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Menachem Ochana, A Crown Heights resident was welcomed home Monday after being on a ventilator. He was awaited by a small welcome committee and music.
BDE: Mrs. Rochel Leah Neiman, 81, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Rochel Leah Neiman OBM, a beloved Mechaneches who taught Navi and Tehillim to generations of Bais Rivkah students. She passed away over Shabbos, the 8th of Iyar, 5780.
NYS WIC Program to Offer More Kosher Food Options
In response to requests by Senator Simcha Felder, Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein and Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried, the New York State WIC program has added more kosher certified foods to its list of accepted food products.
Hatzalah-Thon Linup To Include 8th Day and Boruch Levine
The highly anticipated Lag B’Omer Hatzalah-Thon event has expanded their lineup to include a powerful list of singers. The event was originally advertised with by famed Jewish singer Avraham Fried, who has since been joined by Mordy Schapiro, Benny Friedman, the 8th Day band, and Boruch Levine.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky
Rabbi Krinsky Releases Statement On Court Order Regarding 770
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Merkos Linyonei Chinuch, has released a statement regarding the court decision confirming Chabad’s exclusive rights to the flagship synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway to the board of trustees over the gabboim.
Monsey Bochur Tragically Killed While On a Road Trip In Arizona
Moishe Just OBM, a bochur from Monsey, NY, was tragically struck and killed while on a road trip in Arizona. He, along with two friends had been helping another driver with a flat tire when he was struck.
JEM: “Connection Point High” Set For Another Round
JEMcentral.org Following the tremendous success that JEM and Tzivos Hashem saw with the Connection Point program in elementary schools since 2018, the program was expanded this year to include high school students. Now, responding to the warm feedback and an […]
COVID-19 Update for the Crown Heights Community #26
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.
Video of the Day
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.
Arrest In Crown Heights Sparks False Rumors Of Social Distancing Crackdown
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.
BDE: Menachem Mendel Pugatz, 29, OB”M
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.
Netanyahu’s 1988 Letter to Lubavitcher Rebbe Revealed
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 Farbrengen With Harav Ahron Yaakov Schwei OBM
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.
Special Shiur As Shiva Concludes For Rabbi Moshe Zaklikovsky OBM
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.
8:00pm: Perhaps We Should Not Call The Virus By Its Name?
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.
A Message From The 71st Precinct: Children Also Must Wear Masks
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.
Photo Credit: The Archives of Rabbi Chaim Dalfin
Picture of the Day
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.
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