Last night, Tuesday, the students of the central Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim sat down in 770 for a Farbrengen with their revered Mashpia Reb Yoel Kahan, the Rebbe’s Chozer, in honor of the 120th anniversary of the Yeshiva’s founding. Unlike the vast majority of students, a select few hoodlums saw this as an opportunity for troublemaking.
Chabad-Lubavitch centers from the Caribbean to the Carolinas are urgently helping Jewish communities prepare for Hurricane Irma, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded over the Atlantic Ocean. Update Miami Lubavitch Educational Center closes.
After a recent rash of anti-Semitic attacks in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper showed his support for the Jewish community with a visit to Chabad of Colorado Springs.
Heightened security at this year’s J’Ouvert celebration led to zero violent incidents tied to the pre-carnival event, the NYPD says, despite a double shooting early Monday just blocks from the West Indian Day Parade route.
Avi and Bryna Webb (Crown Heights)
Mendy and Abi (nee Bharier) Cohen (Cedarhurst, NY)
A contingent of 50 Chabad rabbis from across the United States is heading to the beleaguered state of Texas to counsel and comfort struggling residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
As hurricane Irma barrels towards south Florida, members of the Miami Beach Lubavitch community reminisce about Hurricane Andrew, the 1992 category 5 storm that was aiming right for them, and the Rebbe’s seemingly-strange instruction that they should stay put.
A lawsuit has been settled in favor of a 25 year-old Orthodox-Jewish woman from Crown Heights, who filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against a local fitness chain, claiming she was threatened with arrest and had her membership revoked because she used the gym’s facilities while dressed modestly.
Gas prices hit a high for the year on Labor Day as the effects of Harvey continued to shut in refineries.
Take a closer look. This image carries an important message for educators and parents beginning a new school year. Bnos Chomesh presented this image to a group of generous donors who recently joined the school’s administration for an evening of thanks in their newly purchased building.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Ki Savo is titled: A Home for Everyone.
Millions attended the 50th annual Labor Day / West Indies Parade on Crown Heights’ main thoroughfare, Eastern Parkway, including Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senator Chuck Schumer and Mayor Bill de Blasio. Photographer Itzik Roytman was there to capture the scene.
Hurricane Irma strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm Tuesday as it roared toward the northeast Caribbean on a path that could take it to the United States.
Student volunteers from college campuses from as far away as Boulder, Colo., arrived in Houston on Sunday to spend Labor Day weekend in sodden homes and drying streets, providing relief for victims of Harvey.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ki Tavo. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: When can one experience real Joy?
If you are one who is particular to buy a Calabria Esrog for Sukkos, you are likely to learn they are not readily available this year; and when they are, they are quite costly.
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