A Crown Heights landmark has received a much needed revamping these past few months. The Mobil gas station on the corner of New York Ave and Empire Blvd has faithfully provided fuel for Crown Heights’s many thirsty vehicles for many years. Now the old gas station stands proud with a well lit and beautifully renovated location.
A young, off-duty NYPD officer, a off duty firefighter and another person were involved in an early Saturday morning crash on the FDR that left the Police Officer dead. Video of the crash shows the high speed wreck.
Police have published the photo of a man wanted in connection with a pistol whipping and multiple vandalism’s in Crown Heights last weekend. The man allegedly was the one who broke the windows of Bais Rivkah Lefferts with a gun.
In the face of the worst flooding in Venice since the mid-1960s—causing two deaths and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage—the city’s longtime Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries struggled to save their own facility while reaching out to do what they could to help residents and visitors overcome the catastrophic conditions.
A fire broke out in a Lefferts Ave two floor brownstone home around 8:00am Friday morning. No one was home when the fire started, and no one was injured in the blaze.
his past Sunday 12th Cheshvan – 10th November Lubavitch of Scotland held their 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Dinner in Glasgow. Scotland’s Senior Rabbi & Rebbetzen Chaim and Sora Jacobs who are directors of Lubavitch of Scotland have been serving as the Rebbe’s Shluchim in since 5730 and were one of the first 50 shluchim to set up a Chabad House presence in a city sent by the Rebbe.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
This Chof Cheshvan, Chabad communities worldwide will unite by viewing and learning a special sicha of the Rebbe. A helpful page full of resource has been created to help communities watch, learn, and screen this monumental sicha, or the entire farbrengen.
Williamsburg Shomrim made an awareness campaign Wednesday night as they attempted to educate the community about vehicle break in prevention. A whopping 67 vehicles were found to be unlocked on just seven streets in Williamsburg.
Just before Chai Elul, the Mivtzoim Depot of Lubavitch Youth org. held a campaign where women and girls conquered the stations of the 3 train line. Girls chose their stop, picked up stencils, chalk, spray chalk and lots of neshek, and went on their way to brighten up their stop – and the entire world! Crown Heights this week will lead the world in sharing mitzvos with fellow women through ‘chalkingshabbat’ on both the 3 and 4 train lines.
More than 1,000 Jewish students from universities in six nations gathered in New York City last weekend for an annual event that brought together young men and women from France, England, Brazil, Argentina, the United States and Canada. Sponsored by Chabad on Campus, students spent a traditional Shabbat in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Hong Kong is a battle zone now, with violent clashes and political protests crippling the colony. But Rabbi Mordechai and Goldie Avtzon at Chabad of Hong Kong are maintaining steady calm and focus. Last month, they recruited Rabbi Chaim and Menuchy Birnhack to serve the younger demographic of Asia’s World City.
Arizona State University Shliach, Rabbi Shmuel Tiechtel found his scheduled IDF event “occupied” yesterday by pro Palestinian protesters. The event had been planned for room 204 Concino at the MU on campus, but when they arrived, the room was full with pro Palistinian protesters and flags.
Chabad of Indiana University’s new home is only a short block away from its predecessor, but its central location acts as a magnet to the school’s 3,000 Jewish students. The new building boasts 7,000 square feet, almost double the space of its previous quarters, across tall-ceilinged, light-filled rooms. In most ways, it far surpasses Chabad’s home of 30 years.
In an exclusive article, Mishpacha magazine featured Rabbis Elkanah Shmotkin, JEM executive director, and Yechiel Cagen, My Encounter director.
The official groundbreaking for the Chabad of Gloucester County Center for Jewish Life was held in Harrison Township in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd. The vision of Richler and his wife, Mina, since they arrived in South Jersey in 2007, the center aims to give local Jews a gathering place for not just worship but education, socialization and much more.
Connection Point, the program designed to encourage and empower children to watch and learn directly from the Rebbe, is off to a smashing start this year. View photos from the first round.
