Hundreds of members of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, including fighters and medics, were seriously wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, a security source told Reuters.
The New York Lottery announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold in Crown Heights for the Sep 17th TAKE 5 drawing. This is the second winning ticket sold at the location in a week.
Are you or a loved one nearing Medicare enrollment? Join this short webinar today, Tuesday, September 17th at 7:30pm with Mendy Goldstein, a licensed Medicare Broker, and learn how to navigate the process without costly mistakes.
The Mesivta of Brunoy, in the suburbs of Paris, completed a Mivtzah Torah with a group event and prizes given out.
With three, 3-day Yomim Tovim, families in Crown Heights are nervous about how they will afford food and necessities. CSSY is mailing out coupons and checks to help those in need.
Aryeh Hetzel (Ramat Hagolan, EY) to Leah Havlin (Frankfurt, Germany)
As the Vaad Hakohol and CHJCC Board marks 100 days of dedicated service, we are excited to share an update on the progress and key initiatives we’ve been working on to support and strengthen the Crown Heights community.
At 885 Eastern Parkway stands a majestic neoclassical building, which is currently home to The United Lubavitcher Yeshiva Mesivta and Zal. The building has a rich history spanning over 100 years, beginning in the early 20th century, so let’s delve into its story.
With great sadness we report the passing of Dr. Doug Behrman OBM, a longtime physician and resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the brother of Baila Behrman and Yaacov Behrman of Crown Heights.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:.
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.
A major step forward for the East Flatbush Lubavitch community today with the groundbreaking of their future shul and Mikvah on Albany Ave.
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.
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