Summer is a good time for many Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries, especially those based on college campuses, to get outside of their immediate surroundings—spending time with family, working with kids at camp, visiting friends or alumni. While the students are away, they also immerse themselves in planning and preparing for the upcoming year’s Jewish holidays, events and programs.
The office of Dr. Rosen released a statement alerting the community to a recent outbreak of whooping cough, after some 30 cases arrived in their Crown Heights clinic.
“Enough is enough!” That’s the basic message of a letter sent by concerned parents, former teachers, and former yeshiva students to New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina and seven district superintendents in Brooklyn and Queens expressing upset over the lack of a substantial secular education in at least 39 yeshivas.
Last night, one of the hottest nights of the summer, a large swath of Union Street lost electric power for the second time in as many weeks.
La Guardia Airport, whose dilapidated terminals and long, unenviable record of traveler delays have made it a target of jokes and complaints for decades, will be completely rebuilt by 2021, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced on Monday.
Mordy and Hilary (nee Rafaelov) Hecht (Crown Heights)
Marking the Shloshim of Rabbi Kuti Rapp, OBM, hundreds packed into the large hall at Lubavitcher Yeshiva to hear words of encouragement and accounts of his life, which he dedicated to Mivtzoim and Shlaimus Haaretz.
The Nine Days have come to an end and “regular programming” has resumed in CGI-Parksville. That means swimming is back, and so are trips. Camp Gan Yisroel wasted no time in that respect, as an exciting trip took place on Monday.
“Prior to the summer, the Rebbe would – almost annually – discuss the topic of Tznius,” says Crown Heights Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a weekly feature for the summer months: a short thought of the Rebbe on tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
Shua (ben Chaim) Weiss (Crown Heights) and Anat Elgarisi (Israel/Florida)
On Monday evening, an 18-year-old African-American man was stabbed in the back while he was changing a car’s tire in a repair shop located on East New York and Schenectady Aves. in Crown Heights.
Meir Goldberg continues to breathe new life into the classics of yesteryear updated for a new generation, this time taking on “A Chazandel Oif Shabbos,” previously sung by Jan Peerce and other cantoral greats.
Attorneys for Jonathan Pollard, who has served nearly 30 years in prison for spying for Israel, said Tuesday the U.S. has granted him parole and he will be released on November 21st.
While waiting for a friend outside Wrigley Field in Chicago, writer Paul Schneider met a persistent young Lubavitcher, who tried to persuade him to put on Tefilin. Paul’s article about this encounter was a featured story on the web magazine The Good Men Project.
Years ago, Rabbi Yisroel Gordon, YSP’s founder, was in Yechidus and the Rebbe instructed him to make sure to take photos of the programs and events he does, so people will remember. This instruction was passed on into YSP tradition, and each summer the Talmidim and staff gather on or near the baseball field for a group photo that can be displayed for years to come.
Plus: A gallery of YSP group portraits dating back to the summer of 1990 in the extended article!
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Va’eschanan. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the key to the success of the Jewish People?
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