Video: Smartphone Blindness
In a video that aims to impart an important lesson, a man walks down a Jerusalem Street with a walking stick to help him navigate, but he isn’t blind in the conventional sense.
Video: One Crazy Weekend
With over a thousand students from around the world in attendance, the Chabad on Campus Shabbaton last month in Crown Heights was an amazing weekend full of learning, inspiration, and excitement. Filmmaker Meir Kalmenson was on hand to document the experience.
Frum Man Assaulted for Using Smartphone
Monsey resident 29-year-old Refael Koenig was beaten for using his iPhone to record a Spring Valley chasenah he was attending last week, Channel 12 News reported.
Video: A Chasidic Dance with Alex Jones
A group of Lubavitcher Trump supporters from Crown Heights was present at the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. this past Friday. While there, they bumped into fiery conservative radio commentator Alex Jones of Info Wars, who joined them for a brief Chasidic dance.
NYC to Pay Up to $75 Million for Bogus Summonses
New York City has agreed to pay up to $75 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit that accused police officers of writing at least 900,000 summonses for offenses like trespassing, disorderly conduct and urinating in public that were later dismissed because of legal insufficiency.
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Boruch Dayan Ho’emes: Reb Sholom Ber Gorelik, 75, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Sholom Ber Gorelik, OBM, veteran Chosid and prominent member of the community of Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel. He was 75 years old.
Video: How to Know When You Are Truly Free
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Va’era. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How do you know when you are truly free?
File photo: Palestinian demonstration
Obama Sent $221 Million to Palestinians in Last Hours
Officials say the Obama administration in its waning hours defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority that GOP members of Congress had been blocking.
A Little Hot Soup on Campus Goes a Long Way
Alex Lustig, a freshman at California Polytechnic State Institute, had come down with mononucleosis, which left him utterly wiped out. He was in need of rest, care and a little homemade food. Once she heard the news, his mother, who lives 16 hours away in Seattle, did what any Jewish mother would: She called in an order of hot chicken soup for her son.
Rockland County GOP Spews Anti-Semitic Drivel
In a shocking post on their official Facebook page that is reminiscent of a medieval blood libel, the Rockland County Republican Party unleashed a tirade of venomous and outrageous lies against the Hasidic community, alleging that Hasidic women are held captive, abused and denied basic human rights by their male counterparts.
School Security Guard Menaced With Gun in Suspected Hate Crime
A security guard working in front of a Jewish girls’ school in Crown Heights was menaced with a gun by a man in a vehicle as she was assisting with dismissal. The man shouted anti-Jewish remarks before driving away.
MIT Physicist Debunks Global Warming at Chabad
Arctic ice, rising sea levels, and polar bears were the stuff of spirited discussion over bagels and lox Sunday morning at Central Massachusetts Chabad.
Video: Hundreds Mourn Murdered Melbourne Girl
Five hundred members of Jewish community of Melbourne held a memorial service on Sunday in memory of 10-year-old Thalia Hakin, who was killed on Friday in a ramming attack in Melbourne.
A powerful weather system swept up the U.S. East Coast on Monday with pounding rain and high winds, potentially snarling travel for millions after tornadoes killed at least 18 people in Georgia and Mississippi over the weekend.
Storm System Roars Up East Coast Toward NYC
A powerful weather system swept up the U.S. East Coast on Monday with pounding rain and high winds, potentially snarling travel for millions after tornadoes killed at least 18 people in Georgia and Mississippi over the weekend.
ULY Marks Chof Daled Teves with Art Fair
A first-of-its-kind Art Fair and special rallies were held in United Lubavitcher Yeshiva to mark the Hilula of the Alter Rebbe, Chof Daled Teves.
Women Raise Funds for Cancer Care at London Gala
When 125 women gather together, it must be for something worthwhile. On Tuesday, 16th January, a partnership between Chai Cancer Care and Chabad Buckhurst Hill resulted in a Gala Dinner that not only raised money for Chai Cancer Care but also raised awareness of the difference that this charity can make to enable individuals and families suffering with cancer to feel cared for and never simply left alone.
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