As previously reported on CrownHeights.info, a strong push by the international Jewish community to have the Australian State of Victoria to allow for Minyanim on Yom Kippur was denied, but the failure has a silver lining.
As the day of Yom Kippur 5782 arrives, CrownHeights.info provides galleries from across the world as Jewish communities prepare for the holy day.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Thursday, September 16 for Yom Kippur. Meters will remain in effect.
Hundreds of community members, dignitaries, and rabbis attended the festive inauguration event in which a brand new Torah Scroll was introduced into the historic Golden Rose Synagogue of Dnipro, Ukraine, first established in 1868.
As the day of Yom Kippur 5782 arrives, CrownHeights.info provides galleries from across the world as Jewish communities prepare for the holy day.
For Yom Kippur, as well as Erev Yom Kippur, the Sterling Street Outdoor Minyan will once again be in full operation for all tefillos.
Apple on Monday released security updates for its iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and Mac computers that close a vulnerability reportedly exploited by invasive spyware built by NSO Group, an Israeli security company.
As the day of Yom Kippur 5782 arrives, CrownHeights.info provides galleries from across the world as Jewish communities prepare for the holy day.
As shuls in Australia remain closed heading into Yom Kippur, Rabbi and Cantor Shmueli Feldman provides a Musical and Inspirational Journey Through the Yom Kippur services for the benefit of the congregants of the Kew Hebrew Congregation in Melbourne.
The State of Victoria, Australia is presently still in its 6th COVID lockdown, restricting all people from congregating together for anything deemed “non-essential”, such as prayers or religious observance, and enforced by dozens of local police officers.
New Jersey plans to divest investments in the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever, after an internal investigation found the ice cream company sought to boycott Israel, the state Division of Investment said on Tuesday, according to The New Jersey Globe.
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared on track Tuesday to avoid becoming the state’s second chief executive in fewer than 20 years to be removed from office by the voters in the middle of his term.
As this Yom Kippur approaches, Chabad.org has published the list as a Yizkor book, available to download as a customizable PDF, to be used in congregations around the world to commemorate those Jewish souls lost to COVID-19.
As Kaporos on Kingston Ave got underway Tuesday, the annual protesters made themselves known, this year by targeting the children.
Baruch Nachshon, a pioneer of contemporary Chassidic art and a leading force behind the re-establishment of the ancient Jewish community of Hebron following the Six-Day War, who drew from the wellsprings of Jewish mystical teachings to create deeply evocative paintings that “emphasized the presence of the active Divine Will in creation,” passed away on Monday, Sept. 13 (7 Tishrei,) in Israel. He was 82.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the state of New York from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated after a group of health care workers sued, saying their Constitutional rights were violated.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Kapparos, Erev Yom Kippur and Yom Kippur for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
