A crew of three thieves driving a stolen car became the center of an all out police search Motzei Shabbos after they crashed their car while driving through Crown Heights.
This holiday season, Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston of Chabad of Orange County found innovative ways to bring the Chanukah spirit to children despite pandemic challenges. Chanukah creativity came in bright colors at the Chanukah Art Fest, held at the Chabad Center in Chester.
Over 20,000 people watched the lighting of the first virtual Hanukkah light at the Brandenburg Gate live on the evening of December 10th.
or the first time in history, a giant public menorah has been raised in the United Arab Emirates. The 12-foot metal menorah was designed and constructed locally and stands at the foot of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, for all eight nights of Hanukkah.
On the last sitting day of the Australian Parliament for 2020, Chabad ACT hosted the traditional “Chanukah on the Hill” ceremony in the Great Hall of Parliament House in the presence of tens of Members of Parliament and Senators including multiple Government Ministers and Shadow Ministers. Jewish parliamentary staffers and community leaders were also in attendance.
CrownHeights.info presents a new mini-series on Lost Jewish Communities that have vanished over the last few centuries. In this episode we take a journey to the town of Roermond, in the Netherlands.
Crownheights.info has learnt that the Saber Team have just pushed a massive update to their already top-ranking Chanukah App. This mobile app is available in both IOS and Android.
In preparation for Chanukah, the Mayor of Cincinnati – Mr. John Cranley – hosted his annual Chanukah party. The Mayor felt that it was very important that despite the pandemic, the event go on, although on a smaller scale.
This year the light of Chanuka will shine in the homes and hearts of thousands of indigent Jews, the elderly, the lonely, as well as large families when they receive an especially festive food basket in honor of Chanuka as part of a program by Chabad of Moscow.
Founded as a more affordable source of flaishig products for the crown Heights Jewish community, Yudules Meat Club has been offering various food products to the Crown Heights community for the past year. Recently, the meat club has added cold cut platters to its list of products for sale.
Schneur Zalman Gordon, is a young shliach from Munich, Germany. For him, Yud Tes Kislev, the Chag HaGeula of his namesake carries particular meaning. This year, he was one of the over 1000 children who participated in one of the four farbrengens organized by MyShliach of Merkos 302.
Ufaratzta Circle is the one-of-a-kind network, composed of hundreds of Shluchos who, with their families, serve as the sole providers of Jewish infrastructure and community for a radius of hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles. Recently, Ufaratzta Circle of North America completed a five day virtual Kinus for these Shluchos who, with their husbands, singularly represent the face of Judaism and Jewish life in their Jewishly-remote locales.
This week, over 60 participants of the boys division of Friendship Circle of Brooklyn gathered for an inspiring evening celebrating Yud Tes Kislev.
This year, over 60 mechanchim, each a community influencer in their own circle, came together to reenergize their commitment for Chinuch with Chassidus and chassidishe values at Igud Hamelamdim’s Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen.
From the deserts of Afghanistan to icy outposts near the North Pole to aircraft carriers in the middle of no one can say where, Jewish military personnel are being invited to a massive, first-time-ever Zoom Hanukkah party hosted by Chabad’s Aleph Institute, which provides resources for Jewish service members stationed around the world.
Chabad of South Broward presents the 41st Annual South Florida Chassidic Chanukah Festival, this year with a drive in experience and social distancing. The event will take place on Wednesday, December 16th, at 7:00pm, the seventh Lichtel.
A class from Yeshivas Darchei Menachem in Crown Heights took a field trip to 770 this past Thursday to help prepare the famous 770 menorah for Chanukah.
