A strike by the employees of the Israeli Foreign Ministry all over the world may cause the cancellation of the world’s largest Seder, organized by Chabad in conjunction with the Foreign Ministry in Nepal’s capital of Katmandu.
Despite the long-awaited onset of spring, the tri-state area can expect to get more snow this week as a ‘nor’easter’ is expected to hit the region tomorrow night. However, forecasters say, the area should be spared from the worst of the wintry spring storm.
A short video extolling the virtues of Handmade Shmura Matzah, which can be obtained at one’s local Chabad Center almost anywhere in the world.
For the first time in France and likely the entire of Europe, a special Purim celebration was held for Jewish people who suffer from deafness.
A roller skating rabbi and hockey playing educational director are not the norm of what students see during a typical school day, unless you attend Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) in Longmeadow, MA.
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode Ten tonight, Sunday, March 23rd (21 Adar II) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Coping with Unspeakable Tragedy.”
While you were likely busy celebrating the holiday of Purim last week, the Village of Bayville, NY transformed one of its parks into an international celebration center last Sunday afternoon when the Israeli and Irish national lacrosse teams faced one another on Purim Day, this year coinciding with the eve of St. Patrick’s Day.
When Zachary Friedberg was born 16 years ago, his parents were told not to have hope that he could achieve much in life or even survive to his teens.
Emotions ran high at the ‘Alumim’ educational campus in Zhitomir, Ukraine Wednesday, as four Jewish boys and men celebrated their entrance into the covenant of Avraham together with the local Jewish community.
Making Yom Tov requires a Jewish woman to be a frugal shopper, an adequate cook, an event planner, an astute student of Jewish law, and a gracious hostess. She needs to be all this while still being a wife, a mother, or often a career woman too. In short, making Yom Tov is an endeavor that requires a Project Manager.
A 14-year-old teenage boy opened fire on an MTA city bus in Bedford-Stuyvesant, fatally shooting a random passenger in the head.
There are at least 500 Jewish students studying at Grenada’s St. George Medical School, but until recently, they were left to fend for themselves when it came to Jewish life. For many, that meant putting a hold on their Jewish identity.
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of yet another soldier in the Rebbe’s army, Mrs. Rivkie Barber, OBM, of Melbourne, Australia. She was 49 years old. Update: Levaya info added.
The following open letter was written by Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz, whose wife Rashi tragically and suddenly passed away last week. It is addressed to the global family of Lubavitch Chasidim – and the Crown Heights community in particular.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Farbrengen in 1969.
This Purim, the Jewish community of Chernigov almost did not have the chance to celebrate Purim. Due to the security threats in Ukraine, the planned Purim celebration had to be canceled, and celebrations were far from anyone’s mind.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftali Silberberg will lead a discussion on the topic – the origins of Mechiras Chometz.
