Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shmini. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we be inspired to go out of our comfort zone.
New York State Lawmakers are considering a proposal to require labels to warn consumers about the adverse health effects of sugary drinks, in a similar manner to the way cigarette packages are labeled.
In this vintage photograph, three young students at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Bedford and Dean pose for a picture in 1958. Can you identify any of the three?
New York City News Blog The Gothamist recently published this following article on the practice of speculative real-estate investors who incessantly try to persuade homeowners to sell their homes to them for cash.
Elazar Glick (Crown Heights) and Shaina Blau (Crown Heights)
Addressing a new campaign against anti-Semitism which calls on European gentiles to publicly wear Jewish symbols in solidarity with their Jewish neighbors, Holland’s chief rabbi chose to share his views on the startlingly dramatic rise of anti-Jewish hatred he has witnessed.
Beis Chana, a Chabad-run high school for girls in Paris, was named the top high school in France in a ranking compiled by Le Parisien daily, a local media outlet. The school beat out France’s other 4,300 high schools.
Radio has always been something of a family affair. Long before the advent of television, radio—the original electronic medium—brought together listeners for all kinds of programs, including news for adults and entertainment for children. It also ran specifically Jewish content, with one extended family of rabbis drawn to the medium over generations: the Hechts.
Yesterday, Sunday, the alumni of the Chabad School ‘Tiferes Menachem’ of Beitar Illit, Israel, gathered for a reunion.
In accordance with the instructions of the Rebbe, the Chabad community of Kiryat Gat, Israel, gathered for an evening of Torah and unity, where they listened to Shiurim and Pilpulim from various local Rabbonim of all stripes.
Shlomo Aaron Bronstein (Spring Valley, NY) and Chaya Mushka Palace (Los Angeles/Monsey)
Tzviki and Chaya Wolvovsky (Crown Heights)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 63, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Why is there no Emphasis on Character Refinement in our Education System?; How to Respond and Advise on Sensitive Matters; Wife Doesn’t Daven; Seeking Spiritual Direction Outside of Torah.
Experiential learning has long been at the core of Jewish education. Think of brushing the letters of the aleph-bet with honey or directly engaging children in the Passover seder.
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a Pakistani man believed to be the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai massacre that left 166 dead, including 6 Jews at the local Chabad house, was released on bail by the Pakistani government.
An Albanian man was arrested in connection with the beating death of a 22-year-old Israeli man on his way to the Chabad-run Pesach Seder in Berlin earlier this week, German police announced Friday.
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