Rabbi Katz serves as Aleph’s Director of Military and Prison Outreach. Following a recent series of events, he wrote the following Op-Ed on the need to look inward into the Lubavitch community and start doing Mivtzoim on our own.
This week will mark one year to the death of Ahuvya Sandak hy”d. Lubavitcher and Crown Heights activist Saadia Hershkop writes about the travesty of justice taking place, and how you can make a difference.
Yosef Hershkop is a Healthcare Executive and activist in Crown Heights. He wrote the following tribute to the “giant” of a man that is Dr. Moshe “Robert” Feldman OBM.
Are Mitzvah Tanks a good thing? Or are they a disaster in the making? An incident today with a Mitzvah Tank made a Crown Heightser think things over, and come to his own conclusion.
Depending on who you ask, Thanksgiving can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Zvi Gluck of Amudim makes gratitude and Thanksgiving personal, by asking you also to be a giver.
It has been said there are no atheists in foxholes. I would add nor are there any in surgery beds. A True Story by Shoshanna Silcove
A furious battle between the candidates for the next Mayor of New York City appears to have settled on at least one major question. Will they as Mayor enact a vaccine mandate for schools in NYC?
Rochel Kaplan takes a moment to peer back on this Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, and what it means for the year to come.
Dear Antisemite, a message to those who hate the Jewish people. Rabbi Chaim Bruk is a Rabbi and Shliach in Bozeman, Montana.
Rabbi Zvi Gluck is the CEO of Amudim, an organization dedicated to helping abuse victims, those struggling with addiction and mental health issues within the community, and has been heavily involved in crisis intervention and management for the past 20 years.
“The current vaccine policy of many of our schools and seminaries is insanity; and unacceptable,” an Op-Ed by a concerned Lubavitcher on the growing trend of mandating the COVID vaccine.
In the age of social media, rumors spread like wildfire that can never be completely extinguished, especially if they were never true in the first place. Let’s be the firefighter, not the arsonist.
As parents, our most treasured time is the moments we spend present with our children, and many things can get in the way of that. But should the thing getting in the way be school? by Chanshy Friedman.
Hate getting spammed by every Raffle and Tzedaka organization in Chabad? A Beleaguered Donor finally had enough, and tracked down those responsible.
Socialist representation of Crown Heights? A BDS supporter as your City Council member? Jewish concerns shelved? Yep. And all you have to do is ignore the coming June 22 election. An Op-Ed by Yaacov Behrman and Shlomie Klein.
Stay the course and stand strong against the pressure, it’s the way the rebbe prescribed as the solution for the State of Israel, and it’s up to us to make sure that happens.
Struck by the tragedy that befell the Jewish people in Meron this Lag B’Omer, Mrs. Rochel Kaplan of Chabad Maryland penned a heartfelt essay on the depth of the tragedy and the underlying beauty that it represents.
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