Photos: 100’s Celebrate Lag BaOmer in the Rain
Hundreds of Crown Heights residents of all ages turned out Motzai Shabbos for the Lag BaOmer bonfire on Kingston Avenue, in front of the George Wingate High School.
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Rain Doesn’t Dampen Lag BaOmer Celebrations
A Lag BaOmer bonfire and celebration took place for the 33nd year running on Empire Boulevard, in the backyard of the Horowitz family home. Together, the Horowitz family and Rabbi Nachman Twerskei held their annual ‘Hadlokoh’ of a Bonfire in honor of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
Jewish Man Pistol-Whipped, Robbed in Miami
On Thursday night, an Orthodox-Jewish father of two was accosted by a pair of teens who robbed and brutally assaulted him outside his home in North Miami Beach, Florida.
Video: A Home Away from Home in Muslim Turkey
Jewish singing star Lipa Schmeltzer finds himself stuck in Istanbul, Turkey, for Shabbos – but not without a Shabbos table, thanks to Chabad.
Congressional Leaders Visit Mumbai Chabad House
Leading members of U.S. Congress paid a visit on May 11 to the Chabad House in Mumbai, India. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, New York Rep. Eliot L. Engel and Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern were there as part of a bipartisan delegation touring parts of the country.
Dnepropetrovsk's Menorah Jewish community center, the world's largest.
Jewish Man Attacked with Ax in Dnepropetrovsk
A Jewish man was attacked by an ax-wielding assailant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk, which was the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s hometown and boasts a sizable and active Jewish population. The victim is listed in critical condition.
Weekly Story: You Were Not Abandoned, Part 5 (Finale)
The year after the Rebbe added the new Mitzva campaign of Ahavas Yisroel, I had the nerve of asking him, “Rebbe, all the other Mitzva campaigns are practical mitzvos – a practice of a specific mitzva, but this new campaign of Ahavas Yisroel is basically theoretical and generalization without any specific act in mind?” The Rebbe looked very surprised.
Record Registration for Great Parade
Registration for this year’s Parade is the highest ever on record, parade organizers announced today. Seats are selling out quickly, with dozens of schools and Jewish organizations set to attend from across the Tri-state area.
New Engagement!
Berel Paltiel (Crown Heights) and Bracha Leah Caytak (Ottawa, Canada)
Clinging Carjacker Gets Slap on the Wrist
A man who attempted to violently carjack a Lubavitcher motorist and others in 2014 was sentenced last week by a district court judge to zero jail time, despite facing more than a dozen serious charges following his arrest and an extensive criminal history. A video of the attacker clinging to the side of a taxi as it drove on the highway for nine miles went viral at the time.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a collection of unique photos of the Rebbe at the Lag Ba’omer Parade of 1976.
Shabbos at the Besht: Good Thoughts, Great Outcomes
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch, LMFT, will lead a discussion on the topic: Good thoughts, great outcomes.
New Engagement!
Dubi Blasberg (Crown Heights) and Brookie Milecki (Sydney, Australia)
New Engagement!
Daniel Messing (Monsey, NY) and Mushkie Rotenberg (Los Angeles/Crown Heights)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Shloime Schneorson, 55, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Reb Shloime Schneorson OBM, a resident of Kfar Chabad and Nachlas Har Chabad and son of the noted Chossid R’ Moshe Schneorson OBM. He was 55 years old.
New York to Allow Self-Driving Vehicles
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that the state will allow testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads.
Weekly Letter: Hereditary Classes in Judaism?
This week, as we read in the Torah Parshas Emor El Hakohanim, we present a letter from the Rebbe dealing with the question of hereditary classes in Judaism, such as the aristocracy of Kohanim and Levyim, which seem to not be consistent “with the otherwise democratic orientation of Judaism.” The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
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