Experience Lag B’omer like never before with JEM’s timely new release. Lag B’omer 1980 featured one of the most exciting parades with the Rebbe. For the first time ever, JEM has produced an immersive and captivating 2.5 hour film of the event.
Rabbi Berel Lazar, Shliach and Chief Rabbi of Russia, has initiated a Pan Kloli this Lag B’Omer to pray for the COVID-19 pansemic to stop. This “Pidion nefesh”, which each and every one can sign on this holy day, will be placed at the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the end of the day of Lag Baomer.
A Palestinian Arab terrorist attempted to stab Israeli security forces outside of Jerusalem Tuesday afternoon, but was shot and neutralized before carrying out the attack.
Ben Shapiro, Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Wire, has a message for you about Hatzalah. Come join the tens of thousands that have already donated to one of the Jewish community’s most important organizations.
Live at 12:00pm: Watch and join in the NCFJE Lag B’Omer Parade and Celebration as it travels the streets of Crown Heights.
An Israeli soldier was killed Tuesday morning in a stone-throwing attack in northern Samaria. Ben Yigal was a member of the Israeli army’s Golani Brigade and was posthumously promoted to the rank of Chief Sergeant.
Somethings are a joke, but this one isn’t. Comedian Elon Gold reminds everyone to help enable Hatzalah to be successful by joining in the Hatzlah-Thon and donating to your local Hatzalah chapter.
Those that were involved in the Lag B’Omer bus crash of 5770 celebrate 10 years from the frightening incident. To remember the miracles that occurred, they share an account of the incident.
The 18 for 18 initiative Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks predicted would make history has not only made history, it has exceeded even the most ambitious expectations of the organizers, and has been hailed by its organizers as “simply astonishing”.
Lag B’omer is a day of revelation of the deepest secrets of Torah. This year a new revelation thirty-three years in the making came to light just in time for Lag B’omer.
As the clock turned to midnight and the music stretched into the early hour of the morning, Hatzalah of Crown Heights blew past their halfway point to fundraising their $1 Million goal.
A twenty eighth update from the Gedaliah Society has been released, updating the community with statistics from recent testing and surveys. The update also sets the stage for what is hoping to be a gradual opening of the community.
A fire broke out in a junk filled lot on East New York Ave and Kingston Ave Monday night, as Jewish people across the globe celebrate Lag B’Omer. There were no injuries from the fire, and damage minimal.
The entire Crown Heights community is invited to come out and celebrate the Bar Mitzva of eight boys, who had their Simcha plans canceled due to Covid-19. The parade will begin at 1:00 pm IY’H and pass through the streets of Crown Heights.
In a last-minute effort, NCFJE was successful in arranging floats to drive through the streets of Crown Heights and bring the feeling and joy of Lag B’Omer to everyone.
A demand by a senior police officer in western Ukraine for a list of the names, addresses and phone numbers of local Jewish community members has been roundly condemned by Jewish leaders as reminiscent of the Nazi occupation of the former Soviet republic.
At the Rebbe’s first Lag B’omer farbrengen, he laid the foundations for the three methods of Hiskashrus of our times: To envision the Rebbe’s countenance, to study his Torah, and to visit his Ohel. The final Lag B’omer Maamar the Rebbe edited, in 5751-1991, expounds at length on a special verse associated with Rashbi: “Gal einay v’abitah niflaos b’torasecha, open my eyes and I will behold wonders from your Torah.” This year, Lahak Hanochos has published a special edition of the Maamar in honor of Lag B’omer.
