Jackhammers and heavy duty machinery chipped and cut away at a large section of sidewalk in front of the Library of Agudas Chasidei Chabad this week as a special renovation plan continues. The plan: To install heating elements under the concrete.
Over 600 men packed into Bison and Bourbon on Monday evening for Bonei Olam Crown Heights “Dreams Come True” fundraiser event, produced by Dovid Weinbaum of DW Events.
The group of 30 teens was in Poland as part of one of the CTeen Heritage Quest programs, a 22-day adventure through Poland and Israel. While there, they saw the residence belonged to Mordechai Anilevich, a commander in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and it was from the basement of this home that the sparks of the uprising were born.
In his letter this week, written on Erev Shabbos Nachamu, the Rebbe reflects on the long history of our Jewish people – during which we suffered endless and harsh persecutions – and points out the uniqueness of our history.
Citing the life-saving activities of Chabad-Lubavitch in Ukraine as a prime example of an ongoing contribution of Jewish life around the world, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog presented Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch—the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement responsible for the 5,000 emissary couples worldwide—the 2022 Katz Prize.
Gadi Hershkop, one of the original Shomrim volunteers who stood proud during the 1991 Crown Heights riots and remains at the head of Crown Heights Shomrim, sat down with Yisroel Teitelbaum of The Jew Project.
Administered by the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund will provide New Yorkers on Public Assistance with one-time payments of $214 for each child ages 3 to 17 and $150 for each child younger than 3 in their household.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Commissioner Dawn M. Pinnock today announced the implementation of active intelligent speed assistance (ISA) technology in 50 city fleet vehicles as part of a new pilot program to reduce speed limits and save lives.
It must be Mashiach’s times when even baboons want to put on Tefillin. Rabbi Uriel Vigler posted this video showing his two brothers, Dr. Motti Vigler and Rabbi Yossi Vigler in Cape Town, South Africa when a baboon suddenly decides to steal their tefillin.
Tragedy has struck the Baltimore Jewish community with the news that a young husband and father was murdered while working at Washington DC.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Thursday proposed raising prices ahead of its peak season, a temporary adjustment it says will help handle the holidays.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Pinson serves as a Chabad emissary in Nice, France. He was interviewed in the My Encounter studio in November of 2021.
Yaakov Shwekey has released another Music Video, this time highlighting the importance of making a Kiddush Hashem.
Three parked cars and home wall were damaged Thursday morning when a drunk driver lost control on Eastern Parkway and wrecked havoc on the service lane.
A certain aspect of life in New York City is making a post COVID comeback, the unpaid ticket vehicle boot. Don’t become the next booted car, pay your fines!
Congestion pricing has been a topic long talked about in the city, and more details about a plan that could make it a reality have come in.
The talmidim of YSP Morristown piled onto the bleachers and filled the field as they posed for their annual group photo.
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