In the largest public Menorah celebrations in New York City, nearly 18,000 people gathered at Barclays Center Thursday night as the Brooklyn Nets hosted the Miami Heat in a game transformed into a tribute to the 15 victims murdered in Sunday’s terrorist attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia.
The game is still on, and the Columbus Blue Jackets can still beat the Wilds, but the Menorah has been lit at the hockey game and the Chabad Shliach has already called it. Light wins!
Standing tall at the Barclay’s Center in downtown Brooklyn is the CTeen Menorah, shining brightly as it was lit during a packed house basketball game.
Eyal Levy (Paris, France) to Sarah Khan (Paris, France)
Rabbi Avraham Flint devoted over two decades to the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council. With his sharp mind, calm presence, and constant readiness to step in, he became a steady source of support for countless individuals and families seeking guidance, stability, and solutions.
The Rebbe’s letter underlines timely Chanukah lessons for our daily performance of mitzvos – namely, performing all mitzvos in a most perfect manner – mehadrin min hamehadrin – not being satisfied with our perfect performance of today.
An arrest has been made by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force in the antisemitic attack that targeted a group of Chabad Bochurim returning from a Menorah lighting in Manhattan.
The Kehillah of the Kingsbrook Jewish Shul, Congregation Chaim Albert has been locked out of their premises since COVID, yet dared to kindle the Menorah regardless in a public display of unity for the Shul.
Children often sense danger before they understand it. Long before words are spoken, they notice the tightness in adult voices, the sudden urgency in conversations, the extra Tehillim whispered where bedtime stories used to be. Even when we try to protect them, fear slips in quietly.
New details have emerged about the heroism of Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff, a 20-year-old Chabad chossid and son of Texas A&M Shliach, who was seriously wounded in the antisemitic terrorist attack during a Chanukah celebration in Sydney, Australia.
A weather system passing north of New York State will push a long cold front through the city Thursday night into Friday. Light drizzle and scattered showers may begin around midnight Thursday, with steadier rain developing by about 4:00 a.m. Friday.
The Remsen Village Chabad community gathered Wednesday night for a Grand Menorah Lighting Ceremony outside their Shul at 305 Remsen Ave.
The $20 million Mayanot World Center, located across from Sacher Park, and minutes away from the Machane Yehuda market, represents a new chapter for the pioneering yeshivah as it approaches three decades of teaching more than 10,000 students.
The Powerball jackpot has surged to a monstrous $1.5 billion — the fifth-largest in the game’s history —ahead of the holidays after no ticket matched all six winning numbers drawn on Wednesday night.
The Jewish world continues to grapple with the horror of the antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach in Australia, but amid the tragedy, another powerful story of courage and self-sacrifice has emerged.
On the 4th night of Chanukah, over 50 Menorah cars took to the streets and highways of South Florida to parade the light of Chanukah departing from Chabad of Inverrary making a 38 mile loop from Inverrary, FL in Broward County, to Boca Raton, FL in Palm Beach County.
Lots of volunteers are bringing light and warmth to lonely seniors in NYC nursing homes, who could use some extra cheer. You can be part of it!
