Watch out! Watch this! Many clever lines will draw attention to the novelty of the upcoming Apple Watch, but right now, all eyes can turn to the first Jewish app for the new gadget, which will make the technology even handier for many users.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe conversing at a Farbrengen with New York City’s first Jewish mayor, Abe Beame, who led the city from 1974 to 1977.
Over 150 members of the Crown Heights community attended a Shloshim gathering last night honoring the memory of Reb Chaim Serebryanski, OBM.
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he uses the classic teachings of Rabbi Akiva to explain the essence of a Jew, and uses the scientific method in making his point. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Portland, Oregon, city of subcultures without a cause, now famous for a popular TV series mocking, as one reviewer wrote, its “supposed air of aimless, bohemian self-involvement, [and] the empty passions that dominate its world” is seeing a flowering of traditional Jewish life.
Palestinian Militants in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets at Israel as it celebrated its independence day today, the first such attack in months.
Bais Rivkah of Crown Heights is gearing up for their upcoming summer day camp, directed by Mrs. Sara Blau, and has released the names of the three talented and dedicated young women who will serve as head counselors.
Following our news report on a belligerent and aggressive Crown Heights beggar who assaulted a man on Kingston Ave. earlier this week, the administration of 1414 President St., the dormitory of the Central United Lubavitcher Yeshiva, sent us a video of the same man stealing a bicycle from the front of the building.
After a brief but forceful downpour yesterday afternoon, a vivid and easily identifiable rainbow formed over the neighborhood.
Rabbi Chaim Jacobs and his wife Sora have been the co-directors of Lubavitch of Scotland for the past 45 years. Rabbi Jacobs was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in May of 2014.
The newly constructed One World Trade Center’s elevators will feature a stunning visual display of New York’s skyline as it developed over the last 500 years. As the elevator rises, the Big Apple’s skyline rises with it through history.
Rabbi Elio (Eliyahu) Toaff, chief rabbi of Rome and a leader of Italian Jewry for more than 50 years, passed away on Sunday at the age of 99.
A group of advocates is asking New York state lawmakers to eliminate the statute of limitations on instances of abuse committed against minors.
A London-based Russian oligarch who was sued by his own rabbi over two major London property deals has settled the case out of court.
Rachel Delia Benaim wrote the following op-ed, which was published in The Forward, explaining why she believes an airplane full of passengers ignored a Chabad woman’s warning that something was wrong with the aircraft.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams declared April as “Brooklyn Landmarks Month” to honor its 21 historic districts, two interior landmarks and roughly 100 individual landmarks — from the Grand Army Plaza to the Williamsburg Savings Bank to Coney Island’s Wonder Wheel.
Chabad at Lehigh was established in 2008 with the dream of creating a “home away from home” for the Lehigh Jewish community. Since then, it has seen growth that cannot be contained in its current 2,500-square-foot townhouse on Evans Street. A new house is being built to provide the much-needed space to accommodate and expand the growing programs and events.
