On July 17th, an event of significance to the local Jewish community occurred in the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi, which is located in the historical region of Bukovina. Rabbi Menachem Glitzenstein — the chief rabbi of the city, as well as the surrounding region, was presented with the “Grateful Bukovina” civic award.
Israel’s interior Minister, Arye Deri, announced that a plan to allow foreign students into Israel in time for the upcoming school year.
The largest provider of Kosher poultry in the United States, Empire Kosher Poultry, made a sudden change in hashgacha, going from the Khal Adath Yeshuurun Hechsher, under Rabbi Yisroel Mantel, to Tartikov, under Rabbi Rabbi Yechiel Babad.
The family of Rabbi Sholom M. Simpson A”H, the personal mazkir of the Rebbe, invite all to participate in a very special Farbrengen in honor of his first Yahrtzeit.
The Farbrengen, which will air live on Tuesday, and will include special divrei Hisorerus from Rabbanim and Shluchim from around the world.
The campers and staff of Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston (YKK) enjoyed another meaningful and fun-packed week of camp, rounding off an amazing second week.
It’s Crown Heights’s Motto, If it’s not bolted down, we will steal it, and if it is, we will break it. So this video isn’t special, it’s just a regular law abiding citizen breaking into Mr. Greens mailbox on Albany Ave, and stealing a package. The “good” man even helped out the owners, picking up the mail that spilled out of the mailbox when he broke it.
The “Learning for Raizel” initiatve will continue tonight at 8:00pm with a Zoom Shiur by Rebbi YY Jacobson. The Shiur, titled “The Twelve Pesukim: The 12-Step Program for the Jewish Soul” is open to Men and Women, and will be followed by a Q&A..
The US State Department announced Tuesday that two Chinese hackers were being charged with attempting to steal American coronavirus information.
In this photo, Rabbi Avrohom Simpson is naming his grandson “Sholom Menachem Mendel”, after his father, Reb Sholom Menachem Mendel Simpson obm, the Rebbe’s secretary, on the day of his father’s first yahrtzeit.
David HaLevi Stern, a beloved longtime Los Angeles-area events videographer, passed away on Wednesday, 23 Tammuz, at the age of 66 after a long illness.
The winners for the Anshei Lubavitch “Geshem Shul” auction have been announced. Congratulations to the winners!
Rabbi Menachem Moskowitz, a Sofer for over 30 years, is the son in law of the Rebbe’s Sofer, Rabbi Eliezer Zirkind z”l. He was under the tutelage (Shimush) of Rabbi Zirkind for 28 years, and had unparalleled access to him throughout the years. He gave an interview to CrownHeights.info regarding the simmering “mezuzah” controversy that has taken place in Crown Heights.
Young Kharkiv Rabbi, Ephraim Kolpak, will begin his work as Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast at the end of August, just before the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah
The Village of Airmont is getting sued by the US Department of Justice, again. The discrimination lawsuit was reported in a letter from the department to the Village.
One person was shot and another stabbed in Crown Heights last night, making it another violent night for the local residents.
Shloime and Esther Chaya (née Kupfer) Zellermaier (East Flatbush, Brooklyn)
On a Sunday night, the evening of Monday, the 27th of Sivan, 5737 (June 12, 1977), Avrohom Eliezer Goldman, HYD, was tragically and brutally torn from our midst at the tender age of 17.
