Aviv Keller, who served for many years as the gabbai of the Rothschild Synagogue of Rosh Pinah, Israel, passed away on the 13th of Kislev in 2022, several months shy of his 104th birthday. He was interviewed in September of 2011.
With great sadness we report the passing of Reb Yisachar Tzvi (Hershel) Gluck, a distinguished Spinka Chossid who studied in Tomchei Temimim in his youth. He was 83 years old.
Watch this video from JEM which includes the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s advice on religion, Torah, education, life, and more.
Two residents of Coraopolis and Pittsburgh, PA, have been charged by criminal complaint in Pittsburgh with damaging religious property and conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States in the graffiti of a Pittsburgh Chabad House.
Dr. Andrew (Shlomo) Schally OBM, a Jewish Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor, and Distinguished Professor at the University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, passed away in his Miami Beach home over Sukkos 5785.
The Perlina Jewish Kindergarten, a division of Chabad-Lubavitch’s Or Avner Jewish Day School in Kyiv, Ukraine, was hit by a Russian drone last night in an attack that caused significant damage to the structural integrity of the building.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin has continued his release of a new video series exploring the Kvarim surrounding the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Great News: The CHJCC has hired a Director of Social Services, a new position to better serve our community and provide the best assistance to Crown Heights families and individuals
The NYC subway this week was infested with “illegal socialist” ads denouncing the Mayor of NYC Eric Adams, Israel, and the NYPD at the same time. According to the MTA, these are not MTA endorsed ads and were placed illegally.
Rabbi Pinchas Taylor is the director of Adult Education and Outreach at the Chabad of Plantation, Florida, and a prolific lecturer, author, and life coach.
The Olathe Jewish population (numbering about 1,200), which as of this writing has no communal infrastructure in place, will be getting a new boost with the arrival of Rabbi Mendel and Sheina (née Garelik) Wenger.
City Council introduced the bill to legalize jaywalking on Feb. 28. After many months, the bill was approved and sent to Mayor Eric Adams on Sept. 26.
Eli and Dina (nee Moses) Bharier from London, UK had a baby boy!
Lubavitcher businessman Menachem Raitport will be on the ballot in the coming election for New York’s 9th Congressional district, a recently redrawn district that includes the entire Crown Heights, Flatbush, and much of Boro Park.
Sholli and Elena Kestecher from Yerushalayim have hosted meals and activities for years, catering to those who have migrated to Israel alone. This year, exactly a year after the attack, a Sefer Torah was completed at their home on the night after Shemini Atzeres, being danced through the streets to its new home at the Chayal El Chayal Shul.
In an uplifting atmosphere following Sukkot and Simchat Torah, the annual gathering of Chabad House directors in Moscow was held this week in the town of Istra, 40 kilometers west of the Russian capital.
In a heartfelt effort to enhance the Sukkot experience, Lubavitch Stamford Hill launched a mobile sukkah initiative that traveled throughout London, providing over 50 individuals with the opportunity to fulfill the mitzvah of benching lulav and dining in a sukkah.
