Calling all who tested for antibodies at the Mayo Clinic with an index level of 2.0 and above and all who tested at Mount Sinai with a titer level of 320 and above. Join this week’s 56 donors from Crown Heights and be part of the Save-a-Life Mitzvah.
A new Likkut of the Rebbe’s answers from the year 5745, which includes *260* Maanos, has been published, many printed here for the first time. This Likkut is the eighth in a series collecting the Rebbe’s Maanos throughout the years.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Mariasha Schultz OBM, the matriarch of a large Lubavitch family, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was niftar on the first night of Pesach 5780.
Shortly before Passover, the Jewish world lost one of its most devoted leaders. The Novominsker Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, who dedicated his life to serving the American Jewish community, passed away on April 7 after contracting the coronavirus. He was 89 years old.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe at the 1970 Lag BeOmer Parade.
Following recent updates by the Gedaliah Society, and in consultation with experts in the medical field, the Badatz of Crown Heights has changed its earlier psak, allowing porch minyanim to take place in the community.
Avi and Smadar (nee ben-abu) Wiezman
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, an author and historian on Chabad subjects, farbrengs about the Yartzeit of the Rebbbe’s brother, Reb Yisroel Arye Leib Schneerson. Rabbi Dalfin gives a historical account and memories of this day.
This past Monday, Friendship Circle of Brooklyn hosted a night of fun for the entire family. Partnering with Sauce and Cheese, Friendship Circle arranged the delivery and pickup of 65 pies of pizza and created a fun, interactive family-friendly program.
An arctic “breeze” is heading towards New York, bringing near freezing temperatures just weeks before the beginning of the official summer. The cold front is expected to hit the New York area on Friday, and last through next week before returning to summery weather.
With the COVID-19 lockdown dragging on, tour guide Saadia Hershkop who specializes in showing visitors to Israel the places that most people miss in the Yehuda and the Shomron regions, reignites his virtual tour series. Today, he takes you on a tour following Simon the Righteous.
In preparation for Lag B’Omer we share a letter where the Rebbe explains what the essence of a Jew is – and gives the analogy of a fish in water, to explain the impossibility of changing one’s essence. Just as R’ Akiva had explained to his students.
Just days from the highly anticipated Lag B’Omer Hatzalah-Thon event, Dr. Eli Rosen, a Crown Heights physician who spearheaded the communities response to the COVID-19 virus, has a message for the Jewish community. Come join the tens of thousands who will be unifying and donating to Hatzalah’s tireless work.
Thanks to the Chamah organization, a large amount of produce, eggs, and other food items are presently being distributed to all Crown Heights residents in the Bais Rivkah parking lot on East New York Ave. All items are first come first serve.
Rabbi Eliezer Gold, a Crown Heights resident, returned home Thursday after a nearly month long stay in the hospital.
For nearly four decades, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky served as the Rebbe’s secretary. He continues to serve as the chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch and Machne Israel, and secretary of Agudas Chasidei Chabad. He was interviewed by JEM five times between 2009 and 2018.
Camp Chomesh has announced that its plans to open for the 2020 summer have been approved, marking it the first Lubavitch camp to have firm plans for opening. New York State camps remain in limbo.
