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.
400 Shluchim Launch New Educational Series on Mashiach
During the auspicious days of Bein HaMeitzarim, hundreds of shluchim and shluchos are offering for the first installment of classes on inyanei Mashiach and Geulah that JLI has launched to teach in local communities.
Video of the Day
An ax wielding man attempted to enter the Chabad Shul Mariupol, Ukraine, leading to a struggle with the security guard. The man failed to gain entry to the shul due to the security guards actions, and the Shliach and community members were able to escape.
Crown Heights Porch Theft Caught On Camera….Again
That was the answer that a Crown Heights resident received after she called the police to report multiple packages stolen from her porch on Carroll Street between New York Ave and Brooklyn Ave on Monday.
NYPD’s Shotspotter Lays Out City’s Surging Shooting Problem
A massive surge in activations of the NYPD’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system shows that the level of gunplay in New York is even more serious than previously thought.
BDE: Rabbi Mordechai Anati, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Mordechai Anati OBM, a well known Rov and member of the Fort Lauderdale Chabad community. He passed away on Tuesday, the 7th of Av, 5780.
BREAKING: Revel Announces A Stop To NYC Rentals
Revel, the revolutionary electric moped rental company that has changed the way New Yorkers travel around the city, has announced that it will temporarily be stopping rentals in New York City.
Remains of 286 Jewish Holocaust Victims Uncovered in Two Basements in Ukraine
The remains of 286 Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust were found in two basements in a town in southwest Ukraine.
Third Week at CGI YKK
CGI YKK had another fun filled and action packed week this past week, finishing the camps third week with a bang.
Darchai Menachem To Open First and Second Grades
For the first time since its inception nineteen years ago, Darchai Menachem will be expanding it’s scope, and opening its doors to boys entering first and second grade.
Video of the Day
It’s become the newest conspiracy. “The thieves breaking into the cars in Crown Heights have this magical contraption that unlocks doors.” The truth is, that we just forget to lock them, or accidentally sit on our key fobs. This video of a thief in Crown Heights illustrates that, after he nearly falls off his bike when a car door opens unexpectedly.
Philadelphia Center City’s first community mikvah, Mai Shalvah, will be located in the historic Vilna Synagogue.
Philadelphia Synagogue Makes Room for Community Mikvah
You can walk almost anywhere in Center City, the bustling historic neighborhood in the heart of Philadelphia. But to get to a mikvah from the most walkable neighborhood in one of the most walkable cities in the United States, you’d have to drive at least 30 minutes. but not for long.
Annual Global Shidduch Bake 2020 – 5780
This year, the Friday closest to Chamisha Asar B’av coincides with Friday, July 31/10 Av, Erev Shabbos Nachamu and marks the 6th year of CBI – Challah Bake International. This auspicious time is ideal for women to join not only in making challah, but also in giving tzedokah and davening for each other’s children of marriageable age – arousing Heavenly mercy for a significant, positive change in finding shidduchim for our children.
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