At the model-worthy, architecturally beautiful Shaarei Tzedek Chesed Center in the heart of Moscow, some 1000 seniors are daily cared for with free medical and dental services, hot meals, recreational activities and educational lectures.
A wild pursuit in Midwood, Brooklyn ended with a shoplifting suspect in handcuffs Thursday afternoon – but it wasn’t police who caught him.
Dovber Chaiton (Portland, OR) and Mushkie Shanowitz (Las Vegas, NV)
Much like the sheitel, you can tell a lot about a Jewish male by the type of yarmulke (also referred to as a kippah, or in Hasidic Yiddish, kapl) that he wears.
Shuey and Nechama Dina (nee Hirsch) Samuels (Howard Beach, NY)
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Yisro. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we all be leaders?
Slowly but surely, a new replica of 770 is being built in Jerusalem, this one in the Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood. It will serve as a Chabad synagogue and community center.
A British neo-nazi group is planning a rally against the “Jewification of Great Britain” in one of London’s largest Jewish communities.
It’s a family affair, albeit for the female side of the family. Thousands of women and girls from around the world will gather in New York for the annual Kinus Hashluchos—the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries—with many mothers and daughters in attendance together.
American Airlines, US Airways and many other carriers have canceled almost 1,800 flights, as winter-weary New York City is once again covered in a fresh blanket of snow.
Alternate Side Parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Tuesday, February 3, to facilitate snow removal. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the city.
Zalmy and Miriam (nee Shain) Raskin (Crown Heights)
Developer Sam Boymelgreen, son of Lubavitch real-estate mogul Shaya Boymelgreen, just sold a 126-unit rental building in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn for $76 million. He paid $25 million for the property last year.
In honor of Yud Shvat, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Cohen, Shliach to Sacramento, CA, was invited to Moscow to Farbreng with the community.
On Sunday, Rabbi Yisroel Deren, Head Shliach of Connecticut, came to Cheder at the Ohel to Farbreng with the students in honor or Yud Shevat.
The Lubavitch community is made up of many diverse, talented and creative Baal Teshuvahs. A celebration of the contributions the Baal Tshuvahs have made to our community was held on Sunday at the Creative Soul Gallery in Crown Heights, with a wide variety of art, music and poetry.
Alternate Side Parking regulations are suspended Monday, February 2, to facilitate snow removal. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the city.
The Department of Sanitation is unable to service any alleyways due to icy conditions. If you would like pick up service, please bring your garbage to the end of the alleyways for pick up.
