When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Reva (nee Rusnak) Klein OBM. She passed away on Friday Morning.
New film explores the Rebbe’s foundational framework for navigating security dilemmas—articulated in letters that speak directly to today’s challenges.
Alternate Side Parking Regulations will be suspended tomorrow, Monday, December 29, 2025, to facilitate snow operations. Parking meter rules will remain in effect throughout the city.
Laible Gurevitch (Crown Heights) and Rachel Yabra (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Dec. 30th, 8:00pm at F.R.E.E. Shul
Eliyahu and Chaya Mushka (nee Klein) Raitport from Brooklyn, NY had a baby girl!
“L’olam Va’ed” featuring Mordechai Shapiro, recorded live Chol Hamoed Sukkos at the Newark Symphony Hall during the Benny & Friends Concert.
The Rotter, Kuzecki, and Seewald Families will be sitting Shiva in Crown Heights following the passing of their mother, Mrs. Paula Susman OBM. Times and location in extended article.
Episode six features a siddur from the Rebbe’s home, gifted by the Previous Rebbe, with handwritten notes by the Rebbe documenting the customs of his father-in-law.
Designed by Asher Hershkowitz Architect and developed by Samnon Associates, the structure yields 95 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 26 units for residents at 80 to 130 percent of the area median income.
You’re not imagining it: Everyone seems to have the flu this year. And they’ve got it bad.
The evening featured an electrifying performance by Benny Friedman, who wowed the crowd, a dazzling fireworks display, and an engaging raffle with exciting prizes that kept families and attendees energized throughout the event.
Someone started a rumor that there was a house on President Street where a witch lived and the Rebbe didn’t want to walk past her house. That was of course total nonsense, but somebody’s curiosity was great enough to ask the Rebbe.
Inspired by the well-known tradition of the Frierdiker Rebbe playing chess with the Rebbe on Nittel Nacht, the Yeshiva organized tournaments for each division, ensuring every talmid had the chance to participate.
Oholei Torah commemorated Hey Teves this year with a vibrant and meaningful program centered on the theme of the Twelve Pesukim marking fifty years since Shnas HaChinuch.
Three new institutions were added to the roster — facilities that had never before hosted a Jewish program — allowing even more Jewish inmates to reconnect with their faith and heritage.
Episode 5 features a sefer from the collection of the Previous Rebbe, as well as one of the few seforim that the Rebbe’s father Rav Levi Yitzchak had with him in exile.
