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.
With great sadness we report the untimely passing of Miriam Shmueli OBM, a ba’alas chesed who helped many mothers before, during and after giving birth. She passed away on Shabbos, the 8th of Iyar 5780, after battling an auto inmune disease for the past few months.
Merkos 302, in partnership with Rabbi Faitel Levin, is offering a year-long course: The Beis Medrash for Advanced Contemporary Halacha, geared for anyone who has completed Semicha.
A 24 hour Hatzalah-Thon event has been planned for Lag BaOmer this year to recognize and donate to Hatzalah chapters across the United States. The Telethon style event will feature famed Jewish singer Avraham Fried as well as other Jewish music stars.
Author and Chabad historian Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, shares his memories and experiences of Rabbi Yisroel Friedman OBM. Reb Yisroel, as he was known, was a much loved Rosh Yeshiva of Oholei Torah, and passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic.
