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Auto Bill Threatens To Shutter New York’s Frum Car Leasing Companies

Frum Car Leasing Companies in NYS may be permanently shut down - A bill passed the New York State legislature, backed by the car dealership lobby, would target car leasing companies, which threatens to put them out of business...

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Resiliency In Photos: Birchas Kohanim At The Kosel

In a beautiful sight, tens of thousands of mispalilim gathered on Chol Ha’Moed for the Birchas Kohanim during Pesach at the Kosel, davening for the return of the hostages...

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Op-Ed: New NYC Matzah Bakery Rule Is To Protect Our Environment

This article has caused much conversion and controversy. Many comments are saying that
“common sense states like Florida are not instating laws and regulations like this.”...

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NYC Mayor, NYPD Hosts Jewish Community For Pre-Pesach Security Briefing

The NYPD will deploy an enhanced police presence to all NYC Jewish communities, Mayor Eric Adams announced during a pre-Pesach security briefing for the Jewish Community at One Police Plaza in NYC...

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NYS Senator Bill Weber, Who Sponsored Legislation To Save NY’s Matzah Bakeries, Visits Viznitz Matzah Bakery

Senator Weber argues that this environmental regulation is anti-business & would do little to actually help the fight against pollution, he is further calling for Matzah Bakeries to be excluded from the regulation...

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New York

NY: Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein Introduces Legislation to Halt Sanitation Ticket Barrage During Shabbos

Shabbos DSNY / NYC Sanitation Ticket Blitzes on the Jewish community must Stop!...

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A Different Type Of Chavivim Call

Chavivim dispatch, which is under one central command for the United States and Canada, typically receives hotline calls for boosts, flat tires and car lockouts. Every so often, requests for other sorts of assistance are received...

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Lakewood

Leading Candidate for New Jersey Governor, Jack Ciattarelli, Visits The Lakewood Jewish Community

Ciattarelli, a frequent visitor to Lakewood and a friend and ally to the Jewish community, whose policies strongly align with the needs of the Frum Kehila, received a hero’s welcome from local residents...

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Crown Heights Street Co-Named “Lubavitcher Rebbe Way” In Historic Event

Crown Heights - A special event took place co-naming President Street, the street of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s house “Lubavitcher Rebbe Way.”...

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New Jersey

NJ: U.S. Congressman Smith Champions Two Bills To Help With Tuition Costs For Yeshivas

Congressman Chris Smith who represents the Lakewood, NJ Jewish community, has sponsored legislation to provide tax relief to NJ families for the costs of education for their children...

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World News

First Post-Holocaust Kosher Concession Opens in Oświęcim, Poland at Auschwitz Jewish Center

The Auschwitz Jewish Center (AJC) is bringing kosher food back to the only surviving synagogue in this once-flourishing Jewish community of Oswiecim, Poland...

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New York

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Allocates $2 Million Dollars In City Funding For Chasdei Lev To Support Yeshiva Teachers

New York City allocates $2 Million Dollars in city funding for Chasdei Lev to support Yeshiva teachers, Mayor Adams announced...

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NYC

Trump’s EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Rolls-Back Environmental Regulations, NY Matzah Bakeries Not Included

(UPDATED) New York’s controversial environmental regulation and decree targeting all the Jewish community's kosher Matzah bakery’s has gone into effect...

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Israel Heritage Foundation Meets With NYC Mayor Eric Adams Ahead Of Pesach

NYC Mayor Adams assured the Israel Heritage Foundation that an enhanced NYPD presence will be deployed to the NYC Jewish communities for Pesach...

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New York

PSA: Driving With Your Firearm To Florida This Pesach?

This year, many newly concealed carry permit holders will be driving from New York / New Jersey to Florida for Pesach with their firearm...

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NYC Trying To Shutter Jewish Community Matzah Bakeries

As Pesach approaches, a new New York City decree went into affect threatening the closure of Brooklyn's Matzah Bakeries. Askunim from all NYC communities are urgently trying to find a compromise to keep NYC Matzah Bakeries open...

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New York

NY Attorney General Warns of Car Wash Price Gouging Before Pesach

New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a PSA ahead of Pesach: Warning car wash businesses that price gouging and raising their prices for Jewish customers only, seeking cleaning services before Pesach. Is discrimination and il...

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National

Ahead of Passover, Met Council’s Food Distributions Support 250,000 Food-Insecure Jewish Americans

MET COUNCIL PROVIDED MASSIVE PASSOVER FOOD RELIEF AS SOARING GROCERY PRICES PUSH 250,000 JEWISH AMERICANS INTO FOOD INSECURITY...

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