Friendship Circle Welcomes New Volunteers
This past Monday, Yeshiva students in Crown Heights gathered at the JCM for Friendship Circle Brooklyn’s Annual Volunteer Kickoff.
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Documentary Highlights Addiction and Mental Health
Awareness about addiction and Chabad Lifeline’s work were highlighted at the screening of a documentary in a packed theatre in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Photos: Judge to Rule on 770 Visits for Closer Look
New York State Supreme Court Judge Carolyn E. Wade, who is presiding over the litigation between Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch and the Gabo’im over ownership and control of 770, visited Crown Heights today to take a detailed tour of the building to get a better idea of its history and what’s at stake when she delivers her verdict.
Mrs. Dena Gorkin Launches New Chinuch Series
Due to many requests, renowned and veteran educator Mrs. Dena Gorkin, principal of Bnos Chomesh Academy, has launched a new video series on topics and insights in Chinuch, which will be released over the coming seven weeks. The first installment of the series is titled: Healthy, Happy, Frum.
Great Debates in Jewish History: The Dead Sea Scrolls
A drama-filled, new course from JLI, Great Debates in Jewish History, offers a glimpse into six pivotal disputes that engulfed the Jewish people at different periods and have a lasting impact today.
Rohr Family Sponsors New Tanya Website
Anyone who has ever been exposed to the Tanya around the globe will be excited to learn that a new website has been launched today, where visitors can read and download the first twenty-four chapters of a new edition of Tanya. This groundbreaking edition incorporates all the explanations of the Rebbeim on this classical work.
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Rochel bas Daniella Dzohar, a young mother who is in critical condition after a terrible accident on the way to her sister’s wedding.
Timely Tales: The Rabbi Who Was Late
JLI presents its unique two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale. This week’s video for Parshas Vayeira is titled: The Rabbi Who Was Late.
Baby Girl!
Saadya and Mushky (nee Hayes) Notik (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Appropriate to Paint Rebbe’s Image on Walls?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 186, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is It Appropriate to Paint the Rebbe’s Image on Walls? How Can There Be “Terrorism” in Chabad? Can You Give an Example of a Mistake You’ve Made and How You Corrected It and Turned It into a Blessing? What Are Angels and How Do We Know Their Names? Would the Rebbe Be Happy with the Recent Crown Heights “Food Crawl”?
Colel Chabad Helps Israel’s Hungry Not Just Eat, but Eat Healthy
Through a series of new workshops focusing on healthy cooking and eating, Colel Chabad is emphasizing more nutritional fare for Israel’s poorest residents.
Shul Destroyed by Sandy Finally Restored
A Chabad Jewish center in southern Brooklyn that was battered by Superstorm Sandy five years ago has finally been restored.
Forward: Crown Heights ‘King of Kashrus’
Writing for the Jewish Daily Forward, Steven Davidson, a secular Jew who had negative preconceptions about Kosher cuisine, describes his and his brother’s amazing experiance at last week’s ‘Taste of Crown Heights’ kosher food crawl.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Davening for Children
This powerful video clip is an excerpt from the Sicha in this week’s Living Torah from JEM. In the talk, the Rebbe speaks of the tremendous pain of not being blessed with children. We should learn from our forefather Avraham and the prophetess Chana about how one ought to pray for the merit of raising future generations.
Baby Girl!
Yossi and Yaakova Gershovitz (Crown Heights)
The Republican-led House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation Thursday that would slap new sanctions on Iran for its pursuit of long-range ballistic missiles.
Congress Slaps Sanctions on Iran for Missile Program
The Republican-led House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation Thursday that would slap new sanctions on Iran for its pursuit of long-range ballistic missiles.
It used to be that every person had at least one cow, either for its milk, or that the farmer can plow his field with it, or for both reasons. But from time to time, the cow became weak or even sick and the owner would then send it into the forest to eat the wild grass.
Weekly Story: The Herbal Benefit
It used to be that every person had at least one cow, either for its milk, or that the farmer can plow his field with it, or for both reasons. But from time to time, the cow became weak or even sick and the owner would then send it into the forest to eat the wild grass.
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