Over 200 people gathered last week at Adath Israel Synagogue in St. Paul to pay tribute to a beloved rabbi and legendary humanitarian. They were a diverse assemblage from every sector of the Jewish community and they were there to honor the legacy of Rabbi Gershon Giter, who passed away in August at the age of 61 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Dozens of Chasidim and local Jews traveled to the Alter Rebbe’s gravesite in Hadiach, Ukraine, to recite Selichos at midnight Motzei Shabbos. The Selichos prayers were led by R’ Bentzion Raskin of Crown Heights.
For over fifty years, R’ Meir Roness, OBM, dedicated himself to illuminating the lives of others. Beginning as a bochur many decades ago, and continuing to do so under Tzach-Lubavitch Youth Organization until his last days, thousands were introduced by him to the inner teachings of the Torah – Chassidus.
Police are investigating the death of a Hispanic man who was discovered dead in the hallway of a Crown Heights building. Neighbors told CrownHeights.info that the body was found inside a shopping cart.
Bentzi Gopin (Kfar Chabad, Israel) and Devorah Leah Goldstein (Madrid, Spain)
An elderly Dutch Jewish couple said they were subjected to anti-Semitic abuse by robbers who broke into their Amsterdam home.
The main synagogue of Kazan, capital city of the autonomous Russian republic of Tatarstan – which has a Muslim majority – underwent a complete restoration in honor of its 100 year anniversary.
Mendy Berkowitz (Kensington, NY) and Aydla (bas R’ Gershon) Zirkind (Montreal, Canada)
Elul is the Chodesh Harachamim, the time when the King is in the field and hears our Tefillos with a broad smile. It is also the month of Ani L’dodi V’dodi Li. All of us know someone who needs a Shidduch, and a special time, place and Zechus together can bring that Brocho.
In years past, the Jewish community of Tallinn, Estonia, kept a low profile, the long-term result of half-a-century of Soviet oppression and Nazi persecution. Yet come Rosh Hashanah, hundreds of Jewish people will parade through the center of this nation’s capital city again this year, singing Jewish songs, many wearing kipahs on their heads.
Three Orthodox Jewish people have died and several others are left in critical condition following an accident in Rock Hill, New York, Monday afternoon.
Over 100 Jews gathered last night in the Marina Roscha synagogue in Moscow, Russia, for the recitation of Selichos. Following an inspiring Farbrengen and joyous dancing and singing, Selichos were recited, led by Chazzan Zalman Shimon Deren.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, and New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio as well as Police Commissioner Bill Bratton kicked off the 48th Annual West Indian Day Parade on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights.
An anti-Semitic attack perpetrated by three hoodlums in North Manchester at the Bowker Vale Metrolink station has left one 17-year-old unconscious with a brain bleed and three other young men between the ages of 18 and 20, badly beaten.
The Forward today profiled R’ Tuvia Tatik, a Chabad Chossid and longtime Crown Heights resident, who has become something of a legend as the dean of a troubled South Bronx public middle school.
A new app with the tagline “Never Walk Home Alone” has some Crown Heights residents feeling more secure as they walk in the neighborhood.
On Rosh Chodesh Elul, 70 shluchim from the Mid-Atlantic region (New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia and W. Virginia) came together for their annual regional Kinus Hashluchim, hosted by Silver Spring, Maryland, Shluchim Rabbi and Mrs. Berel Wolvovsky at their Chabad House.
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