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Judge orders closure of Hasidic school that opened in a Monroe house without approval – Times Herald-Record

| August 7, 2021

MONROE - A judge has ordered the immediate closure of a Hasidic girls school that opened in a house without town approval and kept operating after the building inspector issued citations and demanded it close. State Supreme Court Judge Robert Onofry approved Monroe's request for a temporary restraining order on Thursday, three days after attorneys for the town and property argued before him in a conference call. The order requires the school to close while the underlying dispute plays out in court.

Wanted to build my character organically: Dave Davies on playing Hasidic Jew in ‘The Vigil’ – Devdiscourse

| August 7, 2021

Actor Dave Davies, the star of ''The Vigil'', said he didn't succumb to stereotypes while playing a grief-stricken Jewish man in the horror movie. ''The Vigil'', which comes from debutante filmmaker Keith Thomas, is set in Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community. It follows a man, named Yakov Ronen, who is tasked to sit as a Shomer, the ritualistic practice of looking after a dead body over the course of one night

No good answers in Britain | Columnists | willistonherald.com – Williston Daily Herald

| August 7, 2021

By the time you read this column, Alta Fixler may no longer be with us in this world. Alta is a 2-year-old who is severely disabled.

Chabad rabbis took their first group photo since the pandemic and were fined by Kazakhstan for not distancing – Forward

| August 7, 2021

By Yehezkel Itkin Chabad rabbis from across the former Soviet Union pose for a group photo in Almaty, Kazakhstan, July 29, 2021. (JTA) For Chabad-Lubavitch, major events arent over until they take a group photograph. The tradition, covering the international Hasidic movement, creates much more than a souvenir.

Parents of brain damaged girl enlist US and Israeli politicians to maintain treatment as legal options run out – The BMJ

| August 7, 2021

The parents of a two year old girl with serious brain damage have enlisted politicians in the US and Israel to lobby the UK government after exhausting the available legal remedies in their bid to stop doctors withdrawing life sustaining treatment. Mr Justice MacDonald ruled in the High Court last May that Alta Fixsler, who suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury at birth, has no hope of improvement, that she suffers consistent pain, and that it would be in her best interests to be allowed to die.

Texas student maps every Manhattan address that used to be a synagogue – The Jerusalem Post

| August 7, 2021

Writer Luc Sante calls them the ghosts of Manhattan. Those are the souls of the poor and marginal people, now dead, whose presence can be felt like a shade in the history of now affluent neighborhoods, where they push invisibly behind it to erect their memorials in the collective unconscious. That nail salon at 90 Clinton St.

Whats New on Netflix & Top 10s: August 6th, 2021 – What’s on Netflix

| August 7, 2021

Hit & Run Season 1 new on Netflix Picture: Netflix Happy Friday and welcome to your end-of-week daily recap of whats new on Netflix. Weve got 11 new titles to cover which hit Netflix between yesterday and today including the headline Netflix Originals for the week

A 20-year-old college student in Texas is mapping every Manhattan address that used to be a synagogue – Forward

| August 7, 2021

Amy Shreeve developed the Twitter account This Used to Be a Synagogue as a rhetoric and history major at the University of Texas-Austin. (JTA) (New York Jewish Week via JTA) Writer Luc Sante calls them the ghosts of Manhattan. Those are the souls of the poor and marginal people, now dead, whose presence can be felt like a shade in the history of now affluent neighborhoods, where they push invisibly behind it to erect their memorials in the collective unconscious


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