Seeking to unseat the local incumbent, Adem Bunkeddeko is challenging Rep. Yvette Clarke in the Ninth Congressional District, which represents parts of Brooklyn including Crown Heights. Though he faces an uphill battle, he received support from the New York Times who endorsed him over the incumbent, citing her lack of legislative accomplishments during her tenure.
Over 400 Shluchim participated in the JLI Conference and Expo at the Grand Prospect Hall in Park Slope. They explored the many ways they could facilitate growth in their shlichus.
Lots of energy and resources are invested in Russia’s young Jews who are the builders of future Jewish generations in Russia. Thousands of young men and women participate in the educational network in hundreds of cities throughout the vast country.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Korach. This week he answers the question: How can we protect ourselves against our enemies? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Police have released surveillance video and are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in connection with the brazen shooting of two people inside a house on Lefferts Avenue last week.
Motty Slater (Crown Heights) and Chana Laufer (Rhode Island)
On a bright Sunday morning, families part of Friendship Circle of Brooklyn kicked off the start of summer with a fantastic kayaking adventure on the Hudson River.
Cheder Chabad Girls of Long Island completed the school year with activities that highlighted the students accomplishments over year, along with the announcement of a new principal, who will begin next year.
A newly published sefer from Vaad Hanochos Belahak includes all of the Rebbe’s maamorim said in connection with Yud-Beis–Yud-Gimmel Tammuz.
Crown Heights supermarket mogul Itzik Benabou recently completed the purchase of the Kingston Avenue delicatessen and butcher shop, House of Glatt as well as the property. This move consolidates his hold on the beef and poultry supply in the neighborhood, and his taking ownership of the sixth property on one block of the shopping thoroughfare.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 218, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to 12-13 Gimmel Tammuz; Should We Use Ziy”a on the Rebbe? Thoughts About the Immigration Debate; Should Children Ever Be Separated from Their Parents? How to Trust and Become a Tougher Person? Is It Acceptable to Read Quality Secular Books, or Must We Resign Ourselves to Jewish Books of Poor Literary Quality? Why at Times Do We Beautify Mitzvot and at Other Times Insist on Keeping Them Simple?
Mendy and Chana (nee Minkowicz) Donin (Crown Heights)
One day when the Frierdiker Rebbe was in the cheder (class) in Lubavitch, during the class break, he and some of the other boys glanced out of the window.
Chabad on Campus Shluchim and Shluchos around the world impact over one hundred thousand Jewish students every year. Whether through a Friday night meal for a student who has never experienced a Shabbos, learning opportunities that can engage minds, or simply the feeling of pride and connection deep in the soul of a Jewish student who walks past their campus Menorah on Chanukah.
JLI presents its newest video in the new two-minute video series, Positivity Bias. The Wonder of the Wounded, here’s what the Rebbe told wounded IDF veterans
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present photos of The Rebbe singing at a farbrengen, 1960’s.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chanoch Bistritzky, the soon-to-be Menahel of the Beis Dovid Shlomo Zal in New Haven, CT, will lead a discussion on the topic of Uncovering The Mystery of Parah Adumah.
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