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TONIGHT: Klausenberger Kehillah and Capital Plus Present an Evening Focused on Finances

Joining other kehillos and shuls around Boro Park who are holding alternative programming to the usual evening learning sedorim in observation of.... read more

Gov. Hochul to Provide Teams of Social Workers to Tackle Homelessness in NY State

By Yehudit GarmaiseTo provide shelter for 3 to 4,000 New Yorkers who are homeless on the streets, not even counting the tens of.... read more

Weekend Weather: Fast Moving Storm Headed Here, Will Dump up to Seven Inches of Snow Early Friday

BY: Yaker BiegeleisenA storm out of the Carolinas is moving here fast, and will arrive here.... read more

TONIGHT: Special “nittel-nacht” Programming in Boyan

Chevra Lomdei Torah of Boyan regularly holds, encourages, and sponsors Torah programming within the Boyaner Kloiz on 14th Avenue. Named for the.... read more

Preparations Underway in Skolya as Chassidim Gather for Yohrzeit This Shabbos

6 Shevat, which falls this Shabbos, marks the forty-third yohrtzeit of the previous Skolya Rebbe, Rav Dovid Yitzchok.... read more

President Biden and VP Harris Decry the Lawlessness and Chaos of Jan. 6, 2021, at the US Capitol

By Yehudit GarmaisePresident Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke this morning at the US Capitol, where a year ago today,.... read more

Mayor Adams Surges Millions into NYC Hospitals to Address Staffing Shortages

By Yehudit Garmaise“The greatest city in the world should have the greatest healthcare in the world,” Mayor Eric Adams said this.... read more

TOMORROW Afternoon and Evening: Special “Nittel-Nacht” Blood Drive in Bobov

Thursday, January 6, marks the so-called “Russian nittel,” when it is the minhag of chassidim of Russian origin—as well as those hailing.... read more

GE Chooses Not to Renew its Hechsher for “Shabbos Mode” on all Ovens Bought after Jan. 1, 2022

By Yehudit Garmaise GE decided not to renew, for 2022, its hechsher with the Star-K for the “Shabbos mode” of all its ovens:.... read more

Mayor Adams to Scale Back Violations and Reduce Fines for NYC Small Businesses

By Yehudit GarmaiseMayor Eric Adams signed, today, an executive order, called Small Business Forward, which aims “to ensure that.... read more

Photo Gallery: Hachnusas Seifer Torah to the Kavunas Halev Shul in Boro Park

Photos by: Hillel Lichtenstein .... read more

End of an Era: Blackberry Company to end Service for Handheld Devices Today

We don’t see many of them around anymore, but anyone old enough will remember that these devices were the first on the scene of handheld smart.... read more

BDE: Mrs. Rivka Weinberg, a”h.

We are saddened to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Weinberg, 95, a longtime resident of Boro Park, where she raised a beautiful Torah family.... read more

Omicron does not Create High Rates of Severe Illness and Death, Gov. Hochul reported

By Yehudit GarmaiseAlthough New Yorkers are testing positive for COVID at shockingly high rates, the severity of their illness is.... read more

BDE: Mrs. Esther Malka Zailig, a”h.

We are saddened inform you of the passing of Mrs. Zailig, a Holocaust survivor and longtime Boro Park resident. She was 97.She was born.... read more

Gov. Hochul Receives Millions of Test Kits to Ensure NY Public Schools Stay Open

By Yehudit Garmaise“My view is that every child should be in school, unless they are testing positive,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul, who.... read more