Missing Haredi Actor Shuli Rand ‘Alive and Well’
The scare surrounding the disappearance of haredi singer/actor Shuli Rand has subsided, as Rand’s whereabouts are reportedly “known to those who need to know.”
Grand Rabbi of Binyamina Hospitalized
Rabbi Yosef Yehoshua Toyeb, the Admor (grand rabbi) of the Binyamina hassidic sect, was hospitalized last week in the Laniado Hospital in Netanya, according to reports.
Miami Beach – Well-Known Jewish Surgeon Killed In Plane Crash In Everglades
At 5 p.m. Sunday, Dr. Michael Russin, a well-known hand surgeon and amateur pilot, left Boca Raton Airport in his experimental single-engine plane. He was headed for Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport. It should have been just a short flight.
Illegal Ultra-Orthodox Jewish School Almost Drowned After Being Taken on Hiking Trip In Dover
A group of ultra-Orthodox Jewish students nearly drowned after being taken on a hiking expedition by unqualified teachers working at an illegal faith school that the Government has known about for five years but failed to shut down.
Rabbinic Court Permits ‘Convert’ To Marry Cohen
A court associated with the Israeli Rabbinate has ruled that a woman who underwent a conversion was legitimately married to a Cohen, awarding her full benefits when the couple divorced.
Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel Remembered At Private Service At Fifth Avenue Synagogue
New York – Elie Wiesel was memorialized Sunday at a private service in Manhattan, as family and friends gathered at Fifth Avenue Synagogue and honored the Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Young Israel Claims Hostile Takeover Bid By Kars4Kids Parent Org.
A Jewish group associated with the Kars4Kids charity is trying to wrest a Staten Island synagogue away from its congregation, the synagogue’s members charge.
Elie Wiesel Dies At 87
Elie Wiesel, the venerated Holocaust survivor, novelist, journalist, human rights activist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, died yesterday in New York after a prolonged illness.
Shmuel Rabinowitz Doesn’t Have Semicha
Rav of the Kosel and Holy Sites Shmuel Rabinowitz does not have semicha according to a Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) report.
Hundreds Attend Funeral of Esti Weinstein
Former Gerrer Hassid Esti Weinstein who took her own life after years of estrangement from her family was laid to rest today (Tuesday) in the Yarkon Cemetery in central Israel.