For the first time since the outbreak of the war, the relative calm between Russia and Ukraine enabled Kyiv’s Jewish community to hold an especially moving and festive event
Right now, it costs $1.5 million a year to keep Crown Heights Hatzalah operating. And that number is only going up.
A generous anonymous funder has awarded JCCGCI a two-year, $225,000 grant to pilot and administer initiatives across three Mesivtas in Crown Heights.
The 1st Tefillin Stand in Africa has now been inaugurated at the Mega Plaza Mall in Lagos, Nigeria. This 1st publicly available Tefillin stand is a project of Rabbi Shloime and Chaya Nelken of Hollywood, Florida.
Crown Heights community leaders, Askonim, activists, Yeshivas, Shuls and moisdos have together launched a massive voter registration drive for the Lubavitcher community in preparation for the upcoming Assembly Democratic primary election.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Sarah Raizel (Rosa) Kleinman OBM, the wife of the famed Chabad artist Zalman Kleinman OBM. She passed away on Shabbos day, the 22nd of Iyar, 5786.
Israel established and operates a secret military outpost deep in the Iraqi desert intended to serve as a forward support base for aerial operations against Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday night, citing sources familiar with the matter.
As we mark 50 years since the Rebbe launched this monumental Mivtzah, it’s time to unpack exactly what he demanded of us.
The tavern owner recalled what Rabbi Yisroel had said: “Yes, I can never forget that there is no place where G-d does not exist.”
Most people know Olympia, Washington, as the state capital. For over 20 young Shluchim from across the Pacific Northwest, it was the setting for a Shabbos they won’t soon forget.
The Clappy and Frank Show hosted Mrs. Henya Laine, nicknames the “Queen of Crown Heights” on a recent episode of their podcast.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Boruch Sholom Jacobson is a shliach to Hunter College in NYC. He will be giving this week’s Shiur on Sefiras Ha’omer – Illuminating our days.
The Rebbe held 35 farbrengens on Shabbos Parshas Behar-Bechukosai. The sichos from these farbrengens span close to 1,000 pages in the Yiddish Hanochos (transcripts) in Sichos Kodesh, and 125 pages in the English Hanochos published by Sichos in English.
In this week’s post, I am going to try through two stories to answer a question that I was asked about a concept that I recently mentioned a couple of times during the last few weeks in A Taste of Chassidus.
Rabbi Leibel and Devora Simpson, together with their children, Mendel and Mussi, serve a cluster of growing communities nestled along the Potomac River, including Bannockburn, Cabin John and Glen Echo that are home to many Jewish individuals and families.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman changes your view on the simple approach to this week’s Parsha, creating the context that allows you to understand it with a positive, forward thinking mindset.
