Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ha’azinu. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one be joyous in challenging times? A bonus video on what one should meditate on when hearing the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah is presented in the extended article.
President Barrack Obama wishes all those celebrating Rosh Hashanah a happy and healthy new year.
Miami-Dade detectives believe they have identified “some of the people involved” in Rabbi Yosef Raksin’s murder last month, but assert that it was not a hate crime, a local CBS affiliate reported.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 35, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a special Rosh Hashanah edition, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topic: How can one experience true and lasting renewal?
In the latest episode of Jew-bel-ish, Lubavitcher comedian Mendy Pellin shows off the brand-new apples for Rosh Hashanah, and does a new, sweet spin on the outdated Ice Bucket Challenge.
“For almost two days, I couldn’t contact my brother Benny,” writes Zvi Hershcovich, editor-in-chief of Bill 613, a Montreal Jewish community news website. Zvi describes in great detail the harrowing ordeal of his brother and sister-in-law, Rabbi Benny and Sonia Hershcovich, who recently survived a devastating hurricane that ravaged the town of Cabo S. Lucas, located at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, where they serve as Chabad emissaries.
What happens when Jew in the City (JITC) star Allison Josephs finds herself in a Dr. Seuss-like world with reality TV star Ethan Zohn? A charming and inspirational video for the high holidays, titled “Green Eggs, No Ham!”
A video depicting Meir Kalmanson, a Crown Heights street comic, high-fiving New Yorkers who were hailing taxis has gone viral, garnering almost 300,000 views since it was uploaded three days ago, and attracting local media attention.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Nitzavim-Vayelech. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can it be easy to observe all of the 613 commandments?
Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs (CHYE) has announced the launch of its newly revamped website, CHYE.info.
A woman and two children were treated for smoke inhalation at a local hospital on Tuesday following an early morning fire that broke out on the fourth floor of a synagogue in Anderlecht, located in southern Brussels, Belgium. The synagogue is led by Rabbi Menachem Hadad, Chief Rabbi of Brussels and a Chabad emissary.
Produced by JETS Creative Wing, this video aims to encourage Jewish men and women to join in for services this Rosh Hashanah at their local Chabad House.
“Everyone loves Bella Bracha,” said the creators of the popular Jewish children’s DVD, “so we set up a Bella Bracha gift vending machine on Kingston Avenue for our little fans.”
In the month of September, children across the country begin the new school year, excitedly meeting new teachers and classmates. The children at Maimonides Jewish Day School and The Gan–Portland Jewish Preschool in Portland, Ore., however, returned to something quite different: a new school.
Chasidic music star Avraham Fried stopped by an IDF shooting range in the town of Beit El, where he will be performing at a concert this week.
Rabbi Peretz B. Eichler of Yeshiva World News interviews a nephew of Abe Zelmanowitz, HYD, a 9/11 terror victim.
Last night, at a gathering with Arab Christians, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was booed for saying “Christians have no greater ally than Israel,” and “Those who hate Israel hate America. Those who hate Jews hate Christians.”
