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Photos: Kinus Hashluchim Kicks Off
Thousands of Shluchim from around the world began arriving in Crown Heights for the International Conference of Shluchim Wednesday. Beginning with registration, dinner, and a visit to the Rebbes Room and House.
New Chabad Center Opens Doors in Radlett
Radlett, a suburb of London, UK, celebrated the opening of a new, state-of-the-art Chabad community center, under the directorship of Rabbi Sendy Dubrawsky.
An Unlikely Friendship: The Rabbi Among the Mormons
The Jerusalem Post profiled Rabbi Benny Zippel, a Chabad rabbi who brings Jewish life to Utah, and forges an unlikely friendship with the local Mormon population.
New Engagement!
Mendel Winsbacher (Monsey, NY) and Aviva Spanglet (Jerusalem, Israel)
Armory Plan Moves Forward Despite Protests
The city’s Economic Development Corporation promised on Tuesday to reevaluate its controversial affordable housing plan for the Bedford-Union Armory redevelopment project in Crown Heights.
Error Forces City to Void 500,000 Parking Tickets
New York City officials have dismissed or refunded half a million parking tickets because of an error.
Op-Ed: The Ugly Attack on New York Yeshivas
In response to the recent attacks on yeshivas in New York, Rabbi David Niederman – a member of the executive committee of Parents for Educational And Religious Liberty in Schools (PEARLS) – set the record straight in an op-ed in the Daily News this morning.
London Yeshiva Students Study with Younger Peers
This past Thursday night, for the first time in many years, students of Lubavitch Boys’ School — as well as other schools in London — were paired up with Bochurim from the Yeshiva Gedola of London (YGL) for a special weekly learning program called Mishmor.
Avos Ubanim Kicks Off with Two New Locations
This past Motzei Shabbos, the sweet voices of boys learning with their fathers could be heard throughout Crown Heights, as they participated in the first Avos Ubanim program of 5778.
Photos: Hours Before the Opening of Kinus Hashluchim
Months of preparations by hundreds of volunteers are culminating in this final stretch of round-the-clock hustle and bustle as the untiring Kinus staff puts the finishing touches to what promises to be the largest International Kinus Hashluchim yet.
Video: How Far Must You Go to Help Someone?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Toldos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How Far Must You Go to Help Someone?
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Plans $2 Million Building Expansion
Crown Heights’ second largest boys’ school, United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street, has filed plans for a much-needed expansion of their existing building, with the intention of adding up to three stories above the existing structure.
10,000 Clothing Items Given to Poor Hurricane Victims
More than 1,000 residents of the Virgin Islands had the chance to get new clothing to replace some of what was lost as a result of multiple hurricanes this fall that destroyed homes and property. The drive was sponsored by the company Privé Revaux and organized by Chabad.
Video: The Incredible Life of Faige Jacobson
A Montreal theater company is debuting a play to explore the incredible life of Faige Jacobson, Crown Heights’ ‘Queen of Chessed.’ Her son, Rabbi Asher Jacobson, appeared for an interview on a local TV channel to give a glimpse into the extraordinary lengths of his mother’s acts of kindness to strangers in need.
Fathers Spend Day of Learning with Sons
Students in Oholei Torahs’ eight grade enjoyed a special day where fathers joined them and together they learned and experienced a school day together.
Menorah Stolen from Penn State Chabad House
Police are trying to find those responsible for taking a menorah from outside the home of a rabbi at Penn State University, and leaving it damaged in front of the Sigma Alpha Mu Jewish fraternity.
