Baby Boy!
Yehuda and Naomi (nee Winner) Drizin (Crown Heights)
Picture of the Day: Before and After
Workers trimmed and pruned the now-iconic tree in the front yard of 770 to ensure its long-term health.
Video: Do You Own Your Judaism?
After being freed from prison on yud beis Tammuz, The Frierdikker Rebbe told of a meditation he said he had used to manage to get through his ordeal in prison. But why would the Freirdikke Rebbe need help to make it though? Surely he was aware that everything Hashem does is ultimately for his best interest? Rabbi Yisroel Glick explains.
Police: MMA Fighter’s Killing Not a Hate Crime
Authorities have said they are not investigating as a hate crime Monday night’s slaying of Aaron Rajman, a professional mixed martial arts fighter and an Orthodox Jew, at his family home west of Boca Raton, Florida.
Here’s My Story: Competing Grocery Stores
Rabbi Nochum Stilerman has raised over $400 million for various Jewish causes over the past 50 years. He lives in Jerusalem, Israel, where he was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in March of 2016.
Baby Girl!
Chaim and Fraidy (nee Raskin) Litvin (Louisville, Kentucky)
Video Playlist: A Day of Liberation
12-13 Tammuz this year marks 90 years since the Previous Rebbe was released from imprisonment in Soviet Russia. 12 Tammuz, the day he received official notice of his release, was also Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak’s 47th birthday.
New Book Details Rebbetzin’s Role in 12 Tammuz
As we mark 90 years since the liberation of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe from Soviet incarceration, a new book by Kehot Publication Society provides hitherto unknown details of the role in the saga played by his daughter, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, and eventual son-in-law, the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson.
New Jersey Chabad Center to Double in Size
Rabbi Mendy Mangel can’t explain why synagogue enrollment is generally declining throughout the country as fewer people seemingly maintain their Jewish identities. He only knows that the number of those he sees regularly at Chabad Lubavitch of Camden and Burlington Counties in Cherry Hill, N.J., keeps climbing.
Lubavitch Educational Center Buys New Building
CrownHeights.info has learned that Lubavitch Educational Center, the flagship school for the Chabad community in South Florida popularly known as L.E.C., has purchased a four-story, 48,681-square-foot building less than a mile away from its current location near North Miami Beach. The institution paid $5.1 million for the property.
Master Storyteller Retells ‘The Heroic Struggle’
In Honor of “Yud Beis Tammuz” Shnas HaTishim, celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the arrest and miraculous liberation of the Frierdiker Rebbe, please enjoy this suspenseful theatrical drama tale with music and sound effects, as it captures the imagination of children of all ages, as told by Master Storyteller Rabbi Sholem Perl.
CKids Leads Staff Training Initiative for Hundreds
Recently an exciting and informative event took place in Crown Heights. An impressive “Staff Training Day” gathered a record-number of camp counselors and other staff members for hours of professional networking.
Friends of Dvorahle Create Fund for Her Family
“Where is Mommy? “Asks 4 year old Shusha, a spark of glimmer in her eyes. “You said she is coming home today.”
Video: Life Is Like a Good Beer
Life is like a good beer…well…sort of. Jewish philosophy says that nothing bad comes from on High. Everything is ultimately good, although not everything is always perceived by us to be good. Some events, in fact, appear to us to be quite bitter. Rabbi Pinchas Taylor reminds us that during those tougher moments, its important to remember that life, like a good beer, can be bitter and still be good.
In Historic Visit, Indian PM Meets Moshe Holtzberg
In a historic visit to the State of Israel, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Moshe Holtzberg, the survivor of the Mumbai Terror Attack which claimed the lives of his parents.
Jewish Women Unite in Melbourne
Once again, women in Unity held an inspiring event in Melbourne, Australia. It has been a decade since the Women in Unity was formed in response to the tragedy at Mumbai, India. The commitment to the unity of the Jewish people that originally galvanized its founders, Rebbetzins Riva Cohen, Sara Gutnick, and Miriam Telsner, has not wavered.
Six-Month-Old Left in a Car in Kfar Chabad
A six-month-old infant has been hospitalized after being left in a hot car for a duration of time. The child, who was visiting grandparents in Kfar Chabad, Israel, was visiting from the United States.
