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Hilchos Uminhagei Rosh Hashana

By admin on September 8, 2010

The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Rosh Hashana. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Ramah, and the Mishna Berura, unless stated otherwise. They are based on my understanding of the aforementioned texts through the teachings of my Rebeim. As [...]

2010-Sep-06 Engagement of Chaya Kayla Hecht & Yosef Storch

By admin on September 7, 2010

Engagement of Chaya Kayla Hecht & Yosef Storch

New York, NY – Work on Brooklyn Bridge Makes it Difficult To Catch a Taxi

By admin on September 3, 2010

New York, NY – Would-be Brooklyn-bound taxi riders say it’s harder than ever to hail a cab back to the borough since late-night repairs began on the Brooklyn Bridge last week.
Cabbies who don’t want to deal with traffic backups on the Manhattan Bridge or pay to go through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel are refusing Brooklyn-bound [...]

New York – Half Million Prize : On the Frontlines of Kohl’s-Facebook Fever

By admin on September 3, 2010

New York – A father of young children, Forer is quite past the age where hanging out in Southern California hotspots late into the night is appealing. But he was out because his children’s school Cheder Menachem had a $500,000 prize on the line. Forer was volunteering with a table full of other [...]

Brussels – EU Trade Chief Apologizes For Jewish Comments

By admin on September 3, 2010

Brussels – The EU’s trade chief apologized Friday for blaming Jews and the “Jewish lobby” in Washington for blocking Mideast peace as the embarrassed EU head office quickly distanced itself from his comments.
Karel De Gucht, 56, said he did not mean to stigmatize Jewish people and stressed in a statement that “anti-Semitism has no place [...]

New York – Ellis Island Immigrants’ Oral Histories Go Online

By admin on September 1, 2010

New York – Lawrence Meinwald’s voice starts shaking when he recalls the first time he saw the Statue of Liberty.
It was 1920, and the young Polish boy was on a ship with his family, headed to Ellis Island and a new life in America.
“It was a great sight. I didn’t know what it meant. But [...]

Police Can Secretly Tack GPS On Your Car, Court Says

By admin on August 27, 2010

Law enforcement officers may secretly place a GPS device on a person’s car without seeking a warrant from a judge, according to a recent federal appeals court ruling in California.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Oregon in 2007 surreptitiously attached a GPS to the silver Jeep owned by Juan Pineda-Moreno, whom they suspected of growing marijuana, [...]

Meoras HaMachpela To Be Opened 24hrs A Day During Slichos

By admin on August 25, 2010

People will be able to enter Meoras haMachpela in Chevron during the night hours in two weeks, the IDF said on Wednesday in response to a request by the Kiryat Arba – Hebron city council.
Jews will be allowed to pray at the site between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur 24 hours a day, in order to [...]

Williamsburg, NY – Police Arrest Suspect Involved in Shooting Hasidic Man

By admin on August 22, 2010

Williamsburg, NY – NYPD of the 90th Precinct has arrested an accomplice of recent shooting of Boruch Halberstam.
As was first reported by Vos Iz Neias, the 25-year-old was shot during an attempted robbery while walking in front of 156 South 9th Street and Driggs Avenue in the confines of the 90th Precinct in Brooklyn.
Thanks to [...]

Chile – Police Guard Jews After Anti-Semitic Attacks

By admin on August 18, 2010

Chile – The president of Chile’s Jewish community has been given police protection following a spike in anti-Semitic attacks across the country.
Gabriel Zaliasnik told The Jerusalem Post Tuesday that his house was being guarded by a police detail after he and his son had received threats of violence.
“I am 43 years old, and I don’t [...]

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