New Shluchim to ‘Wine Country’
Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Wenger (née Wolvovsky) were announced as the newest Chabad Shluchim to California who will be establishing Chabad of Sonoma Valley, in the heart of California’s Wine Country.
Lamplighters Podcast Ep 4: Black, Jewish and Proud – How Rabbi Yossi Kulek Promotes Inclusion
In Episode 48 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Yossi and Rebbetzin Dalia Kulek, Chabad shluchim at the University of Hartford. Though their unique ethnic backgrounds greatly help them empathize with and support a diverse range of Jewish students, their identities have sometimes been the target of racism.
A Package Menace Is Facing a Reckoning Sunday After Shomrim Facilitates His Arrest In Crown Heights
It’s hard to be do enough damage in a community to be termed a “Menace”, but one person richly deserving the name is now facing a reckoning after Crown Heights Shomrim facilitated his arrest Sunday.
JLI: How I Went From Being a Gangster to a Religious Jew
Dr. Yehudah Pryce, DSW, MSW, is the senior director of national mental health and well-being programs at Defy Ventures and a psychotherapist at Beit T’Shuvah in Los Angeles, California. Raised in Los Angeles, he served 16 years for a teenage non-violent robbery. Since his release in 2018, he converted to Judaism, earned a master’s in social work from the University of Southern California, and works as a psychotherapist.
Transform Your Elul and Tishrei with Living Chassidus
For the women of Crown Heights and beyond, there is: the Systematic Avodah Initiative (SAI), run by local women’s organization Living Chassidus. Participating in SAI is simple but impactful:.
New Shul Inaugurated in Moscow Prison
With the participation of the Chief Rabbi of Russia, this new addition joins the dozen active synagogues in Russian prisons, aiming to bring light to the inmates and sever their chains.
TODAY: Major Step Forward As Lubavitch of East Flatbush Holds Groundbreaking
A major step forward for the East Flatbush Lubavitch community today with the groundbreaking of their future shul and Mikvah on Albany Ave.
Is This A Lamp, Or Is This A Cup? Glass vessels Found In Israeli Excavations
One of the unique items in the display is a beautiful conical glass vessel, made of colorless translucent glass, decorated with blue glass drops. This vessel, found years ago during an excavation in the Western Galilee, dates to the 4th century CE, the late Roman period and the beginning of the Byzantine period in the land.
PSA: Street Milling and Paving To Take Place In Crown Heights This Week
Road milling and paving will take place at multiple locations around Crown Heights this week, bringing with it expected traffic and noise disturbances.
Jewish Pride Tour Coming to Your Campus
Encampments, protests, and antisemitic rhetoric may be ramping up as students return to campus this fall, but something else is coming, too: A Jewish pride tour will hit colleges and universities across more than forty states and Canada, courtesy of Chabad on Campus.
$15 Million Awarded By State To Transform Crown Heights Psychiatric Center to Homeless Housing
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that $36 million has been awarded to five projects across New York State. Breaking Ground II Housing Development Corporation was awarded $15 million to develop 117 units of permanent supportive housing in Brooklyn for chronically homeless individuals and others
New Engagement!
Eli Tuvel (Sydney, Australia) and Tammy Sologub (Sydney, Australia)
Be a Jew of the Future: Rabbi Korn in New Podcast
In a newly released The Alef in Conversation Podcast, a project of Merkos 302’s Moshiach Office, Rabbi Dov Yonah Korn of Chabad House Bowery, shares his experiences for an enlightening twist on the concept of Teshuva, in a refreshing and empowering conversation.
MyShliach Welcomes New School Year By Unveiling State of The Art New Platform
MyShliach at Merkos 302 kicks off the new school year by launching a brand-new platform, designed to engage the 5,500 young shluchim it serves, amplify their sense of community, and provide a unified platform for both parents and children.
Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – Litvak Culture & Language: Rabbi Eliezer Silver in Kfar Chabad 1960’s
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Oholei Torah Preschool Remodels and Welcomes New and Returning Students for Another Exciting Year
This year, Oholei Torah is thrilled to announce several exciting developments. Following the successful upgrade of the East Flatbush classrooms just two years ago, the same level of renovation has now been completed at the Eastern Parkway site.
BESHT: Can You Leave the Techum on Shabbos for Pikuach Nefesh?
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Menachem Farkash grew up in LA currently learning in kollel in Crown Height. He will be giving this week’s shiur on the topic of if you can leave the techum on shabbos for pikuach nefesh?
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