Things have gone from bad to worse for Jewish residents of Boulder, Colorado as rising waters have crippled the area, shutting down Shuls just hours before Yom Kippur.
Erev Yom Kippur Jews worldwide took part in the age-old custom of ‘shlugging’ Kapores. In Crown Heights it was organized by NCFJE, who had locations in a number of places in the neighborhood.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe on Erev Yom Kippur in the late ’70s.
In advance of Sukkos, the Transportation and Security Administration reminded its airport screeners and the travelling public that Jewish travelers may carry the Arba Minim through security checkpoints and onboard planes.
40 years ago, residents of Kfar Chabad were shocked to see their neighbors – while still in their tallis and kittel – riding hastily in buses. News began to trickle through the village that a war had just broken out, and all reserves were being called to duty. The war has been etched into the collective Jewish history as the Yom Kippur War.
CrownHeights.info photographer Mendel Benhamou captured breathtaking footage of the hundreds of thousands of Jews who amassed at the Western Wall for Slichos.
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