A Chabad center in Woodcliff Lake in northern New Jersey is suing the local Zoning Board, mayor and property maintenance officer two months after the board denied its longstanding application to construct a synagogue on its property, calling the rejection “discriminatory.”
Living Chassidus, an organization aimed at creating a community for women in Crown Heights, completed the 60 Days challenge based on Rabbi Simon Jacobson’s 60 Days: The Spiritual Guide to the High Holidays, bringing the classic holiday companion to life in addition to inspiring themselves and building a new kind of community within Crown Heights. The initiative was so successful, they will be expanding it for the coming months.
Rachel Bicky had jotted down a “girls night out” on her calendar on a recent Thursday night. Her plan: to join other women in Miami for a “Mega Challah Bake” workshop at a Chabad center in the downtown neighborhood of Brickell, where she would learn to properly mix, knead, shape and bake her very own challah while enjoying dips, salads and bread, and learning about the significance of the mitzvah.
A lesser-known Chabad Niggun, ‘Hey Muzha,’ was performed at this year’s Simchas Beis Hashoeva by musicians Yossi Cohen and Yudi Simon, and has been gaining popularity ever since.
Donald Trump will win the election in a landslide, predicts Chaim Ross in this op-ed he submitted to CrownHeights.info. Read further in the extended article to see why.
A massive youth seminar took place in Moscow this past Shabbos, gathering over 250 teenage activists of the EnerJew youth movement together for 5 days of inspiration and learning.
Ballots were misplaced at a Crown Heights polling place the morning of Election Day, prompting numerous people to leave and forcing others to stand in chilly weather for more than two hours as they waited to cast their ballots, according to multiple Twitter users on Tuesday.
Select alumni from the past six decades of the Mossad will be honored at the upcoming Dinner Gala event. Oholei Torah is asking anash for their opinion and vote for someone who they feel is an outstanding alumnus who personifies the ideals and aspirations of the Mossad Chinuch Oholei Torah.
The students of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch of Montreal gathered to celebrate the Yeshiva’s 75th anniversary with one of the pillars of the Yeshiva – its former principal of 40 years.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Lech Lecha. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one remain optimistic when going through challenges?
Every step of our day is guided by the words and insights of Shulchan Aruch. From when we rise in the morning to when we close our eyes, our days are replete with chances to connect to Hashem.
Lubavitch Archives has obtained a collection of newly-discovered photos of students at United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Bedford Ave. and Dean St., circa mid 1960s. Can you identify anyone in the photos?
A man who broke into dozens of cars and stole up to thousands of dollars’ worth of items over the course of the past month was apprehended and taken into custody early this morning, thanks to the dedicated hard work of Shomrim volunteers and NYPD officers from the 71st Precinct.
Rabbi Zalman Goldberg and his team recently launched a new app with the goal of enhancing people’s live through notifying the Rebbe of their Besuros Tovos (good tidings).
Unlike our grandparents in Soviet Russia, we have the freedom to vote. Let’s vote to keep our freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom to pursue happiness, writes Aliza Bas Menachem in this pre-election day op-ed.
With the American elections tomorrow and much confusion about how to vote, it’s as important as ever to remember what our focus needs to be, both in our own lives as well as when electing political leaders. JEM presents an excerpt of a Sicha from 1981 in which the Rebbe discusses what to look for when voting in a new president.
“Prisoner of Zion” Yosef Mendelevich, who spent a decade in a Soviet prison for attempting to hijack an airliner and fly it to Israel, relates an amazing story about a special gift he received from the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the day he was released from the USSR.
