Among the 5,600 shluchim from across the world attending the recent Kinus Hashluchim was Rabbi Binyamin Wolf, the Chabad representative in Sevastopol, Crimea’s largest city. His name tag, however, identified him as being from Sevastopol, Russia.
Through the recent viral videos on Chinuch by principal Mrs. Dena Gorkin, the Crown Heights community has begun to get a taste of Bnos Chomesh Academy’s authentic and visionary approach to education.
Last Sunday, over 50 boys and Bochurim of Friendship Circle Brooklyn’s Boys Division gathered at the Jewish Children’s Museum for a special Farbrengen.
With the approach of the Chag HaGeulah of Yud-Tes Kislev, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky released an open letter to the community, reminding everyone to to take part in the annual ‘Chalukas Hashas,’ an initiative begun by the Alter Rebbe following his release from prison.
President Donald Trump spoke to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the phone on Tuesday, multiple reports state. Trump reportedly informed Abbas about his ‘intention’ to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to a readout of the phone call published by the official PA news outlet Wafa.
Hundreds of Moscow Jews from all backgrounds came to participate in the large, central event that marked 205 years since the arrest and liberation of the Alter Rebbe and the spreading of the wellsprings of Chabad Chassidus.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Vayeishev. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we succeed in exile?
A group of men and women who have studied Tanya together in Vancouver, Canada, will celebrate their achievements at a program that also marks Yud Tes Kislev, the 19th day of the Jewish month of Kislev, also known as “The New Year of Chassidism.”
Hundreds of Crown Heights women were treated to an special evening benefiting the PTA of Oholei Torah, with a auction featuring nearly 100 prizes a lavish buffet prepared and presentations on food arrangements, cooking and Challah from a host of presenters. Winners List in the Extended Article!
For six years, Rabbi Avraham and Channy Lapine have been renting a house on Brandon Road in Columbia, MO. This past week they finalized a deal on the same house.
Raising children is always a challenge. But In our fast-paced world with technological advances beyond our wildest dreams, have the rules changed? How do we keep our kids and grandkids on track in the era of smartphones and Snapchat?
Speaking to a rapt audience at Chabad of West Pasco, Florida, Reb Yisroel Shemtov, a veteran and activist member of the Crown Heights community, recounted the days when he would patrol the crime-ridden streets of the neighborhood, which earned him the nickname “Red Devil.”
In Maariv tonight, the 17th of Kislev, we begin saying Vesein Tal Umotor Livrocho in Shmoneh Esrei. A guide including some of the Halochos regarding this change, and if one had forgotten to make it, was compiled by Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia.
A teacher at a Chabad nursery school in suburban London who said she was fired for living with her boyfriend won her lawsuit in which she accused the school of discrimination.
The Friendship Circle of Brooklyn took a full bus of children and volunteers on a special outing on Thanksgiving Day to PacPlex, Brooklyn’s largest sports and recreation center. The day was action-packed with Zumba, races, games, a moon bounce, jungle gym, and a delicious pizza lunch!
Avrohom Menachem Freundlich (Montreal, Canada) and Itta Henya Stock (Oak Park, MI)
Four years ago, Chabad Young Professionals consisted of a mere ten centers scattered across the globe. Today, this thriving network encompasses more than eighty communities for Jewish millennial connection and engagement worldwide.
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