Jewish music group Zusha has released a new single, ‘Mashiach,’ which is quickly gaining popularity on YouTube and social media. ‘Mashiach’ tells the story of transformation, turning a dark world to one filled with song, happiness, peace and light.
An Hispanic synagogue custodian has a message for its congregants: put away your phones; have a little respect.
Starting at 8:30pm watch a live broadcast of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s auction evening live here on CrownHeights.info. Guest speaker Lieutenant Commander Laurie Lance will share riveting details of her experiences being deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq, the event will conclude with the drawing of over 85 prizes.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 98, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How to Find a Healthy Mashpia; Women of the Wall; Tznius; Finding Your Life’s Purpose; Hebrew Names.
This week’s Living Torah from JEM is themed around the crime and its challenges within communities.
The 7th annual Miami Torah Experience took place in North Miami Beach, Florida Dec 23-Dec 31, 2015 with over 20 participants from various universities worldwide.
The Kallah was from far-off Chicago, the Chosson a student at Yeshivas Hadar Hatorah for Ba’alei Teshuvah. Most expected theirs to be a small wedding, with only a few family members and friends in attendance. Instead, the wedding hall was packed to capacity, and attendees said it was one of the most joyous weddings to take place in Crown Heights in years.
Miami Police and prosecutors say Deandre Charles is a cold-blooded killer who shot Rabbi Joseph Raksin – who was visiting from Crown Heights, Brooklyn – after trying to rob him and getting away with nothing. But during two interrogations with police that were released through court discovery, Charles is heard maintaining his innocence in multiple interviews with detectives.
Rabbi Avraham Korf, the Head Chabad Shliach to the state of Florida, is suing the city of Miami Beach after the annual Chanukah parade he organizes every year was shut down by police, with 30 tickets cited to participants.
Lubavitcher filmmaker Menachem Weinstein stopped random people on the streets of New York City to find out if they were willing to do something to change the world.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parasha, Va’eira. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why didn’t Pharaoh’s magicians show up to challenge Moses and Aaron during the sixth plague of boils? What special act did Moses do to totally baffle and silence them? And what lesson do we learn from it in our lives?
Shortly after Pesach this past year, Rabbi Heshy and Rochel Chana Ceitlin were preparing to move to Seagate, Brooklyn, to join her parents on their Shlichus, when he was diagnosed with cancer.
At a recent Chabad fundraising dinner in France, the crowd watched in awe as a a talented artist created a painting of the Rebbe in under five minutes.
In honor of the Alter Rebbe’s yahrtzeit today, 24 Teves, Mendy Shemtov released this video of his stirring performance of the Alter Rebbe’s ‘Nigun Daled Bavos’ on clarinet.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Va’eira. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Should one do a Mitzvah if they’re not in the mood?
Exactly one year has passed, yet the victims killed during the terrorist attack at the Hyper Cacher supermarket in Paris have not been forgotten. Veteran Israeli musician Shai Barak produced this music video – in collaboration with several Jewish music stars – using the slogan: ‘Je Suis Juif’ – I am a Jew – which became a symbol of defiance following the attack around the world and especially in France.
2016 has just begun, and that means registration has begun for the coming summer in Camp Emunah. In honor of the occasion, the girls’ camp released this humorous video, promoting the message that it’s never too early to register.
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