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Over 10,000 Boro Parkers Enjoy Free Pesach Extravaganza

The free Family Fun Extravaganza during Chol Hamoed Pesach has become an annual tradition in Boro Park and is eagerly anticipated each year by thousands of local residents, young and old...

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Largest Carnival, 22,000 Lakewood Kids Treated To Free Chol Hamoed Pesach Carnival

Dr. Rich Roberts Biggest Chol Hamoed carnival in Lakewood, bringing together 22,000 kids for a community wide event day of fun...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NYC Trying To Shutter Jewish Community Matzah Bakeries

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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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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Simcha Felder Wins NYC Boro Park / Flatbush City Council Race in Special Election

NYS Senator Simcha Felder has won the election for NYC 44th City Council district which includes Boro Park and parts of Flatbush...

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Ari Halberstam HY”D Remembered 31 Years Later After Brooklyn Bridge Shooting

The ramp entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge is named "Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp" honoring the memory of Crown Heights bochur Ari Halberstam, HY"D, a 16-year-old talmud who was murdered Al Kiddush Hashem in a terrorist attack in NYC...

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