London – Body Of Haredi Boy Who Drowned In North London Pond Recovered
London – Divers have recovered the body of 19 year old Moshe Yitzchok Greefeld who drowned in Hampstead Heath in London Wednesday evening.
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto: My Suffering Saves Jews From ‘Judgment’
A day after his conviction on bribery charges, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, head of the Shuvu Yisrael sect, told followers that his suffering would save the Jewish people from “a difficult judgment. We accept everything with love and the knowledge that the patience we have had in the past years cause a ‘sweetened judgment’ for the…
DetailsKim Kardashian Erased From Sight By Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Newspaper
Every part of of Kim Kardashian has probably been exposed to the world by now, between her infamous sex tape, reality television, and most recently, the photographs that “broke the Internet.”
NYC Councilman Urges MTA To Pull Inappropriate Ads Placed On Subways Passing By Orthodox Jewish Community
New York, NY – Councilman David G. Greenfield has asked the MTA to remove the #ImNoAngel ads from the F subway lines that travel through the Chasidic and Orthodox communities of Borough Park and Midwood.
Families 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.
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto Rushed To The Hospital Upon Landing In Israel
Tel Aviv – Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto landed in Israel on Monday morning and was immediately taken to the hospital complaining of chest pain.
Furious Worshipers Fight ‘Offensive’ Sale of NYC Synagogue
This deal is not kosher! Worshipers at a Lower East Side synagogue are furious that their building, at 25 Bialystoker Place, has been sold without their knowledge or permission and are going to New York state supreme court next Wednesday to ask a judge to stop the $13 million sale to developer Peter Fine.
DetailsThird Tragedy In A Day: Israeli Killed In Peru Accident
In what is apparently the third tragedy to occur this week involving Israelis outside the country, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that an Israeli in his 20s had been killed while on a hike in Peru.
Yeshiva Hochmei Lublin Responsibility for Trampling Deaths
Following the death of 18-year-old Yitzhak Samet, who was killed along with 27 year-old Mordechai Gerber by the deadly stampede that occurred at the Bnei Brak funeral of leading haredi Rabbi Shmuel Wosner on Saturday night, the yeshiva (Torah academy) of R’ Wosner, Hochmei Lublin, has moved to absolve itself of responsibility.
18-Year-Old Trampled At Bnei Brak Rabbi’s Funeral Dies of Injuries
An 18-year-old man who was critically wounded earlier this week in a stampede that erupted at the funeral of a prominent Hasidic rabbi in Bnei Brak died of his injuries on Wednesday morning.