A Crown Heights teacher sent us the following op-ed, in which she decries the apparent lack of safety protocols in the community’s schools – despite the recent terror attacks in Israel and France – and questions whether our educational institutions are adequately protected.
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As customary on Yud Shvat, many Chassidim lit Yahrtzeit candles in honor of the Frierdiker Rebbe – and many took the opportunity to do so in 770. A CrownHeights.info reader captured this photo on Friday of the hundreds of burning candles in the Shul’s entrance hall. [Full photo in the extended article.]
At around noon on Friday, two men entered Responsible Liquor on Empire Boulevard; the owner noticed that their behavior was suspicious and furtive, so he kept a close eye on them. Sure enough, one of them slipped a bottle of expensive tequila under his coat and they both ran out of the store.
The International Kinus Hatmimim and Yud Shvat Frarbrengen, which is taking place Motzei Shabbos, 8:15pm, at Campus Chomesh in Crown Heights, can be viewed live here at Crownheights.info, courtesy of Chabad.org.
An arctic blast with wind gusts over 45 miles per hour and wind chill factors in the double-digits below zero is head for the tri-state area from Friday afternoon into Saturday.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Mendel Samuels, director of Chabad of Farmington Valley, CT, will lead a discussion on the topic – Yud Shvat: Living With the Rebbe Today.
In honor of Yud Shvat, the Yahrtzeit of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, we present a news clipping from a local paper reporting on the historic Levaya that took place in front of 770, in which the Rayatz is (inaccurately) referred to as the former “chief rabbi of Russia and Poland.”
Marking International Holocaust Memorial Day, a special ceremony took place in the Dutch Parliament.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Farbrengen in the early 1970s.
On Monday, Australia National Day, Ian Harris was one of 84 individuals to be awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for “service worthy of particular recognition.”
Three Brooklynites are considering running for the New York State Assembly seat vacated last week by Karim Camara.
In honor of the 65th anniversary of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s passing on the 10th of Shvat, 5710 (1950), and the Rebbe’s assumption of the Nesius a year later, we present a handful of short stories related by Rabbi Chaim Ciment of Boston, a devout Chossid of the Frierdiker Rebbe, and later the Rebbe.
Yad L’Shliach, an organization dedicated to giving financial assistance to Shluchim and their families, organized a concert at the Levi Yitzchok Library in Crown Heights Tuesday, a day most had off from work and school due to the snowstorm.
Chabad of Mineola has released a pre-game 2015 Kosher Super Bowl Halftime Show. Hosted by Rabbi Anchelle Perl, the Kosher Halftime Show offers humor and meaningful upbeat insights into Sports Spirituality & Spaghetti!
The students from Cheder at the Ohel come to school every day from all over Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn and Connecticut. Due to the severe snowstorm Monday evening, regular classes were canceled on Tuesday. However, that doesn’t meet that they had to miss a day of learning.
Texas Governor Rick Perry spoke with members of the Jewish community at Chabad of Iowa’s Maccabee Kosher Deli in Des Moines on Monday, one of the last stops on his latest swing through the home of the nation’s first presidential caucus in his likely bid for the White House in 2016.
Charles Roth served as the executive director of the National Jewish Post for 29 years and also worked as a broadcaster for ABC News. He was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in August of 2009.
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