“LYA provides a sense of community while instilling self-respect and respect for others”, remarked Carol Engelson, one of the honorees at the recent Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) Scholarship Reception “Generations of Goodness” in Longmeadow, MA.
Lubavitch Day Camp of Monsey completed its first exciting, fun and meaningful week of the summer. See the highlights of the week in this video slideshow.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 122, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: When Is/Isn’t Humor Appropriate? Can Non-Jews Study Torah? Should I Always Trust My Mashpia’s Advice?
For many, the anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing elicits mixed emotions. In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, JEM presents an excerpt of a Sicha in which the Rebbe teaches that the way to mark a Rebbe’s passing. Namely, this is in the spirit which the Rebbe served God during his lifetime.
A young girl was struck by a minivan while attempting to cross the street at the intersection of Albany Ave. and Union St. in Crown Heights. The horrifying incident was captured on surveillance video. Article has been updated to reflect newly obtained information.
Surveillance video has emerged in connection with a tire slashing spree, which is being investigated as a possible hate. In the video the suspect is seen brazenly stabbing at the tires of multiple cars, even as people walk by.
At the CTeen kinus last week, a music video was released in an effort to boost the Chayus of the tzeiri hashluchim and help them stay strong despite the things the challenges they face on Shlichus.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Korach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How should one deal with challenges?
Join Rabbi Marvin Tokayer in his fascinating journey from a college student challenging Chabad philosophy, to the first and only (at the time) Rabbi of the entire Far East, sent by the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Learn that changing the world for the better happens one step at a time.
Dressed in a light pink tunic and jeans, a young female Palestinian assailant attempting to stab two soldiers and a civilian on Tuesday evening.
Orthodox-Jewish New York State Senator Simcha Felder recently introduced a bill that would preempt any city in the state from banning or taxing the use of plastic shopping bags, aiming to block a recently-passed bag fee in New York City from being implemented. When challenged on this bill by a fellow senator in favor of the tax, Sen. Felder persuasively defended his bill with eloquence – and a bit of Jewish humor as well.
Famed Israeli Chasidic Clarinetist Duvid Heller performs the Alter Rebbe’s Nigun, also known as the Daled Bavos, accompanied by the Shira Choir.
Mendel Duchman sat down in front of 770 with producer Chaim Hershkowitz to discuss his new video on the Rebbe’s nigunim.
Elie Wiesel, Author, Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, passed away yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 87.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 121, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is It Possible that What Was Relevant 25 Years Ago is Not Relevant Now? Has the Role of a Rebbe Changed? What is the Significance of Writing a “Pan”? What Meaning Can We Find in Gimmel Tammuz?
With narration by Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, the clip follows a timeline through the years with an inside peek into the details of the Rebbe’s Ohel visits, providing an entirely new perspective on the Rebbe’s devotion and care in praying for the Jewish people.
450 supporters and special guests of Chabad of the Valley joined together recently in a historic Tribute Dinner honoring the Life, Legacy and Vision of Rabbi Joshua B. Gordon, of blessed memory.
