The following is via Chabad.org: Winding alleyways make their way past carved doors before spilling into crowded marketplaces. Zanzibar, today an autonomous part of the East African country of Tanzania, was once, not too long ago, a Sultanate. The island—23 miles off the African coast and colored by generations of Arab, Indian and European influences—has […]

(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) A 13-year-old boy R”L was struck and killed by a vehicle on Derech Bar Lev in Yerushalayim on Monday night, near the tziyun of Shimon HaTzaddik in the Sheikh Jarah area of the eastern capital. The boy was transported to Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital, a short distance away, in critical condition. […]

The Trump administration is set to roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to slow global warming, the Clean Power Plan that restricts greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. A plan to be announced in coming days would give states broad authority to determine how to restrict carbon dioxide and other greenhouse […]

By order of Interior Minister Aryeh Deri persons who paid a high price to obtain a temporary passport will be entitled to some of their money back, referring to persons

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How do you portray almost a century of utter genius, unique humility, unparalleled diligence, profound caring — and, yes, loving warmth and a gentle sense of humor? How do you capture the greatness of Reb Aharon Leib Shteinman zt”l? With true stories.  Reb Aharon Leib: The life and wisdom of Rabbi Aharon Yehudah Leib Shteinman, written […]

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N.J. Attorney General, Gurbir Grewal visited Chabad NJ Headquarters in Morristown on Monday morning. He was joined by leading personnel from the NJ State Police as well as Homeland Security.

If anyone knows what Michael Cohen is up against, his lawyer figures it’s John Dean, the former White House counsel who turned on President Richard Nixon and helped run him out of office. Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, told The Associated Press on Monday that he’s been talking with Dean over the last few months “to […]

A young man who died at the Ashdod beach while trying to save a swimmer in distress has been identified as Yochai Elyakim, 28. Elyakim and his friend had been

(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) The FDNY was on the scene at a working structure fire in Boro Park, at 1261 50th Street, between 12th Avenue and 13th Avenue. The fire

President Donald Trump invited a U.S. Border Patrol agent to the podium during a White House event to pay tribute to federal immigration officials and joked that the agent could speak “perfect English.” Trump asked the agent, Adrian Anzaldua who is hispanic, to discuss his apprehension of a smuggler accused of locking 78 migrants inside […]

Degel Hatorah chairman, MK Moshe Gafne, on Tuesday, 10 Elul, is expected to meet with the head of the Telshe Stone (Kiryat Yearim) Local Council, Avraham Rosenthal to discuss the

The White House confirmed Monday that it has dismissed a speechwriter who spoke at a 2016 conference often attended by white nationalists. Darren Beattie, a former visiting instructor at Duke

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