$10,000 Stolen From Tosher Shul in Boro Park
JP Updates reports that the NYPD is investigating a burglary that took place Thursday morning at a shul in Boro Park, Brooklyn, where thieves allegedly stole $10,000 from a safe. The burglary took...
View ArticleWatch: Flatbush Sefardic Kehillah Dances with Stolen Sifrei Torah that Were...
Last night, a Flatbush kehillah whose four Sifrei Torah were stolen on Simchas Torah morning danced with the Sifrei Torah, which were mysteriously returned early Friday morning. As first reported on...
View ArticleRabbi David Halpern z”l
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing on Shabbos of Rabbi David Halpern z”l. He was 87 years old. Rabbi Halpern was the founding rov of Flatbush Park Jewish Center, where he...
View ArticleNew Trustees For Ancient Sefer Torah of the Rambam
A special bais din appointed new members to the board of trustees that is officially in charge of the ancient Keter Aram Tzuva Torah scroll presumably used by the Rambam when he wrote hilchos Sefer...
View ArticleReb Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin Marks 57th Birthday – and His Anniversary
Yesterday was the 57th birthday of our good friend, Reb Sholom Mordechai ben Rivkah Rubashkin. Yesterday, 28 Tishrei, was also the wedding anniversary of Reb Sholom Mordechai and his wife, Leah. We...
View ArticlePhotos: Tashbar of Lakewood Moves into Stunning New Campus
Drivers cruising down Oak Street just east of Route 9 in Lakewood, NJ, may have noticed the stunning new Tashbar campus. The state-of-the-art Tashbar campus represents the fulfillment of Tashbar’s...
View ArticlePhotos: Hanacha K’Halacha Tefillin Program at Beirach Moshe D’Satmar
This past Sunday, at Beirach Moshe d’Satmar of Williamsburg between the hours of 7:00am and 2:15pm, one thousand men and bochurim had the great Zechus of having one of five Sofrim check and correct...
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