Here’s My Story: Focus on the Good
Mr. Louis Gavin is partner and Chief Creative Officer at The Open Collaboration, a company based in Benmore, South Africa. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in August of 2014.
New Engagement!
Shlomo Haber (Jerusalem, Israel) and Sara (bas Srulie) Hecht (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Ruvi New shows plans for Chabad’s new facility. Photo: Hamodia.
Broad Base Rallies Behind Chabad of East Boca
A broad base of Orthodox groups, city officials and others have filed briefs in support of Chabad of East Boca Raton, whose efforts to build a permanent facility have met legal opposition from locals and secularist legal advocates, as their case heads to a federal appeals court.
Picture of the Day: Chief Rabbi at the Ohel
The Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Jerusalem, and formerly Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, visited the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens today, accompanied by Rabbi Moshe Havlin, Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Gat.
Video: Frum 75 Times More Likely to Donate Kidney
Orthodox Jews comprise only 0.2% of the U.S. population, but make up 15% of all kidney donors in the country. This means an Orthodox Jew is 75 times more likely to donate a kidney than the average American. Why is this? Let’s hear from some of the donors themselves in this video by Jew in the City.
Attorney Zev Goldstein started the petition on Monday to call attention to the inequity in the way tickets are handled in the five boroughs. Photo: VIN News.
Petition Aims to Disband Traffic Courts
A Monsey lawyer is looking to change the way traffic violations are handled in New York City, with an online petition that he hopes will convince lawmakers to disband an administrative traffic court bureau that was created more than four decades ago.
Chabad Blood Libel Faxed to NJ Town Hall
Municipal officials in Millburn, NJ, are looking into an anti-Semitic diatribe that was faxed to Town Hall on Monday.
Video: The Brooklyn Kid Who’s Out-Barbecuing Texas
“Meet the Brooklyn kid whose Kosher barbecue is impressing the best pitmasters” is the title of the latest episode of The Meat Show, whose host, Nick Solares, recently visited Izzy’s Smokehouse in Crown Heights to taste and critique their Texas-style barbecue fare.
Lev Tahor Returns with First Ever Music Video
Lev Tahor, which inspired Jews around the globe with hits like “Im Eshkachech” and “Deaf Man In The Shteeble,” has teamed up with Meir Kay to release its first ever video, “Halellu.”
A Lebanese man in the United States has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for arranging to send weapons to a Hezbollah member in Lebanon. What makes this short sentence flabbergasting is the judge in the case is none other than the notorious Linda Reade.
Judge Who Gave Rubashkin 27 Years Gives Terrorist 5
A Lebanese man in the United States has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for arranging to send weapons to a Hezbollah member in Lebanon. What makes this short sentence flabbergasting is the judge in the case is none other than the notorious Linda Reade.
Op-Ed: Judging the Standard of Judging Standards
“While the enforcement of a student’s tznius style can be easily imposed from within the classroom, determining whether a child’s mother maintains the required standards is often based on sketchy observations, unintentional misunderstandings, hazy perceptions, distorted hearsay, and untrue gossip,” says the anonymous author of this op-ed submitted to CrownHeights.info.
New Engagement!
Nissy Eber (Crown Heights) and Rivka Shafir (Manhattan Beach, NY)
Rabbi Yosef Eisenbach, director of Chabad of Litchfield County, Connecticut, in front of the property.
Legal Battle Continues for Litchfield Chabad Center
A lawsuit dragging on for 10 years and counting continued its legal battle in New Haven federal court on Monday. Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield County is suing the Litchfield Historic District Commission, alleging religious discrimination.
10 Reasons to Go to Chabad on Campus
Jason Frances is a recent graduate of University of Central Florida, where he was active with Chabad on Campus. He penned this op-ed giving young Jewish students 10 reasons to go to Chabad on Campus, which was published by The Forward.
‘Moshiach Day by Day’ Returns to Amazon, Kindle
For many years, the Rebbe urged everyone to learn about inyonei geula u’Moshiach. The Rebbe declared that learning about Moshiach, the Geula, and the Third Bais HaMikdash directly hastened the Redemption. While there were numerous books that described various aspects of Moshiach, there was nothing that could “walk” a reader through every aspect and stage of Moshiach and Geula in an inspiring yet practical way.
Picture of the Day: Fort Myers, FL
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, Shliach to Southwest Florida, is seen off by local dignitaries prior to his departure on a mission to Israel.
Video: NYC Harasses Other States’ Gun Owners
Almost every week, New York City arrests someone who brings a gun to the airport–even when the person has a gun license from their state, notifies authorities about the gun and follows TSA procedures for flying with it. Fox News and Reason journalist John Stossel interviewed two people who were arrested – one of whom is Avi Wolf, a native Crown Heightser who currently resides in Georgia.
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