Here’s My Story: 100 Light Years
Mrs. Esther Sternberg is the director of the Shabbos Candle Campaign, a division of the Lubavitch Women’s Organization. She was interviewed in July of 2012, and twice in August of 2017.
BDE: Rabbi Shimon Potash, 47, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Shimon Potash OBM, a member of the Chabad community of London. He passed away on Tisha B’Av, 5780.
Gallery: Eicha Recited In Paris
As Tisha B’Av arrived in the City of Lights, the chabad congregants of Paris sat down to recite eicha, and mourn the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash.
Chai+1, A Complete COVID-19 Financial Assistance Guide
Navigating the intricacies of financial assistance for COVID-19 can be a daunting task. Chai+1 offers a free service to help navigate the constantly changing regulations, updated guidelines, and large amount of options.
Boro Park Shomrim Volunteer Slashed While Responding To An Assault
In a scene straight out of the movies, and gang of four teenagers assaulting a person in Boro Park, found themselves on the run, and slashed a Boro Park Shomrim volunteer.
WATCH: A Tour of the Har Habayis
Take a virtual tour of the Har Habayis this Tisha B’Av with MK Sharren Haskel and former MK Yehuda Glick, along with the Temple Mount organizations.
Gallery: Crown Heights Recites Eicha
As Tisha B’Av began in New York, Lubavitchers gathered to recite eicha, and mourn the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash.
Camp Crate Opens to All for Tisha B’Av
To help parents with entertaining children on Tisha B’av, Camp Crate will be opening a few classes for free on their website and allow access to all beginning after chatzos on Tisha B’av. Classes have been chosen that have minimal specialty supplies so that your children can follow along with supplies you likely have at home.
Galvanized By The Challenges Of COVID-19, Day Camp Miami was Born
Three weeks prior to the start of the summer, it was clear that there would be a shortage of camp options in Miami for grades 4-7. With the Rebbes brachos, the Rogalsky’s jumped in to fill this void, and Day Camp Miami was born.
BDE: Rabbi Chaim Slomnicki, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Chaim Slomnicki OBM, a former principal of ULY Ocean Parkway. He passed away on Sunday, the 5th of Av, 5780.
Laws and Customs: Tishah B’Av
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Tishah B’Av for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
A man was shot in the leg Tuesday night in what appears to have been a firefights in a parking lot of the Albany Ave projects. The victim was considered to be in non life threatening condition, and was transported to the hospital.
Man Shot Again in Albany Ave Projects
A man was shot in the leg Tuesday night in what appears to have been a firefights in a parking lot of the Albany Ave projects. The victim was considered to be in non life threatening condition, and was transported to the hospital.
303 NYPD Vehicles Vandalized, Costing Nearly $1 Million in Damage
Demonstrators in Gotham have vandalized roughly 300 cop cars and caused nearly $1 million in damages to NYPD vehicles since the start of the George Floyd protests.
250 Shluchim Offer A Gripping Tisha B’Av Program
On Tisha B’Av this year, shluchim worldwide will be streaming With My Whole Broken Heart – JLI’s emotionally-gripping 45-minute documentary framed around the Rebbe’s response to the 1956 terror attack in Kfar Chabad that claimed lives of 5 students.
ENDED: Food Distribution In Crown Heights
A full 40 foot trailer of food has arrived in Crown Heights with boxes of food and milk for free distribution to anyone and everyone in the community.
Harvard Researchers Discover Why COVID-19 Causes Loss of Smell
One of COVID-19’s many mysteries may finally be solved. Researchers at Harvard Medical School say they’ve discovered why some people infected with the coronavirus lose their sense of smell.
Long Time Community Affairs Officer Vinny Martinos To Retire
A stalwart defender of the Crown Heights community for twenty years, 71st Precinct Community Affairs Officer Vincent “Vinny” Martinos will be saying goodbye, as he heads to retirement at the end of August.
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