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Monsey Marks the Histalkus of Baal Hatanya

Farbrengens held across the globe this past Motzei Shabbos and Sunday, Chof Daled Teves, marked 200 Years since the Histalkus of the Baal Hatanya v’haShulchan Oruch. The Monsey Community celebrated a massive Farbrengen, organized by Heichal Menachem of Monsey.The Melava Malka was attended by Monsey’s local Rabbonim and drew a diverse crowd of over 600 men and bochurim, representing the ...

Molotov cocktail thrown at Jaffa synagogue

A Molotov cocktail was thrown Saturday evening at the roof of Rabbi Meir Ba’al Hanes synagogue in Jaffa. The building was empty at the time and there were no reports of casualties. Firefighters, police and medical teams were rushed to the scene.The incident comes a day after two cemeteries, one Muslim and the other Christian, were vandalized by graffiti that ...

Moishe Holtzberg to Light Independence Day Torch

Little Moishe Holtzberg and his grandfather have been chosen to light a torch at the ceremony for the eve of Independence Day this year at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military cemetery.Moishe was the sole Jewish survivor of a terrorist siege and massacre at the Nariman Chabad House in Mumbai, India on November 26, 2008.He was rescued by his Indian nanny, Sandra, ...

Mohammed is now the most popular name for baby boys ahead of Jack and Harry

Mohammed has become the most popular name for newborn boys in Britain.It shot up from third the previous year, overtaking Jack, which had topped the list for the past 14 years but was relegated to third spot.Olivia topped the list for little girls for the second year in a row, behind Ruby and Chloe.Read More: @ dailymail.co.ukReaders found more information by ...

Mofaz Beats Livni To Head Of Israel’s Kadima Party

Israel’s Iranian-born former military chief and defense minister Shaul Mofaz has been waiting more than three years for another chance to take the helm of the centrist Kadima Party.After accomplishing that mission in Tuesday’s primary, he now faces an uphill battle in leading Kadima back to power.Mofaz defeated the current party leader, Tzipi Livni, in Tuesday’s primary by a wide ...

‘Modesty Patrol lynched me’

A 70-year-old ultra-Orthodox woman found herself the target of a brutal religious hate crime on Monday night, when four thugs broke into her home and beat her up before leaving her handcuffed and bleeding.“They were sent by the Modesty Patrol,” the woman, S., told Yedioth Ahronoth. “They told me, ‘You are destroying the neighborhood with you missionary teachings.”The thugs hit ...

Mobile Internet Sites Come to Chareidi Community To Push For Signatures In Rubashkin Petition

As the final deadline for signatures on the White House Rubashkin petition approaches this Shabbos, activists have waged an all out campaign to make computers available to the large percentage of the chasidishe population that does not have internet access by bringing computers to these areas, including Borough Park, Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Monroe and Monsey.“We found that many people ...

MKs mull bill to recognize, fund pluralistic Jewish studies

The Knesset Committee on the Rights of the Child on Tuesday hosted a study session on issues regarding women studying and teaching Torah.Lawmakers and representatives of Midreshet, a chain of 22 pluralistic organizations involved in shaping a Jewish- Israeli identity primarily through various study frameworks, took part in the study session.Committee chairman Zevulun Orlev (Habayit Hayehudi) was joined by MKs ...

MK Kara: Druze are Descended from Jews

For centuries, practitioners of the Druze religion took care not to reveal any information about the nature of their beliefs, rituals, and traditions. Under penalty of communal ostracism, or worse, members of Druze communities have refrained from telling any outsider more than basic details about their religion.But now, the secret is out. Druze MK Ayoub Kara (Likud) says members of ...

MK Danon: Everyone Should Have Access to Temple Mount

MK Danny Danon (Likud) said on Monday that he plans to work towards ensuring equal access to the Temple Mount for Jews and Christians, just as Muslims have access to the area.Danon made the comments after Jews who arrived at the Temple Mount on Sunday were blocked by police, who told them that they cannot enter because the bridge to ...

Mitchell Heads Back to Middle East to Deal With Settlements ‘Dilemma’

U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building. U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks.Read More: @ jewishnews2day.comYou might also like:Netanyahu: I am committed to peace with PalestiniansFatah urges Abbas ...

Mishpacha Symposium Takes on Charedi (kana’us) Zealotry

As the topic of mandatory segregation on buses has passions running high both in Israel and around the world, Mishpacha Magazine hosts an explosive symposium on the topic of zealotry, with three noted authorities speaking out on the topic of kanaus. Are drastic and heavy handed actions the proper way to sanctify the name of G-d in the face of ...