Op-Ed

In the wake of the news about how Chabad of Halifax helped the stranded passengers of EL AL flight 26, Rabbi Shimon Posner shares his thoughts.

Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui, a Shliach in North Palm Beach Florida. stumbled into a problem he believes is causing disillusionment and disenchantment with the leaders in our community. Shocked, he penned the following Op-Ed to the community.

As attacks on the Jew of New York City continue to climb, Mayor Bill DeBlasio reacted to the crimes by holding a “Photo Op” event in front of 770 Eastern Parkway. This is the editors response.

As Hei Teves quickly approaches, Menachem Benchemon, a Crown Heights resident and fed up resident tackles a question ignored for 25 years. How can the heart of Lubavitch, 770, be such an unwelcoming place? And who is responsible?

Op-Ed: A Lubavitch bochur learning in a mainstream Chabad Yeshiva in Israel found himself shocked by another bochur. Is Lubavitch its own worst enemy? Is it losing focus because of its own ego?

A 16 year old Chabad girl penned the following passionate response to the terrible shooting that took place in Jersey City yesterday.

Rabbi Eli Friedman of Chabad of Calabasas went to social media to help dispel a myth. The Kinus Hashluchim Group Photo – the six thousand Shluchim strong annual class photo – is very misleading.

Rabbi Shimon Posner writes the following Op-Ed regarding his late father Rabbi Zalman Posner obm, and how he took the Rebbe’s Simchas Torah with him on Shlichus.

The following Op-Ed was submitted in response to a letter posted on CrownHeights.info from a Bais Rivkah Parent, praising Bais Rivkah’s Board of Directors. The writer of the Op-Ed reframes events, and paints a different picture of the school.

With Shlichus becoming increasingly hard to find, a Lubavitcher attempts to address the troubling issue that many young couples find themselves in, waiting and waiting without a parnassa. He offers an alternative perspective on the matter, and a potential solution.

Rabbi Gershon Avtzon shares some insights on Rabbi Shalom Mendal Simpson A”H, and how he exemplified truth in all things, especially his love for other Jews. Rabbi Simpson passed away on Thursday, on his 90th birthday.

The following Op-Ed was penned by Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox, the Director of Interventions & Community Education at Project Chai, on the recent tragedy in which a 9 year old boy drowned in a water park.

Dr. Levi A. Reiter is an Audiologist, (hearing Doctor), wrote this Op-Ed taking on something spoken about on private chats and mothers groups. The music by our Simchas is just simply too loud.

A CrownHeights.info reader submitted this Opinion Editorial attempting to frame the vaccination argument into a different lights. He attempts to take a step back, and look at our reactions to the entire argument.

When you look at the tombstone of Walter Galler, you notice something striking: The Hebrew words “Kosher L’Pesach” (Kosher for Passover), inscribed, upside down, on the top of the stone. The photo of this unique headstone and the story behind it was shared with me by Rav Moshe Silberhaft of South Africa.

A Physician Assistant in Williamsburg, which was hard hit with the Measles outbreak, penned an Op-Ed on the vaccination that can protect against the measles. This Op Ed was written for the educated, uneducated, and supposedly educated parents of the Crown Heights Jewish community.

Yitzi Zilber, a Lubavitch Bochur born after Gimmel Tamumz speaks about the warmth that is still felt despite never having seen the Rebbe.

Chaya Margolin, a graduate of the Financial Coach Master Training program, tackles the question every newley married couple, and not so newly married couple has to master. Is Financial Security Possible if You are Frum? And if so, how?

In response to an Op-Ed published here on CrownHeights.info titled “Why Don’t All Families Have a Lot of Kids?”, a mother of one attempts to put the reality of life in perspective. Some appearances are a facade, and the truth may not be yours to judge.