The highly anticipated Lag B’Omer Hatzalah-Thon event has expanded their lineup to include a powerful list of singers. The event was originally advertised with by famed Jewish singer Avraham Fried, who has since been joined by Mordy Schapiro, Benny Friedman, the 8th Day band, and Boruch Levine.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Merkos Linyonei Chinuch, has released a statement regarding the court decision confirming Chabad’s exclusive rights to the flagship synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway to the board of trustees over the gabboim.
Moishe Just OBM, a bochur from Monsey, NY, was tragically struck and killed while on a road trip in Arizona. He, along with two friends had been helping another driver with a flat tire when he was struck.
JEMcentral.org Following the tremendous success that JEM and Tzivos Hashem saw with the Connection Point program in elementary schools since 2018, the program was expanded this year to include high school students. Now, responding to the warm feedback and an […]
A twenty sixth update has been released by the Gedaliah Society for the Crown Heights Jewish community. This update aims clarify the medical situation in the community, and launch a survey to help understand the progress of the virus.
Chabad of Kentucky teamed up with elected officials and community activists to bring a message of purpose to Kentuckians throughout the state. The message that every action that they take to combat the Coronavirus, helps to overcome it and save lives.
A 311 call over a group of Crown Heights residents loitering in front of a building on Sterling Street and Brooklyn Ave ended in one arrest. The incident sparked false rumors of a crackdownvover social distancing violations in Crown Heights.
With great sadness we report the passing of Menachem Mendel Pugatz OBM, a husband and father who lived in Eretz Yisroel. He passed away Sunday, the 9th of Iyar, 5780.
A letter penned in 1988 by then-Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Binyamin Netanyahu to the leader of the Chabad movement, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in which Netanyahu thanks the Rebbe for “the great moral encouragement you have given me throughout my years of UN service,” has been revealed for the first time.
A video recording of an entire farbrengen with Harav Ahron Yaakov Schwei OBM full with stories and memories has been published for the public. The farbrengen was recorded at a Melava Malka in the year 5774.
As the Shiva has concluded please join us for a special Shiur in the Maamar of the Rebbe, Vayorach Hashem, newly published in memory of Shliach Rabbi Moshe Zaklikofsky 9:30 pm. Shiur in English by Rabbi Leime Wilhelm.
The topics in this week’s 307th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Can the Current Upheaval Bring Us to Discover a New Perspective on G-d and Torah? Please Comment on the Recent Hisorerus of Achdus Among Shluchim; Perhaps We Should Not Call the Virus by Its Name? After a Long Day Committed to My Children, Is It Wrong for Me to Be ‘Happy’ When My Kids Are Asleep and I Have Some Quiet Time? How to Be a Rock for Someone When You Yourself Are Crumbling? The Power of a Niggun, Especially in Times of Need.
The NYPD’s 71st police precinct in Crown Heights has a message to the Crown Heights Jewish community. The Department reminds the community that children over the age of two are also required to wear masks while in public, and unable to socially distance.
This photo is of Reb Yisroel Friedman OBM at the Ohelei Torah summer learning program in Kingston, NY in 2016. He is talking to two chassidim who came to hear from him chasidishe stories and history.
B&H Photo & Electronics furloughed hundreds of employees this week — a move the iconic retailer had resisted for more than a month after its megastore in Manhattan was forced to shutter because of the coronavirus lockdown.
An “In the parshah” girl of marriageable age takes on a published opinion that unprofessional resume photos are ruining peoples chances of finding a shidduch. In the authors mind, it’s completely uncalled for.
As the warmth came to the parks and promenades of New York City this Saturday, so did the city’s residents. Thousands of New Yorkers thronged the streets of the city and visited its parks, few with masks and many completely disregarding social distancing guidelines. The Mayors response, nothing. The Double standard is glaring.
