A group of teenage boys shoved a teenage girl onto the subway tracks before assaulting and robbing her, police said. The incident took place at around 8:00pm last night, Sunday, at the Utica Avenue subway station in Crown Heights.
A brazen act of vandalism occurred on Shabbos at a Las Vegas Chabad synagogue, when a suspect carved a swastika into a marble pillar while the afternoon services were taking place inside. The incident was captured on surveillance video.
It would be an uphill battle for the Rebbe Rayatz, whose Yahrtzeit is marked today, to be able to bring Yiddishkeit to American Jewish youth. In the 1940 American Jewish atmosphere, the need to bring Yiddishkeit through various channels was understood by the Rebbe Rayatz. The efforts included establishing Jewish day schools and producing top notch children publications.
On Motzei Shabbos, the Lubavitch community of Montreal, Canada, gathered in the main Shul for a Farbrengen and Melave Malka marking Yud Shvat, led by the Mashpia Rabbi Sholom Dovber Cohen, which lasted until the early hours of the morning.
Yitzi Kaltmann (Columbus, OH) and Sara Chanowitz (Montreal, Canada)
In honor of Yud Shevat, JEM presents a beautiful playlist of videos related to this special day.
More than 200 Bochurim from around the world gathered together on Erev Yud Shevat for a special Seder Limud in the Rebbe’s Torah.
In a stunning reversal from the fact that Satmar was vehemently opposed to the Rebbe’s Tefilin campaign when it was first launched in the late 60s and 70s, the Rebbe of Satmar-Kiryas Yoel, Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, helped a young man put on Tefilin at the Chabad Center of Palm Springs, California.
Tonight is Yud Shvat; on this day 67 years ago the Frierdiker Rebbe passed away, and exactly one year later the Rebbe assumed leadership of the Lubavitch movement. We present for out readers a collection of videos and learning material, specially produced and compiled for this auspicious day.
See it: Benny Friedman‘s hit new song “Ivri Anochi – I’m a Jew and I’m Proud”, an upbeat tune touting Jewish pride, was released today in the form of a music video.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 149, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What is the Meaning and Relevance of Yud Shvat Today? How Do We Really Know That We Have a Purpose? Are Yoga and Chassidus Compatible? I Know What Chassidus Teaches About Positivity but It Doesn’t Actually Help Me!
Rabbi Asher Zeilingold, longtime leader of Adath Israel synagogue in S. Paul, MN, farbrenged at Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami.
Moshe Denburg (Coral Springs, FL) and Mushky Rubin (Albany, NY)
A heartwarming story of New Yorkers coming together to combat hatred is going viral in america’s newsrooms. It occurred last night, Saturday, on the 1 train, where commuters were horrified to discover swastikas scrawled on every advertisement and every window.
The influence of Jared Kushner’s Shabbat observance on his father-in-law President Donald Trump’s behavior was the subject of a brief discussion earlier this week by a CNN panel.
A group of Bochurim, traveling from London to New York, got a special shout out from the flight crew of a Virgin Atlantic flight. The group of students from the Yeshiva Gedolah of London were en route to partake in […]
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