Mayor Eric Adams announced an executive order Wednesday barring New York City from making business or pension investment decisions that discriminate against Israel — in a veiled swipe at his BDS-supporting successor Zohran Mamdani.
Katz and Katz (nee Chaya) Dov from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Mendel Raitport (Brooklyn, NY) to Devora Haskelevich (Philadelphia, PA)
Following the success and overwhelmingly positive feedback of previous years, Crown Heights families now have the opportunity to join a Menorah Parade on any night of Chanukah.
The incident occurred at the famous synagogue of the Sadigura Chassidic dynasty, the Kloyz Kadisha (the Holy Synagogue). The site is a place of pilgrimage and prayer for Chassidim, and serves as a living memorial to the start of an era.
Oholei Torah held a vibrant and uplifting Motzei Shabbos event for young alumni, on Yud Kislev, drawing an exceptional turnout of more than two hundred fifty participants between the ages of twenty two and thirty two.
Neve Shamir’s new Anglo community is mostly recent olim — without local family or friends to support them. There’s also a quiet stream of individuals who grew up ultra-orthodox but didn’t quite fit in back home, seeking a community that accepts them as they are.
Yisroel Benjaminson (Glenview, IL) to Liba Wilansky (Portland, MN)
The Trump administration has threatened to cut off New Yorkers’ SNAP benefits if it doesn’t receive recipients’ data from state leaders.
Following a record 43-day government shutdown, funding for Section 8 housing assistance has been delayed for December, according to a statement from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
Watch as Chabad singer Avraham Fried sings Hup Kozak with an orchestral backing at Israel Live show.
In honor of Yud Daled Kislev, Anshei Lubavitch is bringing an evening of Sholom Bayis to the community. Men and women are invited to join Rabbi Manis Friedman with Dr. Danial Shonbuch to discuss how to make marriages better.
Oholei Torah’s annual Bochur Tog for the Mechina 8th grade took place this week on Chag HaGeulah Yud Kislev, filling the zal with energy as the bochurim spent the afternoon tending to their personal items and deepening their hiddur mitzvah.
Eliyahu Rosenbluh (Monsey, NY) to Yocheved Deutch (Samara, Russia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Denver, the mile-high city, is home to over 90,000 Jews. Since 1982, Rabbi Yisroel and Leah Engel have been pillars of Jewish life in Denver. They have established thriving centers of Torah learning, community engagement, and Jewish pride.
A routine request to install a public Menorah outside Malvern Town Hall has unexpectedly become the center of debate in Melbourne’s City of Stonnington—despite such displays being a longstanding Australian tradition led by Chabad Lubavitch.
Candy rained down on the heads of the ecstatic boys, (from Malach Michoel, they were told) and the event concluded with lebidige dancing as proud fathers lifted their sons on their shoulders.
