will.
Family and friends await answers after human remains found near missing Jewish Lyft driver’s last location
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — People close to missing Lyft driver Gary Levin are waiting for answers after human remains were found in Okeechobee, close to where the 74-year-old was last spotted. People close to Levin are waiting to see if those human remains are possibly him. Howard Rice has been Levin’s friend for about 50 years.…
DetailsFamilies Accuse Jerusalem Sect of Exploitation
Families of women who have joined a secret religious sect in the Jerusalem metropolitan area have accused the leadership of a seminary for girls of engaging in exploitative practices against their relatives.