New York state agencies have saved more than $29 million in recent years by cutting back on copy paper.
The figure comes from a state report issued Wednesday that looked at steps agencies have taken over the past seven years to reduce pollution, waste and energy use.
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Recently, hundreds of anti-vaxxers gathered at an event in Monsey. Lacking any legitimate Rabbonim to address the gathering, the audience was privileged to hear from a dishonest conspiracy-theorist claiming to be a Rabbi.

Connecting to Greatness: Rav Shlomo Kanievsky Continues Global Campaign in US for Kiryas Melech
Will Spend Shabbos in Passaic
 

Hate has reared its ugly face again in NYC, this time in Staten Island.
Hateful messages were found scrawled on the two Jewish locations.
The words “synagogue of Satan” were found painted on the Chabad of Staten Island Shul, located on Harold Street.

Look at this image closely, and notice that the Gadol Hador, Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky is holding a pair of scissors.
On Lag B’Omer, as is customary, many people give their three-year-old children their first haircut (Chaluka).

Last call for the acclaimed PCS/ FDU Masters in Accounting.  With a 96% placement rate, graduates have been placed in top national firms.
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Several hundred people gathered Wednesday night at the Chabad of Poway synagogue and Jewish community center in California to dedicate a Sefer Torah in memory of murdered community member Lori Gilbert-Kaye H”YD, and mark the holiday of Lag BaOmer.

A 62-year-old man who spent more than half his life in prison for the 1975 murder of a high school classmate had his conviction overturned Wednesday after a case review found Long Island prosecutors had long hid the fact that police looked at another possible suspect.
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This heart stopping footage was captured on security camera, and sent to YWN by the homeowner, photographer David Zer.
It happened on Thursday, Lag B’Omer, on Kalish Street in Bnei Brak, at the entrance to the “Beit Knesset Hagadol” near rabbi Akiva Street.
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Jewish business owners in Hillside, NJ and surrounding area, had an opportunity to meet with Assemblyman Jamel Holley. Assemblyman Holley who is a rising star in New Jersey politics, represents the towns of Elizabeth, Hillside, Roselle and Union.
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