The community in Kiryas Joel is reeling from the tragic news of a 5-year-old boy having been R”L struck and killed by a school bus on Sunday morning. The horrific incident unfolded near Forest Road and Seven Springs Mountain Road. Hatzolah rushed to the scene and valiantly attempted to save the boy, but were sadly…
Up until 2015, some of the NGOs managed by newly-elected Israeli lawmaker Yitzchak Goldknopf served as a kind of go-between for obtaining public funds. Two of those NGOs, the Association of Jerusalem Talmud Torahs and the Society of Talmud Torahs, recieved roughly 120 millions shekels a year (roughly $35 million) from the state to operate…
WASHINGTON – The new federal omnibus bill includes $305 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, a significant increase from the current year’s $250 million. The NSGP has been a major agenda item for many Jewish organizations. Since the terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jewish organizations have urged Congress to double…
Tuesday is the third night of Hanukkah — but Jewish inmates in Broward County jails will have to celebrate the holiday without a lit menorah. That’s because the Broward Sheriff’s Office doesn’t allow the menorah to be lit with a real flame inside county jails. Rabbi Shmaya Waks joined more than 20 other rabbis in…
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…
The fight over control of Germany’s Reform rabbinical school has taken a new twist — one that appears poised to shatter longstanding institutions within liberal Judaism here, and reforge them into something new. The Central Council of Jews in Germany announced Thursday that it is bringing in an outside expert to help redesign the country’s…
Nicky Kohen has every reason to hate Hanukkah. Her father, Josef Neumann, was slain by a madman during the Festival of Lights three years ago in upstate Monsey — fatally stabbed during a holiday party. But in the years since, the births of her son and a nephew have helped Kohen and her family find…
The Satmar “Grand Rebbe” Zalman Teitelbaum paid a visit to convicted sexual abuser Nechemya Weberman in prison last month, according to a Yiddish-language newspaper serving the Satmar Hasidic community that has published a series of favorable articles about the former therapist accused of sexually abusing an adolescent girl starting from when the victim was 12…
A Denver rabbi who promotes psychedelic use as part of spiritual practice will no longer face prosecution after Coloradans voted last month to legalize psilocybin, the chemical compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. Denver’s district attorney’s office announced last week that it was dropping charges against Ben Gorelick, the founder of Sacred Tribe, a multifaith community…
When she was living her life as an 18-year-old model in Tel Aviv, a friend pushed Eden Harel to audition for MTV. That audition turned out to be a resounding success and she relocated to London soon after, beginning her journey as a host on the popular channel. “MTV had a different power back then…