Video: Thousands Protest Iran Deal in Times Square
Thousands of protesters packed into Times Square Wednesday evening to demand that Congress vote down the proposed U.S. deal with Iran.
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Here’s My Story: Deeper Than Psychoanalysis
Rabbi Azriel Chaikin has been the Rebbe’s emissary in Morocco, Scandinavia, Belgium and Ukraine since 1955. He was interviewed three times in JEM’s My Encounter Studio, once in 2010 and twice in 2015.
Women Front, Center of Budapest’s Budding Jewish Community
When Kata Nádas, 31, a Hungarian Jew, first began attending Chabad programs at sixteen, her parents were concerned. Their associations with Judaism were all dark: more than a half a million Jews were murdered by the Nazis with the assistance of local Hungarians, and anti-Semitism was on the rise in the country.
Picture of the Day: Officer Dons Tefilin
With the assistance of Shomrim, an officer from the NYPD’s Brooklyn South Division visited several Crown Heights Jewish day camps to encourage their attendance at the annual NYPD vs. Hatzalah baseball game, which will take place on August 3rd at the Cyclones stadium in Coney Island. Upon discovering that the officer is Jewish, Rabbi Zalman Karp of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Day Camp immediately did what any Chabad Chosid would do, he helped the man put on Tefilin right there in the office.
Photos: A Day in Yeshivas Kayitz-Kingston
In early spring, Oholei Torah purchased camp grounds spanning 120 acres, located in the upstate town of Kingston, NY, for the sake of founding a Yeshivas Kayitz for 8th Graders and Mesivta Bochurim who are looking to spend their summer in a chassidish learning environment together with a positive and productive summer experience.
LA Mom’s Creatively Takes On Drivers Who Text
She may be an Orthodox Jew but a California mother of four has taken an unorthodox approach to stopping drivers from texting while they drive by encouraging drivers to turn their cars into mobile billboards bearing anti texting messages.
Roving Rabbis Spread Kosher Message in Montana
Keeping Montana kosher is the name of the game for two rabbis spending their summer traveling throughout the state.
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Over 1,000 NYC Airport Workers to Go on Strike Tonight
Over 1,000 subcontracted airport security officers, baggage handlers and wheelchair attendants at New York City’s two major airports plan to strike starting Wednesday night.
Police Officer Teaches Campers About Bike Safety
A Police Officer from the 71st Precinct visited Camp Machane Heights yesterday, Tuesday, to talk about bicycle safety.
Serial Shoplifter Apprehended by Store Owner
A career criminal with a long history of shoplifting from Kingston Avenue stores was apprehended earlier this week by a shop owner after he stole a pack of teeth whiteners.
Picture of the Day: Kosher Cooking at Machon Chana
After a phenomenal Kashrus class at the Jewish woman’s Institute Machon Chana, a group of students pose for a picture with dean Mrs. Sara Labkowski.
Video: How to Love All People
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Devarim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one love all people?
Yaldei Shluchei HaRebbe Holds 2nd Annual BBQ
A warm night in Brooklyn, a bunch of guys, some beer and a delicious BBQ. Sounds like a perfect night, and it was. Not only was Yaldei’s BBQ in Brooklyn the event of the summer, it was also an event with meaning.
The Rebbe during a visit to Camp Gan Yisroel in upstate New York.
The Rebbe’s Call for Summertime Tznius (Pt. 2)
“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.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Mottel Sharfstein, 88, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Mordechai Eliezer (Mottel) Sharfstein OBM, longtime resident of Crown Heights. He was 88 years old.
Photos: Campers of the First Month Bid Farewell
The atmosphere in the dining room was a mixture of joy and melancholy as the first trip of Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY, came to an end. Joy, as the winners of bunk, learning class, and sports competitions were announced, and the sadness of parting as campers wished their friends farewell.
Pioneers Seek to Create New Chabad Village in Israel
A group of ambitious young Lubavitch families are on the cusp of making history: the founding of a new Chabad village in Israel’s formidable but beautiful Negev Desert.
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