Rabbi Dovid Shraga Katz served as a community leader in Haifa since 1960 and led the yeshivah Mishkan Yaakov, which he founded, for over fifty years. He was interviewed in January of 2014 and passed away in December of 2021.
War has begun in Ukraine as Russian President Putin announced operation to “demilitarize” the country. CrownHeights.info will provide updates on the operation as information becomes available.
Menachem and Rachel Esty (nee Shloush) Gold from East Flatbush, Brooklyn on the birth of a boy!
Raizy Metzger is co-director, with her husband, of Chabad Sutton, a branch of Chabad of Midtown Manhattan. She is a mom of six and author of “Listen with Your Heart,” a children’s book about autism, inspired by her special needs son.
2,500 CTeeners are En Route to Crown Heights for the14th CTeen Shabbaton, this year for the first time with teens from Argentina and the Dominican Republic.
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that $65 million in funding remains available to help low- and middle-income New Yorkers avoid having their home heating disconnected or exhausting their heating source amid fuel price increases this winter.
Watch this unique musical video featuring Benny Friedman and Baruch Levine for Vzakeini Bonei Olam.
Pola, a neighborhood located ten kilometers from the center of Dnipro with over ten thousand Jewish residents, celebrated earlier this week the inauguration of a brand new Torah scroll to its recently opened synagogue and JCC.
As Purim approaches, the Shluchim Office launches Mishloach Manos Mania, an annual initiative to match up Young Shluchim and Shluchos to send Mishloach Manos to each other with special new features to this year’s program.
The Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchos of the Shluchim Office releases this year’s theme video which showcases the incredible power and impact one Young Shlucha can have.
Thousands of children have been educated in Kharkov’s Ohr Avner School, and they are not stopping now.
In Episode 19 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Chaim and Rebbetzin Aidel Zaklos, who have built a strong Jewish community in Solano County, a 900 square mile rural area situated between Sacramento and the Bay Area.
When it comes to conversations with our children about sensitive topics, it is fair to say that at its core, a healthy connection and bond between parents and children is crucial.
Chabad Houses around the world are excited to give out a Purim magazine that’s perfectly geared to Hebrew School kids.
Parisian photographer Morde’hai Lubecki made a visit to Teveria in Eretz Yisroel where he photographed the Kever of Rachel, The Wife Of Rabbi Akiva.
Chabad’s Teen group gathered at the Chabad Center in Chester for a special evening dedicated to honoring and showing appreciation to the police departments.
In a move that is making waves in academic and lay circles, the Chabad-Lubavitch Library has created a new site with high-quality, full-color scans of a vast collection of thousands of precious manuscripts that have never been seen by the public—until now.
