The Shluchim in Curitiba, Brazil put on Tefilin with Jewish men in front of the FIFA World Cup’s “Arena da Baixada,” located a short block’s distance from the Chabad House. Rabbi Fitche Dubrawsky, Rabbi Mendel Labkowski and his son Nochum invite soccer fans from Australia to stop for a few minutes and do a Mitzvah before entering the stadium to watch the match.
New York State’s highest appeals court has refused to reinstate former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ban on the sale of big sodas by restaurants and other vendors in New York City, striking a fatal blow to the controversial rule.
It is one week before Gimmel Tammuz—the 20th anniversary of the passing of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—and a group of several hundred people have gathered in a large synagogue in Montreal to learn his teachings.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yossi New, regional director of Chabad of Georgia, will lead a discussion on the topic – Preparing for Gimmel Tammuz.
The Jewish world is all abuzz lately about three biographies of the Rebbe that were just released in time for Gimmel Tammuz. Yet, for Chassidim, the Rebbe’s own writings are in a totally different category, as they not only give one a glimpse of the Rebbe and his greatness, but also, and more importantly, serve as a true source of learning chassidus in its most pure and genuine form.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe delivering a Sicha in the mid 1980s.
A friend of mine is fond of saying, “My tribe (he is Jewish) invented guilt.” Still, be that as it may, along with shame and humility, the feeling of guilt is among the character traits that have become taboo and outmoded in our age and culture of self-centeredness and gratification.
A disturbing experience involving the positioning of an infant car seat on an airplane has been amicably resolved with Southwest Airlines. Yosef and Sarah Shidler, the Crown Heights couple at the center of the dispute, received both an apology and compensation for their troubles.
Today at noon, CrownHeights.info announced that KSCVK had launched a fundraising campaign with a goal of $100,000 over 24 hours. A short while ago, we were informed by Devorah Benjamin that her organization surpassed that goal after only five hours!
Chassidic rapper Ari Lesser busts out some rhymes in his latest composition in solidarity with the three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists last week.
International celebrity Paula Abdul arrived with her spiritual mentor, Rabbi Chaim Mentz, Shliach to Bel Air, CA, in Sydney Australia, where she appeared in front of sell-out crowds at two events.
Rabbi Arieh Raichman, Shliach to Manaus in the heart of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, puts on Tefilin with a Jewish soccar fan at yesterday’s World Cup match between Honduras and Switzerland.
Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah, a beloved Crown Heights organization run by Devorah Benjamin, is hoping to raise $100,000 over the next 24 hours with the launch of a donation matching campaign. The much needed funds will go toward helping couples in financial stress, particularly orphans, with their wedding needs and expenses.
An event titled ‘Finance Your Business’ took place Monday night in the Orthodox-Jewish community of Lakewood, New Jersey, at which a few panelists shared their business acumen with several dozen of the community’s budding entrepreneurs. One of the four panelists was Crown Heights’ Yankie Markowitz, CEO of SBA Loan Group.
The first printing of Rabbi Chaim Miller’s new biography of the Rebbe, Turning Judaism Outward, has sold out in just two weeks. The success of the book has been attributed to the author’s riveting and engaging style, and the full, year-by-year coverage of the Rebbe’s entire life.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Chukas. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How does one overcome negative thoughts?
A group of Bochurim from several Chabad Yeshivos around the United States have taken upon themselves to study and complete all of the Rebbe’s teachings in time for the 20th anniversary of Gimmel Tammuz.
