Rabbi Pinchus Feldman has served as the Chabad emissary of New South Wales, Australia since 1968. In 2002, he received the Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to the Jewish community. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in March of 2015.
Yiddishkeit in Moscow continues to grow with three new Shuls opening just in time for the High Holy Days. Three beautiful and Mehudar Sifrei Torahs were dedicated in these Shuls as well.
A 63-unit rental building on Eastern Parkway has been sold for $52 million, after being purchased as a vacant lot in 2012 for $8.3 million.
Chesky and Chani (nee Lisbon) Tenenbaum (Baltimore, MD)
A man who is likely behind a string of car burglaries in Crown Heights was arrested early Tuesday morning after police found him sleeping inside a vehicle.
Hurricane Matthew hit some parts of the Caribbean hard, and Jewish efforts have launched to help alleviate the situation in ways big and small. While Jamaica was spared the brunt of the storm, the timing coincided with other basic general needs of the local population.
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Chaya Javitz, OBM, wife of R’ Chaim Javitz Y”bdl, and mother of five young children. She was 50 years old. The Levaya will take place today at 1:45pm.
On the eve of Erev Yom Kippur, prior to the performance of Kapporos at midnight, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim Ha’olami organized a Farbrengen in 770 for the Tishrei guests.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ha’azinu. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What gift do we receive on Shabbos?
Early Sunday morning, Lavon Walker, a former outreach worker from Crown Heights who volunteered with a group dedicated to reducing gun violence called Save Our Streets, was shot to death on a Miami Beach street corner.
Hundreds of Jews began streaming into the yard of the Central Marina Roscha Shul in Moscow in the wee hours of the morning for Kapporos. A team of shochtim, who were appointed by the Chief Rabbinate of Russia, awaits them at all hours.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a pair of photos of the Rebbe blessing those gathered at 770 on Erev Yom Kippur, 1970.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Wednesday, October 12, for Yom Kippur. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Are the High Holidays a time for guilt, or an opportunity to realize one’s true essence? Why are the confessions sung during the Yom Kippur prayers instead of being solemnly recited? Join Rabbi Yoseph Y. Jacobson in this fascinating talk about the path to real repentance, and learn how to uncover the greatness and vast potential that lies within each one of us.
Erev Yom Kippur Jews worldwide took part in the age-old custom of ‘shlugging’ Kapores. In Crown Heights it was organized by NCFJE, who had locations in a number of places in the neighborhood.
For many years, Rabbi Col. Fishel Jacobs has served as Chabad’s emissary to Israel’s prisons, where he visits incarcerated Jews and provides them with refreshments, words of encouragement and the opportunity to perform several Mitzvos. The following is an excerpt from his memoir, titled Coffee Melts Bars, in which he recounts a Yom Kippur encounter with a hulking middle-aged Russian-Jewish convict named Boris.
The Pinsk Karlin Rebbe, Rabbi Aryeh Rosenfeld Shlita, was seen today buying Arba Minim in Kfar Chabad, Israel.
