After responding for years to life saving emergency calls in the community, one of Crown Heights Hatzalah’s ambulances received a much needed remounting. The remounting included overhauling the old ambulance rear, and placed it on a brand new Ford chassis.
The need is tremendous on Grand Bahama island. In addition to potable water, food, personal-hygiene supplies, shelter and clothing local residents crave the knowledge that someone cares.
Chaim Weiss is about to enter his junior year of high school at a yeshivah in Far Rockaway, New York, with a summer experience under his belt that will rival that of most of his classmates. The sixteen-year-old was the youngest of a team of four cyclists who completed a six week, 3,100 mile ride across the breadth of the USA last Sunday raising $33,000. A fifth had to drop out along the way due to injury.
With Tishrei coming, and the recent thefts of loose bricks, the deteriorating brick retaining wall in the front of 770 received a protective covering.
In an effort to expand their impact and make the Daily Torah Study accessible to thousands more people Chayenu is holding its first ever fundraising raffle for the prize of $10,000 cash!
Talmidim of the seventh grade of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva, along with their fathers, joined together for the Shofar Factory, training the next generation of Shluchim to lead their own workshops.
Professor Deborah Lipstadt was selected as the honored recipient of the Jewish Hero Award at this year’s National Jewish Retreat. The award honors her lifelong efforts to combat ignorance and denial of the facts and scale of the Holocaust, and her written, spoken, and legal efforts on behalf of the victims.
Operation Survival: Watch as Operation Survival discusses the cause of depression, and how to prevent it with David Schwartz, Psy.D., LCSW, a professional counselor for 40 years. David focuses on evaluation, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional and behavioral health issues.
On Thursday, August 29th, 2019, 80 years since the establishment of the Beth El Synagogue in Panama and 25 years since Rabbi Aron Laine, began serving as the Spiritual leader there, the community honored him and his wife, Rebetzin Freadel, for their dedication to the community.
As fans of the New York Jets gathered to tailgate before the team kicked off their season in MetLife Stadium, a group of Jewish fans brought a more spiritual take to the festivities. Armed with tefillin and a shofar, Rabbi Eli Goodman of Chabad of the Beaches led a group of congregants in what is being dubbed the “Tefillin Tailgate.”
On his visit to New York, Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz, Shliach to Tamacula California who is battling ALS, visited the Rebe’s Ohel in Queens. He travelled to New York for his youngest sons’ Bar Mitzvah.
As Crown Heights families look to settle in and get back into the school spirit, there is an easy and cheap pizza special to feed the whole family. For only $20, you can get two pies of delicious hot pizza at SauceNCheese in Crown Heights.
Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz, Shliach to Temacula California, attended his sons Bar Mitzvah in Crown Heights Motzai Shabbos. The event took place at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, and attracted hundreds to the Simcha.
A NYPD vehicle was involved in an accident Motzai Shabbos, which sent the police cruiser onto the sidewalk, hitting two Jewish girls. Five people were injured in the accident in total, Hatzalah and EMS transported the injured to the hospital.
As Hurricane Dorian was unleashing its unimaginable devastation on the Bahamas earlier this week, Rabbi Sholom and Sheera Bluming, co-directors of Chabad of the Bahamas, hunkered down in the capital city of Nassau, making phone calls to residents, galvanizing the community, coordinating with government aid officials and rallying volunteers during their country’s time of need.
Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, directed by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, welcomed the Talmidei Hashluchim for the new Shnas Halimmudim. Divrei Torah and Hisorerus were shared by the Talmidei Hashluchim, local shluchim and Chavrei Hanhalla.
A Crown Heights resident became the target of a disgusting slur Thursday morning, while biking through the streets of Crown Heights. The person who spewed the hateful words was a livery cab driver, seemingly incensed at having to share the road with a cyclist.
