In a small Canadian city sits an exclusive boarding high school, home to many international students from Brazil, Mexico, Russia and elsewhere. Though no longer an official faith school, the priests on staff and the ornate chapel are lingering evidence of its strong Christian roots. Yet, between Matza and Priest, Judaism continued to have a place.
With synagogues shuttered indefinitely, Jewish life is evolving to conform with the new home-based reality. When possible, technology is taking a more prominent role, facilitating Torah study, fellowship, and more. This year, more than ever, thousands are turning to the Omer Counter app to help them remember to count each night.
In light of current events and the calls by Rabbonim and community leaders to increase in Ahavas Yisroel, one of the Rebbe’s 10 campaigns, NCFJE presents one of Rabbi JJ Hecht’s trademark “brimstone and fire” speeches, delivered in 770 circa 1979.
In accordance with the Rebbe’s wishes there will be a Kinus Torah this evening at 8:00PM ET over Zoom, with Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kalmenson, Rabbi Yosef Lustig, Rabbi Shneur Kessler and other Mashpiim.
A new daily radio program with live shows on relevant-to-children life matters has been launched for the children on Crown Heights. Halacha during COVID19 (in an eidele child freindly fashion), parsha brought to life, Nigunim and Rebbe stories. The best of Mechanchim brought to your home.
Hani Lifshitz, Shlucha to Katmandu, Nepal, she has been chosen to light a torch at the annual ceremony closing Memorial Day events and opening the 72nd Independence Day of the State of Israel.
Two Huntsville, Alabama synagogues, one a Chabad House, were targeted over the first days of Pesach with anti-Semitic Graffiti. The FBI has joined the local police force in investigating both incidents.
As the procession of the Levaya of Rabbi Leibel Groner circled the streets of Crown Heights, community members stood on porches, by windows, and in doorways to pay their respects. We present a gallery of videos and photos of the procession.
As we mourn the passing of Rabbi Leibel Groner, a beloved member of the Rebbe’s secretariat who passed away last night,JEM presents photos of Rabbi Groner from the JEM archives, we’ve selected twenty five classics.
Recently, the Unity Torah Committee launched a brand-new platform to streamline the acquisition of the Unity Letters. The Unity Sefer Torah was an initiative begun by the Rebbe to have each Jewish person take part in writing a Sefer Torah.
A group of yungerlight noticed the incredible Achdus that has permeated the Crown Heights Jewish community as it battles the coronavirus plague, and decided to capitalize on it for the good with a Pan Kloli.
With unmatched clarity, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kaplan explains each pasuk of the Rebbe’s new Kapital, bringing us countless layers of both nigleh and nistar, and helping us appreciate the relevance to our own day and time.
Today, on the Rebbe’s 118th birthday, 118 Jewish men in Cape Town answered the Rebbe’s call and joined together in laying Tefilin and saying the Shema, and with many of them committing to laying Tefilin every day for the duration of the National Lockdown in South Africa, and a few even taking on to actually start putting on every day.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to lock down much of New York City, the Mitzvah Tank Organization came upon an ingenious method of continuing the tradition of a Mitzvah Tank Parade, all while following the COVID-19 guidelines.
For shluchim worldwide, the erev-Pesach script has been interrupted by the Coronavirus outbreak. Unable to organize community sedarim, many of them have been seeking ways to help their communities carry out the mitzvos of Pesach in quarantine.
Aryeh Leib Hurwitz, a rising star in the world of Chazzanos, has released a new niggun for Kapital 119, the Rebbe’s Kapital for this year, on the Posuk “Ma Ahavti Sorosecha.”
LIVE at 9:00pm: Join a Yud Aleph Nissan Zoom Farbrengen tonight, April 5th, at 9:00pm with Rabbi Yossi Lew. A virtual evening of Inspiration and Connection.
