Jonathan Horn is the perfect poster boy for Arizona State University: a freshman, he studies hard, works a part time job at a think tank in Phoenix, and is actively involved in Jewish student community life at ASU.
On the eve of 28 Nissan, the day the Rebbe declared that he is giving over to his Chassidim to do all they can to bring Moshiach, Montreal Anash gathered in the main Shul for a Shiur on Inyonei Geulah Umoshiach.
Rabbi Avremi and Esther (nee Yarmush) Hartman, along with their young daughter, will soon be joining the Rebbe’s army of Shluchim, servicing the needs of the steadily growing Jewish community in Vietnam.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Berel Levin, Librarian of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, will lead a discussion on the topic – From Pesach to Shavuos in Halacha.
In recent months, the students of Chabad Girls Academy have been studying about the Holocaust, as part of their curriculum. They have completed research projects and created artwork, along with a beautiful presentation which they presented to their classmates.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe turning around to say L’chaim at a Farbrengen in the mid 1970s.
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of the Month of Iyar – which stands for ‘Ani Hashem Rof’echa’ – we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he answers a woman who is despondent over her grim medical prognosis and health. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Rabbi Binyomin Bitton shared a unique bond with the late Rabbi Eliezer Lipman (Lipa) Dubrawsky, formerly educational director of Chabad-Lubavitch of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. In addition to being personal friends, they spent many long hours discussing scholarly Torah subjects across the board.
Today, Morah Ruth Landsman of Bais Rivkah Headstart took her class to Raskin’s Fish factory in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where their delicious Gefilte Fish and other fish products are prepared and packaged.
When the Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy on Atlantic Avenue opens this fall with its first kindergarten class, the vision nursed by Rabbi Aaron and Shternie Raskin over 23 years, will finally take shape.
A brutal assault on Kingston Avenue was captured on surveillance cameras from nearby Kingston Bake Shop. Reb Yisroel Shemtov suffered serious injuries after being punched in the face by a drunk black man, and surveillance videos reveals his rowdy behavior leading up to the assault.
Shimon Gorkin (Crown Heights) and Devorah Weiss (Charlotte, NC)
After the story of a Lubavitcher woman whose vigilance saved an entire airplane – which was first reported here on CrownHeights.info – went viral, representatives of the airline – the Russian carrier Transaero – contacted us with a request that they be given the chance to give their side of the story.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Sholom Feldman, OBM, a veteran Chossid, Mashpia and member of the Kfar Chabad community. He was 81 year old.
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said it is taking part in an investigation into Wednesday night’s deadly incident in which a car driven by a Palestinian east Jerusalem resident struck two Israelis waiting for a bus in the capital’s French Hill area.
Renowned Chabad author Rabbi Chaim Miller is to be the Scholar-in-residence at Young Israel-Beth El in Borough Park this Shabbos, alongside Cantor Benzion Miller, who performs regularly at the Synagogue on special occasions.
Rabbi Raphael Pelcovitz, an author of books on the Sforno’s commentaries, served Far Rockaway’s Congregation Kneseth Israel for 60 years. He was interviewed in his home JEM,’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in October of 2010.
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