Rosh Hashanah will be celebrated in another week and the Israel Airport Authority is bracing for the yearly mass flights to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslav (Bratslav) in the Ukrainian town of Uman.
The Belzer Rebbe issued a scathing attack on smartphones and their owners during his annual post-Simchat Torah message to the Belz community, accusing smartphone users of attempting to “hide” and of suffering brain damage, according to the Kikar news site.
The Belz Hasidic movement celebrated the marriage of its rebbe’s grandson in a series of major events last week. Guests wishing to watch the senior ultra-Orthodox leadership sitting around the table of honor alongside the 18-year-old groom were asked to bid farewell to at least NIS 1,000 (about $260).
A letter issued by rabbis of the Belz Hasidic group in London saying that the children whose mothers drive them to school will be banned was not approved by the schools’ board of governors.
Luxembourg, Belgium – Funeral arrangements are being made in Antwerp for a well known Satmar askan who died this evening in a head on crash in the mountains of Belgium.
The Belgian government will provide more than $4 million to upgrade security at Jewish institutions throughout the country.
Belgium’s Wallonia District Constitutional Court ruled that slaughter of animals in accordance with Jewish law is permitted in Belgium and will continue to be permitted.
The Jewish community is once again plunged into mourning, grieving the loss of a young woman from our community who died tragically this week.
Bear Mountain, NY – Police have gotten a fix on a possible location of at least one of two missing Brooklyn boys who got lost while hiking yesterday in Bear Mountain State Park.
TOT regrets to inform you of the sudden passing of Rabbi Ronnie Greenwald Z”L, the world renowned Askan, spy trader, major community activist and founder of Camp Sternberg.
