Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation requiring the New York City Transit Authority to produce annual reports detailing its efforts to reduce noise throughout the system.
Abdul Hamid al-Matar was killed by the airstrike in the northwest section of the country, according to Army Maj. John Rigsbee, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command.
Due to the Friday afternoon meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Russian President Vladimir Putin running overtime, the Jewish community of Sochi organized to prepare all the Prime Ministers Shabbat needs.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
As a college student in the mid-1970s, Shmuel Abramson began to re-connect to his Jewish heritage. During his audience in 1977 with the Rebbe he took the opportunity to ask this question.
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Vayeira:
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the opening of the application period for $25 million in grants to strengthen safety and security measures at facilities of nonprofit organizations at risk of hate crimes.
Being that this Tuesday, chof Cheshvan is the 161st birthday of the Rebbe Rashab (and those who say his kapital Tehillim will begin saying kapital 12), I decided to begin with a short anecdote that we all could farbreng with.
Rabbi Mendel Gordon will be giving this weeks shiur on Yaakov Holach L’Darko: Growth from challenges (Based on Noach, Lech Lecha 5738).
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe as he encourages the singing during a 1960s farbrengen.
In this weeks Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman tells a story from Elisha, and shows that we should never discount a person’s potential.
Upon arrival at the airport, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet was welcomed by Rabbi Shliach Shalom Lazar, the city’s Chief Rabbi, who blessed him with success on behalf of the country’s entire Jewish population.
Two maamarim on the inyan of Sedom are being published from manuscript from Reb Shlomo Zalman of Kapust, and Reb Shmaryahu Noach Of Babruisk.
A person was arrested by the police in an anti-Semitic spitting attack on a Crown Heights Jewish woman Thursday evening.
In this weeks letter, the Rebbe gives some vital guidelines to a medical doctor who wishes to learn milah/circumcision.
In preparation for the Rebbe’s 120th birthday, over 50 senior shluchim convened today, taking on a resolution to establish 1,210 new mosdos by Yud Aleph Nissan 5783
A recent search of the Kahan home after Reb Yoel’s passing uncovered a unique find; original audio reels of the Farbrengen of Yud Tes Kislev 5720.
