Rabbi Works to Make Jewish life More Accessible for Deaf Community
Let’s face it: Sitting through prayer services can feel long, arduous and not so interactive for worshippers. Congregants tend to talk with seatmates and neighbors to help pass the...
Ryan Comes Out Swinging
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – After one day on the trail with Mitt Romney, Rep. Paul Ryan is already talking a big game on behalf of the newly minted ticket, pledging:...
Rabbi Eliashev In Photos + Updates
The Levaya HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv ZT"L, will be held tonight at 10PM Local time. The levaya will begin at the home of Rabbi Elyashiv ZT"L through Chanan Street and will...
Tazria: When Was Your Last ‘Spiritual’?
From Where I Stand
By Rabbi Yossy Goldman
This week we read all about the Kohen examining people to determine whether they were afflicted by tzara’as, the leprous curse. It was...
Jewish Woman Plunges to Her Death in New York, Was Chabad Honoree
A 28-year-old Ivy League-educated business consultant has fallen to her death from a luxury New York apartment building.
Stephanie Becker died after plummeting 30 stories from the roof of the...
Putting The Maccabi In The 20th Maccabiah Games
By Rabbi Jay Yaacov Schwartz
Maccabiah officials are to be lauded for their efforts to promote Jewish knowledge and identity, but did the Torah-observant community do its part to maximize...
Visionary Businessman and Philanthropist Sami Rohr Dies at Age 86
International businessman and philanthropist Sami Rohr, whose communal heart, visionary mind and financial acumen funded Jewish community centers around the globe and laid the groundwork for a rebirth of...