Jews from all walks of life gathered in the Beis Menachem Shul of Tannersville, New York for an evening of Chassidus and Nigleh in honor of The Rebbe’s father Reb Levi Yitzchok in the spirit of Hakhel.
Hundreds of Shluchim have begun arriving in Moscow for a historical European Kinus Hashluchim. The Kinus will begin with a trip to Lubavitch, Liadi and Liozna.
People gathered on Eastern Parkway today, Sunday, for a ‘festival’ marking 25 years since the Crown Heights Riots. The event was the first part of a controversial ‘day of festivities’ which was organized to commemorate those dark and tragic days.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 128, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Can We Balance Fun and Higher Purpose? What is the Significance of Chof Av? What Attitude Should We Have to Jews Marching With Palestinians? Are Garments Anything More Than Superficial? How Important is a Beard?
Back in February, cartoonist Hersh Goldman of Massachusetts drew two cartoons expressing his indignation that then-presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a Jew, met with and praised one of the main instigators of the Crown Heights riots, Al Sharpton.
Rabbi Bentzion and Chaya Shemtov have joined the international family of the Rebbe’s Shluchim as they open a Chabad outpost for the first time in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
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