Jewish News

Misaskim’s First Intiative Gets Underway

Misaskim is pleased to announce the implementation of a new initiative that has been developed to meet the needs of the community during emergencies that may arise on Shabbos or Yom Tov. Under the new system, Misaskim’s emergency hotline which until now was answered 24/6, will now be monitored on Shabbos and Yom Tov. The emergency hotline will be answered ...

Misaskim volunteers do another sweep at the Aron home on E 2nd

On Tuesday, July 26th, the NYPD was getting ready to wrap up its nearly two-week-long investigation at the Levi Aaron house on East 2nd Street. Before they prepared to return the house to its owners, members of the NYPD reached out to Misaskim’s Disaster and Recovery team to come down to the house for another sweep to ensure kavod haniftar.“The ...

Misaskim Hosts FDNY Commissioner

On Wednesday, February 8th, Misaskim hosted FDNY Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano as part of an initiative to promote public safety. Misaskim’s goal is to coordinate the activities of city officials with those of local community organizations, including Hatzolah, Shomrim, and Chai Lifeline. By having these organizations work together with city agencies, it is hoped that the unique needs of our ...

Misaskim Conducts Training Session at FBI New York Field Office

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has implemented cultural-diversity training to provide its agents with the knowledge they need when working with the many and varied cultures present in New York. Misaskim’s representatives conducted a training session at the New York office of the FBI to educate newly-assigned federal agents regarding Jewish cultural practices related to death.During the session, the ...

Ministry: Sex Segregation from 4th Grade

State-religious elementary schools will introduce separate classrooms for boys and girls from the fourth grade, the Education Ministry’s Religious Education Administration decided this week.The Administration said, however, that schools were free to start gender segregation from as early as the first grade, or – alternatively – mix boys and girls in higher grades too, as long as the decision is ...

Ministry Report: Attacks Against Jews on the Rise

There has been “an alarming rise in the number of attacks against Jewish targets” over the past year, according to a new report issued by the Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Ministry on Sunday.The 2012 report on anti-Semitism, which was presented to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu by Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein during Sunday’s cabinet meeting, indicated ...

Ministry Demands Israel to Return Rare Torah Thought to Have Been Looted

Israel should return rare Babylonian Jewish artifacts to Iraq, an official at the Tourism Ministry in Baghdad was quoted as saying Monday. In particular, the Baghdad authorities want back an ancient handwritten scroll, known in Hebrew as a Torah, which contains the core five books of the Jewish Bible on parchment.Iraq once had a large Jewish population, which numbered well ...

Ministers Get Control over Religious Places

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill Sunday morning that would give the interior minister and religious services minister the final say in the destruction or rezoning of all religious buildings in the country.According to the bill, introduced by Shas MK Avraham Michaeli, there are many instances in which buildings that have been used for religious purposes for many ...

Minister slams Shalit for going to beach on Shabbat

Shas Minister Meshulam Nahari slammed the formerly captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit for going to the beachwith his father on the first Shabbat after his return instead of going to the synagogue for prayer.Nahari claimed that Shalit and his father should have utilized the first Saturday after he was freed from Hamas captivity to say the benediction of deliverance – a ...

Minister Committed To Address Radicalization Of Dati Leumi Schools

In a meeting with parents who are active in the dati education system and Minister of Education Gideon Saar, both sides expressed their commitment to work together towards preventing the ‘radicalization’ of dati leumi schools, which basically means they are trying to prevent schools in the dati leumi network from becoming chareidi or chareidi-leaning in hashkofa.The parents, who represent dati ...

Military Rabbinate Dismisses State Comptroller’s Report

Commander of the Military Rabbinate base in Zrifin Lieutenant-Colonel Amir Rosenbaum recently sent an email to 170 military rabbis, in which he dismissed State Comptroller Micha Lindenstruass’ report, calling military rabbis to disregard it.“My friends, No one remembers what the comptroller published a few days ago,” he wrote, adding: “Be encouraged to carry on with your divine duty in the ...

Mike Tyson Might Open a High-End Kosher Restaurant Chain

Mike Tyson is in talks with Moshe Malamud of the Franklin Mint to launch a high-end restaurant chain, a source said.The two talked shop at Malamud’s favorite kosher eatery, Solo, on Madison Avenue, where Tyson dined with his pregnant wife, Lakiha Spicer, on mushroom soup and mixed vegetables.Tyson, who announced his decision to follow a strict vegan diet last spring, ...