New Engagement!
Levi Teitlebaum (Montreal, Canada) and Chani Berns (Crown Heights)
1
‘Lamternchik’ Project Comes to Florida
With nearly 300 Anash couples participating, Florida will become the fourth pilot city of the Lamternchik (lamplighter) project.
Student Sees Immediate Response to Hachlota
In an effort to inspire and strengthen Jewish leadership and involvement on university campuses throughout North America, Sinai Scholars Society, a project of Chabad on Campus International and the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, gathered 150 students to hear from prominent Jewish thinkers, address topics of Jewish identity, and facilitate increased commitment in their lives.
Video: Exciting First Day of School at LEC
A young reporter gives us the scoop on the exciting first day of school at Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami, Florida.
Tallahassee Chabad House Damaged by Hurricane
After days of relentless heat—temperatures are expected to continue in the 90s—rain and no electricity and air-conditioning, one thing is clear: rebuilding parts of Tallahassee, Fla., that were impacted by Hurricane Hermine is going to take time, money and determination.
Video: Why Is it Important to Have a Mentor?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shoftim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why is it important to have a mentor?
The Cops Turned a Blind Eye, Except for One Brave One
A neighborhood resident wrote to CrownHeights.info about an incident he witnessed in the aftermath of yesterday’s Labor Day Parade in Crown Heights.
Picture of the Day: Threads West
Rabbi Mendel Hertz, traveling on Merkos Shlichus in Wyoming along with Rabbi Shneur Druk, puts on Tefilin with Reid Lance Rosenthal, famed author of Threads West, Maps of Fate and Uncompahgre, as well as other bestsellers.
Oslo’s Jews Dance in the Streets, Hoping for Better Days Ahead
Mr. Chaim Hirsch (Hermann) Kahn, one of the oldest Jews in Oslo, rubbed his eyes in disbelief last week. “I have been living here for the last 70 years and never believed that in my lifetime I would witness what I saw today.”
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi She’ar Yashuv Cohen, 89, OBM
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef She’ar Yashuv Cohen, a veteran leader of Israeli Jewry, a close friend of Chabad and a confidant of the Rebbe.
Picture of the Day: NYPD Sergeant Puts on Tefilin
Crown Heights activist Reb Yisroel Shemtov puts on Tefilin with an NYPD sergeant on duty for the Labor Day Parade. At his side is Shomrim coordinator Mendy Hershkop.
For Kids Traumatized by War, Summer Camp Salves Wounds
Like their counterparts in the West, most Jewish campers in the former Soviet Union receive the most extensive, joyous and impactful encounters with their heritage and traditions during the summer months. What makes some of the 5,000 campers in the 61 Chabad-Lubavitch Gan Israel camps in the FSU so different than others, though, is that many of them have suffered through the trauma of war, displacement and even witnessing death, while many others come from families whose connection with their Jewish roots was severed during decades of Soviet oppression.
Chabad Synagogue Makes it on to National Register of Historic Places
The Albany Times-Union interviewed Chabad Shluchim Rabbi Leible and Elisheva Morrison of Troy, NY, after their synagogue made it onto the National Register of Historic Places.
2 Dead, Several Injured in Tel Aviv Building Collapse
A multilevel parking garage under construction in the city of Tel Aviv collapsed on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring about 17 others, Israeli police and rescuers said, as rescue teams worked frantically to locate several people believed trapped under the rubble.
German Foreign Minister Congratulates Shliach for 20 Years of Service
The German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met last week with the Rabbi of the Jewish community and Chabad Shliach in Berlin, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal. During this meeting, Steinmeier congratulated Rabbi Teichtal on reaching 20 years of rabbinical public service in the capital Berlin, and wished him much success in his future endeavors.
Shuky Returns with New Summer Single
Jewish singing star Shuky Sadon is back! Fresh off the release of this year’s debut album, “Yamim Baim,” which had a lot of success on the Radio in Israel, the USA and France, Shuky closes out the summer season with a wild new single called “Kulam Rokdim,” which will make you dance, jump and sing along!
Picture of the Day: Bienvenue!
Rabbi Mikhael and Esther Cohen, directors of the Francophone Jewish community of New York (CCF), welcome the newly-appointed French Consul to New York, Miss Anne-Claire Legendre.
