After selling out, Hamafitz Judaica on Kingston Avenue restocked their shelves with the acclaimed Learning on the Job: Jewish Career Lessons, published by Hasidic Archives. In this photo featured on Chabad,org, a Shliach examines the stunning volume during the Kinus Hashluchim weekend.
Former Brooklyn Dodger pitching star Ralph Branca passed away early in the morning on Nov. 23 at the age of 90. Most famous for giving up a 1951 pennant-winning home run to Bobby Thomson of the Dodgers’ cross-town rivals the New York Giants—known forever in baseball as the “Shot Heard Round the World”—Branca played 12 seasons in the majors and was known throughout his life as a first-class mensch.
If you rely on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) for your routine commute, be prepared for delays: the NYC Dept. of Transportation has announced plans to spend 1.7 billion dollars and five years to repair a one-and-a-half mile stretch of the aging highway.
When Indian Jewish Professor P. V. Viswanath was requested by Chabad Headquarters in New York to monitor the Indian media’s coverage of the 26/11/2008 terror attack while it was still underway, he didn’t imagine he would end up talking to a terrorist over the phone.
Hundreds of parents and Anash gathered at Monsey’s Atrium Plaza Ballroom for Cheder Chabad of Monsey’s “Our Children’s Cheder Celebration.”
The Levertov family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father and husband, R’ Shlom Levertov, OBM, at 808 Mongomery Street, 2nd floor. Shacharis: 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:30. Mincha: 2 Minyanim at 4:00, and 2 Minyanim at 4:15. Maariv: 2 Minyanim […]
The FJC’s “Mishpacha” Orphanage and Children’s home in Odessa, Ukraine, celebrated the opening of its new home Wednesday.
Volunteers from Chabad of Southeast Morris County, New Jersey, delivered 700 Thanksgiving dinners to homebound seniors on Thanksgiving morning. Pictured from left to right are Rabbi Shalom Lubin, Mendel Lubin, Mike Scotti, Rabbi Mendy Lubin, Micheal Harvey, and Mathew Harvey.
During his remaining time in the White House, President Barack Obama should pardon an Iowa Jewish man currently serving a 27-year prison sentence for 86 counts of fraud, internationally renowned legal expert Alan Dershowitz told The Algemeiner on Monday.
Over 3,000 Rabbis from around the world came together and took a group photo as part of the International Conference of Shluchim this past weekend. The photo broke the record for the most rabbis ever pictured together. Filmmaker and comedian Meir Kalmanson takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the event.
Several national and international media outlets have pickup up on the story of Chabad sending an emissary to South Dakota, thus solidifying its permanent presence in all 50 states – a story which was first reported here on CrownHeights.info.
Hundred gathered in front of 770 – the Lubavitch world headquarters – to partake in the Levaya of Reb Sholom Levertov OBM who passed away late last night.
As President Obama counts down his final weeks in the Oval Office, two well-known names in the legal world have called for a presidential pardon for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin in an op-ed printed by the Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by circulation.
Channeling the awesome energy from the Kinus Banquet, Shluchim and lay leaders made their way back to 770 and sat down for the – what has become – traditional Farbrengens.
While the Kinus Hashluchim Banquet was going on, another banquet – just as important and lively – was going on back in Crown Heights: the banquet of the Tzeirei Hashluchim – the young and future generation of Shluchim.
While the Kinus Hashluchim Banquet was going on, another banquet – just as important and lively – was going on back in Crown Heights: the banquet of the Tzeirei Hashluchim – the young and future generation of Shluchim.
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