The CSO (Community Security Organization) will be giving an exclusive Kinus workshop to Chabad Shluchim on Thursday, November 21st at 4:45 pm covering low to no cost enhancements, systems and items to make your Chabad location secure while remaining warm and welcoming.
Crown Heights Shomrim held a safety training class for its volunteers presented by Jewish professional fighter Yuri Foreman. The class focused on deescalation, awareness and prevention.
A number of Jewish WhatsApp news accounts have been closed down and banned by the app’s administration in what looks like a targeted attack. The shutdown, which affected CrownHeights.info as well, was done without warning.
The Jewish Community of Rostov-on-Don in Russia is planning a series of landmark events that will commemorate the 100th yartzeit of the Rebbe Rashab, the 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch. These events are set to be held around 2 Nissan 5780 (March 26-29, 2020), and bring together local Jews with Lubavitcher chassidim and bochurim from around the world.
It was a festive and joyful day for the city of Krasnodar which lies in Western Russia. Under the leadership of dynamic Shliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Lazar, the Jewish community decided to join together in writing a Torah scroll that would unite all of the city’s Jews.
Dramatic and far-reaching agreements have been made between MK Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party and the larger Blue and White party chaired by MK Benny Gantz. The parties’ negotiating teams agreed, among other things, to pass legislation allowing municipal rabbis to open Jewish courts for conversion, which will not be supervised by the government conversion system.
A fire broke out in a two floor private home on Schenectady Ave Sunday night, triggering a large response from the FDNY. No one was injured in the fire.
Yossi and Fraidy Wolosow (Crown Heights)
The topics in this week’s 283rd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Lessons Can We Learn from the Current Impeachment Hearings? Chassidus Applied to Chof Cheshvan; Are Non-Jews Created in the Divine Image? Do They Have a Soul? Is It Appropriate to Recite the Blessing on a King When We See the President of the USA? Should I Be Bothered by My Spouse Speaking to People of the Opposite Gender? Does the Soul Feel What the Body Feels?
Faroese Foreign Minister Jenis av Rana told the Danish-language newspaper Politiken on Thursday that he plans to open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem after the funds are allocated.
Cheder Chabad of Monsey held an Arinfirenish for a large group of approximately 30 boys for the first time. The arinfirenish, an age old custom, was lead by Rabbi Schusterman who has done hundreds of boys arinfirenishen for over 30 years.
We present a Photo Gallery by Morde’hai Lubecki of a Melava Malka held in Paris for Mechanchim. The event ended with a farbrengen with London Yeshiva Gedolah’s Mashpia, Rabbi Mendel Gordon.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, a student of R’ Meilech Zweibel obm, shares some memories and facts about the loved Mashpia in honor of his Yartzeit on the 19th of Cheshvan.
6 Charedi news outlets were moved and inspired by the work of Chabad In Manchester after being hosted and receiving a complete overview of the centers activities.
This past summer, chof ches sivan, Shmuel Karnowsky obm was taken from our midst at the tender age of 15. In his honor, his classmates and friends are fundraising money to dedicate a Mitzvah Tank in his honor.
In a fast-paced world full of chaos and distraction, Ckids spreads Moment of Silence, a campaign dear to the Rebbe that teaches kids what happens when they quiet down.
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 the eleventh installment here on CrownHeights.info.
