On February 3, 2021, over 45 students and legal professionals found out in a private zoom lecture organized by the Chabad Law Students. Attendees included Jewish students at Brooklyn Law School, the Jewish Law Student Association (JLSA) at New York Law School, and other legal professionals in the Brooklyn area.
New York City and areas of northern New Jersey became an epicenter for heavy snowfall in February, and that pattern doesn’t appear like it will break any time soon as the displaced polar vortex will keep sending bitterly cold Arctic air southward across the United States. A stormy corridor will set up across the Midwest and Northeast this week and beyond, creating more opportunities for snow from Chicago to the Big Apple.
Golda* was a toddler when peasants beat her parents during a pogrom in Rostov, Russia. A few years later she watched as Nazis rounded up and murdered 27,000 of the city’s Jews over the course of two days. After her miraculous survival, she returned to live in the city of her birth. Once a beloved member of the Chabad Seniors Club and a cheerful regular at the soup kitchen, 84-year-old Golda is now confined by pandemic regulations to her dingy, one-room, fourth-floor.
Watch the highlight from The Virtual Kinus Hashluchos 5781 as the event culminates with the annual International Roll Call.
New York Democratic officials announced a new initiative to provide reimbursement for funeral and burial costs for families who lost someone to COVID-19.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York City indoor dining can reopen at 25 percent capacity on February 12, Lunar New Year Day. The reopening was previously scheduled for Valentine’s Day, but restaurants requested an earlier reopening date to allow staff to prepare and the request has been granted. The reopening is subject to strict state guidance.
Watch this highlight From The Virtual Kinus Hashluchos 5781 titled “The Resilience of Jewish Community Bahía Blanca, Argentina,” with Shlucha Mrs. Sara Freedman.
Rabbi Kopel, a resident of the Holy City of Tzfat, Israel, and a Spiritual Coach and a Rabbinic Attorney in training, faces off against the widespread passing around of misguided vaccine information, and boils it down to one question. Are you willing to be responsible for someone’s death?
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Baruch Kievman OBM, a resident of Crown Heights and former owner of a famous shoe store on Kington Ave. He passed away on Monday, the 26th of Shvat, 5781. Updated with Levaya information
Despite his diagnosis of ALS, Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz’s indomitable spirit did not slow down, continueing to write, guide and inspire via the miracle of eye-tracking technology. This year, he plans to celebrate his 49th birthday online with thousands of well-wishers around the world, and the festivities have already begun.
A group of Crown Heights activists have published a letter to the community in an attempt to get Crown Heights residents signed up to vote as Democrats in the upcoming primary elections, potentially boosting Crown Heights’s voice and influence.
Watch the Keynote Address From The Virtual Kinus Hashluchos 5781 by Chaya Chitrik, Shlucha to Istanbul, Turkey.
Watch this highlight From The Virtual Kinus Hashluchos 5781 titled “The Ice Mikvah in Tasmania, Australia,” with Shlucha Mrs. Rochel Gordon.
Football player Antonio Brown appears on first glance to have nothing to do with Judaism, but his $6.6 million home tells a different story. The massive 18,000 square feet, the 12-bedroom, 14-bathroom mansion boasts a full synagogue and the dining room sports a special painting prominently displayed on the wall.
The impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will be paused if it runs into the Sabbath, in order to accommodate a request from one of his lawyers, who is an observant Jew.
A security incident outside the Bal Harbor Chabad House sparked a scare Sunday night, promoting to police to shut down the adjacent road and call in the bomb squad.
With the expected snowfall, Friendship Circle of Brooklyn had made plans to host their annual mid-year workshop online for all their dedicated teen girl volunteers. The goal of the workshop was to bring the volunteers to a positive headspace about themselves, their impact and their relationships. It gave the volunteers a chance to relax, unwind, and do something for themselves amidst their hectic school and family life.
