Video Gallery: Lag Ba’omer Through the Years
Watch the great Lag Ba’omer parades as they progressed through the years, from 1956 through 2014, in this captivating video gallery compiled and edited by JEM.
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Video: How to Focus on Your Mission
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Emor. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one focus on his/her mission?
Picture of the Day: Lag BaOmer in Sydney
Tonight will mark the beginning of Lag BaOmer and in Sydney it already is ‘tonight’, where the Talmidim Hashluchim set up a bon fire in honor of this auspicious day.
NY1: Diana Richardson Wins 43rd District Elections
According to NY1’s real-time election results they are calling the election in favor of Diana Richardson after 98% of the votes were counted with %50 in her favor. Mendy Raitport came in third with %20.
Picture of the Day: College President Walks for Friendship
Rockland Community College President Dr. Cliff Wood, along with several Jewish students of the college’s chapter of Hillel, poses for a photo at the Chabad of Suffern Friendship Circle walk this past Sunday, May 3rd.
New Event Hall Dedicated in Ukraine Campus
A brand new state-of-the-art event hall was dedicated Sunday in the Or Avner educational campus, located on the outskirts of Zhitomir in western Ukraine.
Extensive New Space for S. Diego Jewish Center
Chabad at La Costa in Carlsbad, Calif., has hosted plenty of activities in its 25 years of existence. The past, though, is nothing compared to what the future holds, thanks to a major construction project that took the center from a small, old wooden building to a modern, two-story structure with room to grow.
Art Gallery to Host Ladies Only Lag Ba’omer Concert
The Creative Soul invites women and girls to celebrate Lag Ba’omer this Wednesday, May 6, with talented and celebrated music artists Rivka Leah (Cylich) Velkovich and Chaya Sara Weiss.
Besht Opens Weekly Kollel for All Ages
For many of us, spending quality time learning, let alone learning in a yeshiva or kolel, is an unattainable dream. We often crave the ability to incorporate more Torah learning and inspiration into our busy lives, but have resigned ourselves to the fact that this is something from the past.
Talmidim Hashluchim of Australia Unite for Shabbos
Over this past weekend, a Kinus Talmidim Hashluchim of Australia took place at Chabad of North Shore, Sydney. The purpose of the Kinus was for the Bochurim to share advice and experiences, and inspire one another.
Bnos Menachem Poses for a Group Photo
First time in eight years, the students of Bnos Menachem along with their teachers and staff posed for a group photo in front of their school on East New York Avenue. Some 800 people packed onto bleachers to pose for a photo, taken by Chaim Perl.
Oholei Torah Hosts Evening of Recognition and Support
Over 500 guests joined in celebrating the 59th Annual Dinner of Educational Institute Oholei Torah. Included in the crowd were parents, staff-members, supporters and alumni young and old.
Picture of the Day: Candidates Go Out and Vote
As polls opened this morning residents of the 43rd Assembly District turned out to their respective poll sites to vote in a special election to fill the seat. CrownHeights.info accompanied Mendy Raitport as he voted at the President and Brooklyn poll site.
Cancun, Mexico
Israeli Killed, 3 Injured in Mexico Bus Accident
A head-on collision between two buses killed a 23-year-old woman from Jerusalem, and injured three other Israeli travelers near Cancun, Mexico. The Shliach to Cancun, Rabbi Menachem Druck, is in close contact with the family of the woman killed.
Groundbreaking Book on People with Special Needs
Some time ago, I met a young man wearing a T-shirt with the following words: Accept – Understand – Love. I asked him when these three words meant. He told me that it was a signal from all the Special Children in the world.
by Rabbi Dr. Ib Nathan Bamberger
Ambit Energy Investigated by NY State Regulators
After a recent spike in complaints the New York State Consumer Advocate Office has opened an investigation into Ambit Energy, citing potential deceptive business tactics following a spike in consumer complaints.
UK’s Model Matzah Bakery Busy on Pesach Sheini
For Pesach Sheini, Tzivos Hashem UK visited Satmar and Vishnitz chedorim with the Model Matzo Bakery, teaching the idea of “Lomoh Nigoroh” to hundreds of children, telling them that we must keep asking Hashem to send us Moshiach.
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