The valiant crime-fighting actions taken recently by five Shomrim volunteers in apprehending two muggers was recognized by the 71st Precinct, and the volunteers received awards at Thursday’s ’71st Precinct Community Council Meeting.’
With the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, the Jews of Soviet Russia found themselves in a dire situation. Religious life had been stifled for decades, and with rampant food and supply shortages, both their spiritual and material selves were in danger. It was then that a small group of Chabad activists stranded behind the Iron Curtain in Samarkand—today, Uzbekistan—decided that they had to do something to assist their fellow Jews. A few men banded together, and the Chamah organization was born.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman, a Chabad Shliach and the spiritual leader of the Sydenham Shul, South Africa’s largest congregation, has invited Rabbi Shmuley Boteach to give a lecture at his synagogue. The lecture, set to take place this Sunday, will be based on Boteach’s controversial book on intimacy between a man and his wife.
Brooklyn Heights Jewish residents gathered on Tuesday, February 18, at Brooklyn Heights Library for an insightful and uplifting evening to remember.
A Crown Heights resident is claiming that an NYPD officer beat him after complaining about receiving a parking ticket.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Levi Kaplan will lead a discussion on the Halachos of Mishloach Manos and the Joy of Adar.
Appearing recently on CBS’s The Couch, Sara Chana Silverstein, a Lubavitcher herbalist and alternative medicine specialist, gave some tips on how to sooth stress and achieve relaxation with herbs and other natural remedies.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe in conversation with a New York politician following a
private audience, circa mid-1960s.
Due to the overwhelming response and demand from the community, Reb Yoel Kahn agreed to present a weekly webcast on topics that are timely and relevant. This week’s topic is titled ‘Automatic Business‘.
Legend has it that the late Albert Einstein, in need of a clasp to hold together some papers from a recently completed project, spent a considerable amount of time trying to straighten-out a twisted paper clip. While struggling with the dysfunctional object, his assistant found a box of new clips. Einstein took one of the new paper clips reshaped it and used it as an instrument to repair the old bent one.
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