Madoff Victims Flood Judaica Market With Treasures
Crains New York reports:
Sometime in January, the e-mails started coming more frequently, describing an 18th-century Polish silver candelabra here, an Italian bronze Chanukah there.
Jonathan...
Bnos Leaders Gather For Annual Leadership Convention, Hear Chizuk from Rav Levin and Rav...
Seeking camaraderie, inspiration and the opportunity to share experiences and ideas, over 250 Bnos Agudath Israel of America leaders from 30 cities across the...
Op-Ed: Russia Should Return the Schneersohn Collection from the Rebbe Rayatz
By Gregg J. Rickman, JTA
During the 1990s, the world was seized with stories of Nazi plunder and heirless property from the Holocaust era. Stolen...
Tonight: Annual Dinner for The Cheder of Brooklyn
Tonight, The Cheder of Brooklyn, Yeshiva and Mesivta Shalom Shachna, will be holding its 17th Annual Dinner at Ateres Chynka Hall in Brooklyn. The...
ShopRite of Lakewood Facing Possibility of Having to Move
The following, a Yated Ne'eman exclusive report, is republished here with permission:
ShopRite of Lakewood, one of the most successful ShopRite branches in the country,...
Exclusive Photos: Overflow Crowd of Supporters Watch Rubashkin Court Proceedings in South Dakota
The trial of R' Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin, former manager of Postville's kosher meat plant, began this morning as Yidden across the globe kept him...
Study: Pedestrian Compliance With Traffic Lights in Ultra-Orthodox Locations Lower than in Secular Neighborhoods
Following a previous study that revealed the disobedience of Ultra-Orthodox citizens, as compared to secular citizens, of traffic lights at crosswalks, a present study...
Audio: Interview With MBD – New Album Hits Stores Today
A new album from Mordechai ben David is set to hit stores today. Mendel the Sheichet of the JewishMusicReport sat down with MBD...
A Driver’s Liability in Halacha and Civil Law: Rav Mendel Shafran and the Dan...
Driving a car in America carries with it tremendous responsibility. Besides the Torah obligation not to hurt others, driving also involves several issues of...
Report: Pesach Kitniyot Rebels…As Some Ashkenazim Follow New, Permissive Ruling
The Forward reports:
In Tel Aviv, shortly before Passover, David Cohen was mulling over his holiday menu. "I'm thinking of making sushi," he said.
His plan...
Israeli Software Puts A Supermarket In Your Computer
There's fun shopping, and then there's drudge shopping - the kind of shopping you do at the supermarket. But that could all change soon,...
Birchas Hachama Was Said from Atop US Naval Observatory
A group of Yidden said Birchas Hachama on Erev Pesach from atop the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington. Rabbi Levi Shemtov of Washington, D.C.,...
WATCH: New series – Above the Pain
https://vimeo.com/679288208
Local Authorities to Stop Funding Water and Electricity at Chareidi Schools
Many Chinuch Atzmai and Maayan Hachinuch HaTorani schools in Eretz Yisroel were astonished to receive notices from local authorities saying that water and electricity...
“Triumph of the Spirit”: A New Film On the Life of Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis
Holocaust films and literature are, to say the least, depressing and devastating - how else can they be? Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis' new film entitled,...
What Kanoim and Extremists Have Wrought: Normal Children and Dangerous Kanoim
By Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz
Read this report on Arutz Sheva titled Dangerous Youth in Bnei Brak and weep.
Weep for these kids who have been mislead...
Kosher Sales Slump But Only Slightly as New Product Surge Continues
Sales of kosher foods may not grow as much in 2009 as in the last six years, which averaged 13%, according to some distributors...
Police: Lakewood Man Stole Tires Off Car of Frum Resident
Abraham Valesco, 22, of Ocean Avenue in Lakewood, NJ, was arrested after a patrolman investigated a claim that someone stole two tires from a...
Young Israel Calls For Swift Action On Iran
The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) today urged the United States and the international community to take action against Iran in light of...
Tehran Jewish Community Cancels Programs
The JTA reports that the Jewish community in Tehran has canceled social and educational programs out of safety concerns during the current unrest. Sources...
