With many students’ homes still without power, internet and many under boil water restrictions after Hurricane Irma, one would think they’d be inclined to focus on their own problems. Certainly one would give them a pass for doing so and not worrying about others. But that’s not how the Lubavtich Educational Center in Miami works, or how it educates its students.
Shmuly Zucker (Seagate, NY/Los Angeles, CA) and Sahar Levi (Los Angeles, CA)
Hundreds gathered at midnight Motzei Shabbos to recite Selichos at the 17 Rue des Rosiers Synagogue in the Pletzel, Paris’ Jewish Quarter, where the Rebbe prayed during his residence in the city.
The Chabad Lubavitch community has taken a historic step forward in combating child abuse. A prestigious group of seven international Lubavitch Rabbinical leaders have signed a proclamation addressing abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community, and ruling that abuse can be reported to straight to government authorities without rabbinical approval.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 180, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: I’m Burned Out: What Can I Do to Experience an Inspiring Rosh Hashana? How to React to the Gender Identity Crisis? Why Are We Afraid of an Ayin Hora During Pregnancy? Why Are Baalei Teshuva Mistreated?
Chicago supermarket chain Jewel-Osco, which features one of the largest Kosher offerings in the Midwest, held their fourth annual “Taste of Kosher Food Fair” this past Sunday.
At around 1:00am hundreds of men, women and children made their way to 770 for the customary beginning of Slichos on Motzei Shabbos.
Levi Edelman (Brunoy, France) and Esther Goodman (Highland Park, NJ)
Faced with the indescribable destruction of Hurricane Irma, a Chabad shliach to the Caribbean has refused to evacuate to a more stable location, remaining behind to help with the rescue efforts on the devastated island.
The White House has released a transcript of the remarks President Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner made over the phone to a group of Jewish Leaders — including, for the first time, representatives from Chabad-Lubavitch — ahead of Rosh Hashana.
NYPD Detectives are investigating the death of a one-year-old Orthodox-Jewish baby, who died after being found unconscious in the family’s Kensington home.
Hurricane Jose has restrengthened into a Hurricane in the Atlantic, and may threaten New York City and other areas of the East Coast by this Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Yitzhok and Adina Mushinsky (Crown Heights)
Until just recently, Facebook allowed advertisers to target messages to people interested in Anti-Semitic topics, such as “Jew haters” and “how to burn Jews.”
As Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida last weekend, Chabad on Campus centers across the state opened their doors, providing shelter for students and community members. In the days since the storm passed, Chabad has shifted to arranging meals for students and organizing relief convoys to assist in the areas worst hit by the storm.
Davidi Ben-Sion, deputy head of the Shomron Regional Council, visited the Ohel on Thursday afternoon at the conclusion of a visit to the Unites States, accompanied by Chabad activist Rabbi Yaacov Behrman, and Chabad journalist Schnear Zalman Weber.
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