New charges have been filed by State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman against Crown Heights landlord Daniel Melamed, who is accused of ‘Illegal eviction’ for not providing adequate heating to his tenants in an alleged bid to drive them out.
Over 400 fathers and sons attended the first week of the Avos Ubanim Betzalel learning program this past Motzei Shabbos in Crown Heights.
Bochurim Mendy Goldman and Mendy Lebovic teamed up to compose and record a song, title ‘Survive,’ expressing the pain of not understanding G-d’s plan and their yearning for Moshiach, in memory of several family members and close friends who passed away at young ages.
Levi and Esther (nee Solomon) Simpson (Crown Heights)
A Florida homeowner’s association reversed its earlier decision to cancel an annual Chanukah event organized by the local Chabad Shliach, after a public outcry claiming unfair discrimination – being that they would be erecting an X-mas tree.
After an amazing summer at Camp Gan Israel Montreal 5776, several staff and campers got together and recorded an “oldie but a goodie” camp song, turning it into a nostalgic music video.
Rabbi Raphael Aron, a counselor and therapist, is the director of the Gateway Family Counselling Centre in Melbourne, Australia. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in June of 2016.
Yankel and Rochie Korolitzky (Crown Heights)
Exactly 24 hours after the Florida polls closed on the most divisive presidential election our generation has witnessed, the doors of the Coral Springs La Quinta Inn ballroom opened on a vastly different scene.
Earlier this month, Chabad at McGill University in Montreal hosted an event that soon attracted protesters, including members and supporters of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, who tried to block it off and prevent other students from participating.
Over a hundred Jewish women came together for a festive challah baking workshop in Uzhgorod, Ukraine last Thursday. The workshop was organized in honor of the Bas Mitzvah of the city rabbi’s oldest daughter, as the family wanted to use the opportunity to reach out to as many local women as possible by bringing them an evening of joy and learning.
Contrary to a news report and social media messages currently going viral, Yeshiva World News has confirmed that the missing Tefillin being searched for in a Upstate New York garbage dump have unfortunately not been found.
A group of eight people forced their way into and robbed a Family Dollar located on the corner of Atlantic and Ralph Avenues on the northeastern edge of Crown Heights.
A small but strong K-8 educational institution founded by Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz, co-directors of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, is a cornerstone for the area’s Jewish community.
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