On Wednesday night, November 26, a Shloshim gathering will be held to honor the memory of Mrs. Miriam Slater, OBM, one of the unsung heroes of Crown Heights, where she affected so many lives in the more than 36 years she lived here together with her husband R’ Michoel sheyichye and her family.
A ‘nor’easter’ is expected to pour heavy rain and snow on the eastern United States late Tuesday and cause problems on Wednesday, traditionally the busiest travel day of the year as Americans head home for Thanksgiving.
Every year since 1983, Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis from around the world have gathered for a group shot at the Kinus Hashluchim, the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries. The first gathering drew 65 rabbis.
Ukraine’s deputy governor of the Dneproperovsk region, Boris Filatov, recently praised the acts of an Orthodox Jewish man fighting for a paramilitary force to block Russian advances from the east.
A Florida court has divided up the estate of ‘vanished’ millionaire Yehuda Dovid “Guma” Aguiar, who went missing from his boat off the coast of Florida back in June of 2012.
At a gathering of the full board of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, Rabbi Nechemia Vogel, Shliach to Rochester, New York, and Rabbi Chaim Block, Shliach to San Antonio, Texas, were appointed to serve on the board.
Today, Monday, at around 12:30pm, a livery cab driver exiting a parking lot on Kingston Avenue between Maple and Midwood Streets in Crown Heights lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a building across the street.
The morning after they arrived on their new Shlichus to Stoughton, Massachusetts, a fire destroyed the home of Rabbi Aizik and Mrs. Brochi Katzman.
The Miami area is hotter than ever, according to a new study that found that participation in Chabad-Lubavitch programs is simply booming there.
A behind-the-scenes look as Eli Marcus – a younger brother of Shmuel and Bentzion Marcus of 8th Day – gears up for the debut of his very first album.
Over four thousand Shluchim and their guests convened last night at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, one of the largest shipping terminals in New York City, for the Grand Gala Banquet that concluded the annual International Conference of Chabad Emissaries.
A 4-year-old boy wearing a kipah was slapped on his head as he walked home from a Chabad house in Auckland, New Zealand.
Rabbi Shmuel Goldstein describes his ‘miraculous’ escape from the brutal massacre at Har Nof synagogue – after tackling a terrorist.
From the opening remarks by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, to the reflections by Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, through Yuli Edelstein account of the Chabad underground and concluding with the keynote address by Rabbi Nissan Dovid Dubov. CrownHeights.info presents the inspiring speeches in their entirety.
Channeling the awesome energy from the Banquet, Shluchim and their lay leaders made their way back to 770 and sat down for the – what has become – traditional post-banquet Farbrengen.
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