New Engagement!
Mendel Kaplan (Crown Heights) to Mussie Gorkin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!
Mendel Volovik (Pittsfield, MA) to Tzivia Treitel (Montreal, Canada)
All It Took Was One Cruel Moment…
In the blink of an eye, 15-year-old Mendel Bluming, a lively, cheerful bochur, was suddenly fighting for his life on the side of a road. It is up to us to write the end of the story.
Shopify CEO Makes Good on 18-Year-Old Promise to His Campus Rabbi
In 2008, Harley Finkelstein was a young law student at the University of Ottawa when he told Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky that he’d like to one day help purchase a building for Chabad at the campus. Now Finkelstein has made good on his promise.
JEM: How to Create a Holy Environment for Kids
From child birth, to raising a child, to life as a whole, the Rebbe taught us how creating a spiritually holy home can change everything for the better.
Bais Habechira Video With Rabbi Chananya Hoffinger – Day #8
Today’s video goes through the basics of the Mizbeach; from the general size of the Mizbeach to the size of the ramp, from their combined size to the details of the foundation of the Mizbeach.
Update Released On The Future Bais Shmuel Chabad Building in Crown Heights
In an email regarding construction of their new building, Rabbi Moshe Pinson of Bais Shmuel Chabad released an update outlining the progress made so far.
Huge Stone Quarry From The Time of the Second Temple Uncovered
A huge quarry – one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, dating from the end of the Second Temple period, in recent weeks is being uncovered by an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in the Har Hotzvim industrial area in Jerusalem.
Here’s My Story: One Song in Fifteen Languages (Audio of Song Included)
Rabbi Yosef Minkowitz serves as the principal/dean of the Beth Rivkah Academy in Montreal, where he has been since 1973. He was interviewed in January of 2011 and February of 2020.
History of Crown Heights: The Fanshaw Houses
In 1909, the second phase of development in Crown Heights began. Fanshaw Construction completed “Spotless Town” and built a row of houses on President Street to the left of 1414.
Picture of the Day
Spotted in Crown Heights. Two National Guardsmen stationed in Crown Heights due to increased security measures stopped by a local store for a bite to eat. The increased security was put in place following a string of high profile assassinations attributed to Israel.
Commemorating The Yartzeit of Rabbi Dovid Wichnin OBM
The following was written as a forward commemorating the life and legacy of Rabbi Dovid Wichnin OBM, by Nachman Dov & Rochel Wichnin and published in honor of his Yartzeit today.
Head On Collision In Crown Heights Involves US Postal Truck
A US Postal truck driving through Crown Heights was involved in a head on collision with a minivan Wednesday, sending the driver of the minivan to the hospital and closing the street.
Security Tightening After Assassinations in the Middle East
Following multiple high profile assassinations attributed to Israel, security is being tightened in Jewish communities across the globe, including here in Crown Heights.
Chief Rabbi of Cincinnati Rabbi Eliezer Silver’s Gravesite on 12 Tammuz
Rabbi Dalfin is an internationally known teacher, Mashpia and motivational speaker. He is also a researcher, historian and ethnographer of Chasidism, and the author of over one hundred books.
Delta And United Are Canceling Flights To Israel Again
After Israel’s assassination of Hamas top political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukrin in Beirut, US airlines are once again suspending their flights to Israel. Delta has canceled its JFK to Tel Aviv flight today and tomorrow and its Tel Aviv to JFK flights on Thursday and Friday.
RECAP: Monumental Campus Kinus In Israel
“Extreme times call for extreme measures.” The Chabad on Campus International Kinus HaShluchim in Eretz Yisrael was the “extreme measure” they needed.
