Over twenty former members of Kyiv’s ‘Kedem’ community, displaced in recent years due to the crisis in Ukraine, gathered in New York for a heartfelt Unity Shabbat with their longtime rabbi and Chabad emissary, Rabbi Pinchas Vishedski.
This week’s episode is a crammed conversation with Rabbi Yosef Greenberg, Shliach to Anchorage, Alaska.
Rebbetzen Rachel Jacobs, a Shlucha from Birmingham’s Singers Hill Synagogue, has just returned from a whirlwind and deeply impactful speaking tour across Australia. Visiting Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, Rachel delivered 12 powerful talks to over 1,000 people, leaving a lasting impression on audiences ranging from schoolchildren to senior citizens.
It was a day filled with joy, connection, and Jewish unity and pride—truly a Lag B’Omer Parade to remember.
Blowing past its initial fundraising goal and completing its bonus round, Hatzalah of Crown Heights has one thing to say: Thank you!
Tomorrow, the global Jewish community will be marking Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky’s first Yartzeit with a Torah completion ceremony, Siyum Hashas, and an uplifting Farbrengen drawing inspiration from the Rebbe’s devoted chossid and global ambassador.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
I was asked by a former student, being that Shavuos is the Yahrzeit of the Baal Shem Tov, if I can write something of the historical background of the era before the Baal Shem Tov revealed himself and began teaching his students Chassidus. Thinking it over, I decided to write the following historical background.
Hot on the heels of last week’s viral Pesach Sheini farbrengen, JEM has released newly uncovered video of the Rebbe’s 1983 talk at the Kinus Nshei U’Bnos Chabad – long thought to exist only in audio. In the raw footage is captures powerful moments, including a live Hatzalah call, and features the Rebbe’s stirring words on Jewish identity, chinuch, and the integrity of Eretz Yisrael.
Listen to this incredible story of a pair of Tefillin stolen 28 years ago, and how it made its way through a taxi driver, his children, a Shliach in Frisco, to their rightful owner in Los Angeles.
Are you looking for an uplifting Shabbos in your Chabad House filled with songs, inspiration, entertainment, and soulful energy—all in one?
Urgent call for all healthy eligible BLOOD donors (men & women) as the supply of blood drops to dangerously low levels.
The Manchester Mitzvah Tank has been transformed with a magnificent new exterior. Now, it’s back on the Manchester streets, connecting with people and spreading light and Jewish pride!
Formerly a teacher and community rabbi in Jerusalem, Rabbi Mordechai Stern now resides in Crown Heights. In the summers he leads Congregation Beis Menachem in Tannersville, New York. He was interviewed in May 2021.
Yes, we have passionate, talented mechanchim. Yes, our curriculum is rich, rigorous, and infused with Yiddishkeit. Yes, our building is modern, inviting, and full of energy. But more than all that, at the heart of TTOP is relationship.
The fifth part of Rabbi Chaim Dalfin’s interview with R’ Avraham Shmuel Levine has now been released, covering Abba Even, Ben- Gurion, and Yuval Neman.
On Thursday evening, a special event was held in memory and honor of Reb Grisha, the beloved and unforgettable Shamash, with the participation of many, led by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar Shlita.
