On Monday afternoon, eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky left his Borough Park summer camp for a three-block walk to his mother. He disappeared into the streetscape and thousands of Jews mobilized to search for the boy. The massive search brought together the Shomrim, Chaveirim, Hatzolah, NYPD and FBI, and some 3,000 additional volunteers from as far as Lakewood, to find Kletzky, even as thousands more prayed for his safety. The search ended with a gruesome find of body parts stuffed into a trash container in Park Slope on early Wednesday morning. more

What summer is like for the doctors By Michael Orbach Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769 Dr. Robert Van Amerongen’s patients have kidney diseases, cerebral palsy, hydrocephalitis and … more

Calendar for the week of Nov 11, 2011 more

“Choose life.” Forty people from across the Orthodox spectrum and beyond struggled with what that edict means when trying to stem the high incidence of breast and ovarian cancer, and … more

Satmar Rebbe Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum and Agudath Israel of America have praised state Senator Simcha Felder for forcing through legislation that modifies state-imposed secular curriculum requirements … more

Issue of Oct. 17, 2008 Manhattan - The Mel and Phyllis Zachter Institute for Advanced Professional Education of OHEL presents a full-day conference for professionals, parents and advocates … more

By Mayer Fertig Issue of November 20, 2009/ 3 Cheshvan 5770 Talk about Jewish Time: I was two-and-a-half-hours late to the closing banquet of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch … more

The Eldercare II, Achiezer conference drew people from all walks of life last Sunday evening: middle-aged children, doctors, Rabbonim, spouses; residents of New York City, … more

Soon after Nechama Levy moved to Brooklyn five years ago, she opened a bicycle repair shop. The spacious, high-ceilinged store was just down the street from a new pub with exposed brick … more

Nassau’s County Executive-elect Laura Curran speaks with Chabad of Mineola’s Rabbi Anchelle Perl, during the annual Chanukah Telethon. The Dec. 10 event … more