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An inspection last week by the Ramapo deputy building inspector found that a proposed Shul on Forshay Road would actually be used as a Yeshiva, which is not allowed under the town’s zoning. (more…)

Tonight (Sunday) is the Yartzheit for Hagoen R’ Yitzchok Hutner ZATZAL Rosh Yeshivas Chaim Berlin and Mechaber Seforim Pachad Yitzchok. A Maamor was given by Hagon R’ Aron Schecter Shlita Rosh Yeshivas Chaim Berlin in the Yeshiva after Maariv.

Tonight was the Tenoyim of the daughter of the Bobover Rebbe, Hagoen Reb Bentzion Halberstam Shlita, to the son of R’ Eli LIpschitz Shlita, a Bobover Chosid. The Tenoyim took place in the Bobover Bais Medrash located at 48th Street & 15th Avenue.

The Levaya of R’ Moshe Margolin ZATZAL who was the Menahel of Mosdos Ezras Torah for the last 50 years took place on Sunday evening in the Mirrer Minyan of Boro Park (54th Street and 16th Avenue).

An Illinois man indicted on charges of planning grenade attacks on a shopping mall considered an attack on synagogue-goers, authorities alleged. (more…)

Please be Mispallel for Hagoen R’ Yackov Yitzchok Neiman Shlita (Belzer Dayan in Montreal). He suffered a stroke on Friday and is in critical but stable condition. His name is Yackov Yitzchok Ben Chayla Gele.

The 57th Anniversary Dinner of Mirrer Yeshiva will be held on Sunday, December 10th at the Brooklyn Marriott and will certainly be heralded as a historic occasion. The program will be riveting and inspiring. (more…)

One person was killed and at least five others injured in a serious car accident at the southern Lehavim junction Sunday morning and at the entrance to Afula, a bicyclist was hit by a car and killed.

This Shabbos morning, Lakewood Hatzolah lost a dear and devoted friend. The person (otherwise known as “George”) who was responsible for driving the Hatzolah Members vehicles back from the calls to their homes on Shabbos passed away suddenly from a massive heart attack. George, his wife, and two children have been serving the Lakewood Tzibur with devotion for more then 20 years. The thousands of Yidden that he’s helped directly and indirectly for the past 20+ years will never be forgotten. May he rest in peace.

A young man who does not shake hands with women was recently elected to the state Legislature, and the support of several members of the Salem Women’s Club was instrumental in his victory at the polls. (more…)

With the wave of illegal building in the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Yerushalayim, the Ministry of Interior said the construction is causing damage to 2,000 years of Jewish presence. (more…)

Israeli Minister of National Infrastructures Benjamin Ben-Eliezer has agreed to work to provide kosher electricity for Eretz Yisroel’s Frum communities. (more…)

A Flatbush resident stepped out of his home on East 13th between Ave’s J & K recently to discover that someone had carved a swastika into the concrete. The incident  which took place on 11/18/06 is being investigated as a possible bias incident. The swastika has been removed.

A Jewish Florida man who had to vote in a Catholic church last month is suing election officials. (more…)

This Motzei Shabbos there will be a dinner to benefit Yeshiva Moreshes Yehoshua (Lakewood NJ). It will take place in Parkway Paradise 1200 Ocean Parkway at 8:00PM. The evening is being dedicated in honor of R’Dovid Trenk Shlita. (Click on images to ENLARGE them.)

(Click on the picture to ENLARGE it.) The Askan Shel Bnei Torah, Rabbi Menashe Miller, hands a Lakewood TWP employee, a bottle of water while he works hard to clean the Streets of Lakewood of all it’s leaves. [Photo Credit: Photography Plaza]

Hagoen Rav Teitz ZATZAL spoke about El Al being Mechalel Shabbos YEARS AGO!! This recording is FIRE!! Click HERE to hear it. (The recording is in Yiddish.)

Tunisia’s appeal court on Thursday delayed the hearing of a man convicted of preparing a suicide bombing at a Shul that killed 21 people. (more…)

A giant red swastika and a comment about Jews spray-painted at the back entrance of Dean Park were removed last week after the Anti-Defamation League called Shrewsbury Police. (more…)