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2025

Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes Up 70% in Massachusetts, Official Data Shows

Anti-Semitic fueled hate crimes hit an 8-year high in 2023, a new report published by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) shows. The report analyzed numbers from local police departments and college campuses, highlighting a 70% increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes from 2022 to 2023 alone.

January 9, 2025 – י׳ בטבת תשפ״ה

‘And There Was Light’: A Worldwide Look at Chabad’s Public Menorahs

Exactly 50 years ago, Rabbi Abraham Shemtov kindled the first-ever public menorah at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. Five years later, in the winter of 1979, U.S. President Jimmy Carter made history by participating in a public menorah-lighting outside of the White House, inaugurating the National Menorah in Washington, D.C.

January 4, 2025 – ד׳ בטבת תשפ״ה

Israeli Defense Minister Warns Hamas: Bring them Home Or Else

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas that If it will not release the 100 hostages it has been holding for 454 days, since October 7th, and halts its rocket attacks, Israel will deal Hamas “blows with a force [it has] not seen in Gaza for a long time”.

January 2, 2025 – ג׳ בטבת תשפ״ה

2024

Kashrus: Everything But The Kitchen Sink

HaRav Shmuel Fuerst (Dayan of Agudas Yisroel of Illinois) joined the Let’s Talk Kashrus podcast with Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger and discussed the topic of keeping a kosher kitchen with 1 sink vs. 2 sinks and ensuring a kosher kitchen.

December 27, 2024 – כ״ז בכסלו תשפ״ה