Just a short time after the voting booths closed, results have already begun filtering in, showing a clear win for Brian Cunningham despite Aron Gluck pulling a strong turnout.
Following last year’s tremendous success, Igud Hamelamdim is once again launching its Summer Kollel for Mechanchim, offering melamdim, mechanchim, and all those serving in the mosdos of Crown Heights a unique opportunity to strengthen their own learning together with fellow educators in the Rebbe’s daled amos.
The event will take place on Sunday, June 28, 2026 (Yud-Gimmel Tammuz 5786) at Congregation Adat Israel, 672 Lefferts Avenue, and will feature the completion of a new Sefer Torah, a lively procession through the neighborhood, spirited hakafos, dancing, and a festive seudah.
Chabad of Flatbush is proud to announce “L’chaim to America!”, a community celebration to be held at the historic Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead, 1681 East 22nd Street, Midwood, Brooklyn, on Sunday, June 28, 2026, beginning at 3:00 PM.
The traces are everywhere. The train station welcomes arrivals in both Russian and Yiddish. A menorah towers over the town square. And unlike nearly every other Soviet-built city, Birobidzhan’s main avenue isn’t named for Lenin — it’s named for the Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem.
Chabad singer Mendy J, like many of us, was affected by these three terrible tragedies. He wasn’t planning on releasing a song in their memory. However, when he received a demo from hitmaker and renowned composer Yitzy Bald, the lyrics immediately struck a chord.
On the final day of the school year, the dedicated mechanchim, morahs, and staff of Oholei Torah gathered for a special appreciation luncheon hosted by Oholei Torah Hanhala and the Oholei Torah Mothers Committee (OTMC).
Yosef Yitzchak Ezagui (Crown Heights) to Mushky Blumenfeld (Buenos Aires, Argentina) L’Chaim: Wednesday, June 24th, 8:00pm at the JCM
Ari Rudd (Miami, FL) to Orit Bitton (Coral Springs, FL)
The New York State Assembly makes decisions that affect our neighborhood, our families, our Yeshivas and schools, public safety, housing, shelters, and many of the issues that matter most to our community. It’s impact on our daily lives can be significant
Yeshiva Bein Hazmanim concluded a highly successful Tammuz program featuring packed sedorim, a beautiful farbrengen, and an exclusive, hour-long halachah shiur with Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun.
With great sadness, we report the passing of Rabbi Berel Zaltzman OBM, a veteran shliach, renowned chazzan, and pioneer of Russian-Jewish outreach. For decades, Rabbi Zaltzman dedicated his life to strengthening Yiddishkeit among Jews who had lived behind the Iron Curtain, inspiring countless individuals through his warmth, song, and unwavering devotion to the Rebbe’s shlichus. He passed away on Tuesday, the 8th of Tammuz, 5786.
One of the most damaging trends in today’s educational environment is the relentless push for absolute uniformity. This pressure contradicts one of the most foundational principles of Torah: “Shiv’im Panim LaTorah” — the seventy legitimate faces of Torah (Bamidbar Rabbah 13:15).
Late Saturday night, June 20th, a single-engine Piper PA-28 Cherokee carrying three young men went down in a wooded area near a residential neighborhood in Bowie, Maryland, killing all three aboard. In the hours and days that followed, a network of Chabad shluchim under the auspices of Chabad of Maryland and Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan together with partner organizations worked quietly — and urgently — to ensure the victims received the dignity, respect, and Jewish care that halacha demands.
Berke and Rivka (nee Lubin) Wolff from Odessa, Ukraine had a baby girl!
Last week Kollel Anash of Crown Heights had the honor of hosting a shiur by Rabbi Yitzchok Hanoka on Pas and Bishul Akum. Rabbi Hanoka serves as a senior Mashgiach for the OK kashrus.
Organized by the Torah Center as part of its annual programming, the evening brought together community members for reflection, personal stories, music, and renewed connection to the Rebbe’s enduring guidance.
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