A pair of heartless DMV workers forced an ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn mom to strip her religious head covering for a driver’s license photo — leaving her “traumatized” and fearing an antisemitic ambush.
This upcoming Monday, 17 Iyar 5786, will mark the third Yahrtzeit of my rosh yeshiva and personal mashpia – Harav Michoel Akiva Gershon a”h Wagner. To say that he lived an exemplary life and affected hundreds of talmidim, is an understatement.
Just after midnight on Saturday, the airline’s final flight touched down, and within hours, a carrier that had helped redefine low-cost travel in America for more than three decades ceased operations entirely—stranding passengers, idling thousands of workers and reshaping the economics of budget air travel overnight.
Rabbi and Rebbetzin Vigler of Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens took to the stage with famous political commentator Ben Schapiro in an event was sponsored by a grant from Joel and Nancy Hart with support from Lauren Gross.
Exactly fifty years after the Rebbe introduced the 12 Pesukim on Lag BaOmer 5736, Chabad.org’s ChabadU is launching a new course that brings the Torah wisdom they contain to Jewish parents everywhere.
More than 900 students and young Jewish adults from across Russia and other FSU countries, arrived in Brazil with remarkable dedication. They undertook long and complex air journeys lasting over 24 hours, traveling through multiple countries across the globe.
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.
Rabbi Shea Hecht sat down with the Clappy and Frank Show to discuss Clappy and Frank Show: Rabbi Hecht On Breathwork, Therapists, and Psychedelic Healing.
I copied this from my book A Day To Recall, A Day To Remember which is presently out of print. As always, your feedback and comments are greatly appreciated and welcomed.
Levi Laufer (Crown Heights) to Rochel Mochkin (Rochester, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, May 3rd, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
OPT eligibility is based on the level of education, not the school. You can have more than one OPT, but only if each one is for a higher level (for example, bachelor’s after associate’s, or master’s after bachelor’s). Doing another program at the same level does not make you eligible for a new OPT.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman speaks about the concept of a second chance, how Pesach Sheini is in fact an aspect of our Jewish identity.
Sholom Ber Schtroks (Cologne, Germany) to Chaya Minzberg (Tzfat, EY)
Kollel Anash of Crown Heights has released a new volume of the acclaimed Kovetz Iyunim series. The Kovetz includes articles by kollel members on the topic of Choshen Mishpat.
The Merkos Chinuch Office recently hosted the fourth class of its Foundations of Chinuch training series, a program exploring the Rebbe’s approach to chinuch through the Twelve Pesukim, with this session focusing on Kol Yisroel and Ve’ahavta.
President Trump has signed an executive order to create retirement accounts for workers who don’t currently have access to a 401(k) or another workplace plan. Each account would receive a yearly federal matching contribution of up to $1,000.
When Lisa Sharkey was invited to a literacy event at the New York Public Library featuring Her Majesty Queen Camilla of England, who was visiting during the British royal couple’s state visit to the United States, the publisher knew just what to gift the Queen.
