Two men have been charged after police allege an imitation pistol was pointed at people gathered outside a Chabad House in Sydney, in what Jewish community leaders have described as a deeply disturbing incident.
Though he tolerated the honor for the sake of the school, the public adulation bothered Dovid. Once he complained to the Rebbe, “I can’t stand this. I go to these dinners, and everyone wants to take a picture with me, and they put my picture in the papers. I don’t like it and I don’t want it.”
For many families, every one of those moments was built by someone who chose to give. This year, Bonei Olam Chabad invites you to Celebrate Your Blessings. Help Another Family Begin Theirs. Because the beginning you make possible today will echo for generations.
Way out among the Caribbean isles lies Sint Eustatius, known locally as Statia. This Dutch island was home to a small Jewish community that played an active role in the American Revolution.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
This week I am posting a powerful saying or thought which I heard during a farbrengen on Yud Beis Tammuz, as well as one of the concepts that I mentioned at a farbrengen. As always, your feedback and comments are most welcome and greatly appreciated.
A significant and joyous event took place in the Dnipro Jewish Community – the completion of writing and the ceremonial donation of a new Sefer Torah to the Chabad community of Vinnytsia, in the merit of Igor Kolomoisky, son of Zoia, for his speedy release and long life, from his friends and the Dnipro Jewish Community.
Chesky Malamud (Crown Heights) to Racheli Camissar (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Monday, July 6th, 8:00pm at 570 Crown Street
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman works to understand the reason for challenges, the reason for difficulties that would appear to be negative. The truth though, may be all about progress.
Mendy and Chana Etta Reicher from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Chabad-Lubavitch of Flatbush has been housed in the Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead, a Dutch Colonial farmhouse on Brooklyn’s Kings Highway, since 2024, but the landmark farmhouse has been standing since around 1766.
Mr. Eliyahu Kholedenko, Founder and CEO of Questrade Financial Group, will join this year’s Kinus HaMechanchim, bringing with him a demonstrated commitment to advancing Chinuch through meaningful initiatives and support.
It is now the summertime, and many children are already in for camp — while many other parents are still deciding whether to send theirs. Parents weigh all kinds of considerations. Some are practical and some are emotional. These are valid concerns, and they should first be discussed between the parents. In this article, I would like to openly address a few concerns that are, in my opinion, not valid — and that can even be counter-productive in the long term.
Now during the period of the Three Weeks and a time when Jews are experiencing increased antisemitism worldwide, we share a letter of the Rebbe in which he gives us the proper and practical perspective on the matter and his advice.
This was not the action of someone in remission. Reiter was in the middle of a seven-year battle with cancer, and she was running a Torah study and prayer circle, thanking G‑d for the many blessings she was able to enjoy even as she battled the cancer that would take her on 27 Iyar, 5786 (May 14, 2026).
On Saturday, President Donald Trump’s administration plans to launch Trump Accounts, tying the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence to an effort to boost financial independence for American kids.
An excerpt from the LEC Community Magazine, Summer Edition. by Mothers of The Club at LEC, Miami
