A Chabad Shliach who is a prominent advocate of Jewish self-defense in Europe received a death threat on Monday, as European governments scramble to protect Jewish sites in the wake of a series of terrorist incidents that have rocked communities across the continent.
On Thursday, the 15th of Shvat, Congregation Bnai Avraham of Brooklyn Heights’ Sisterhood hosted a Women’s Tu B’shvat Paint Night – ‘a night colored by blessings and beauty.’
The Ruderman Family Foundation, a philanthropic fund headquartered in Boston, has chosen Chabad Lubavitch to be the recipient of a one million dollar grant to promote inclusion in its programs and centers worldwide.
The Director General of the Ministry of Justice of the Government of Germany, Mr. Kristen Lange, visited the Chabad Jewish Center in Berlin. The aim of the visit was to express solidarity with the Jewish community following the recent events in Jewish communities in Europe.
Mrs. Adeena Singer currently lives with her family in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in August of 2014.
What should have been a routine traffic stop turned into a car chase that ended when the driver slammed into two other cars when he attempted to flee. One person was injured and the driver was arrested.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Terumah. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we merit great miracles and blessings?
Reb Meir Harlig emcees one of the first annual Rosh Chodesh Kislev gatherings in 770, celebrating the Rebbe’s recovery after he suffered a heart attack on Simchas Torah, 5738 (1977).
In honor of Rosh Chodesh Adar and following the custom of ‘Mishenichnas Adar Marbim B’Simcha’, Beis Eliezer Yitzchok will be hosting a special Chassidus Shiur followed by a Chassidishe gathering with renown comedian Rabbi Yankel Miller, the Yarmer Rov.
While most kids would find it difficult to bring their snowman to school for Show & Tell, the Cohen kids from Ocean City, Maryland – students at the Chabad International Online School – had no problem at all.
The sun shone brightly for nine-year-old Bracha Raichik one chilly afternoon last fall when she received a phone call from someone who introduced herself simply as Faigy Fellig from Crown Heights. Living on shlichus in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Chassidishe friends were hard for Bracha to come by, and phone calls from like-minded girls were few and far between.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Zalman Gelernter, OBM, a holocaust survivor, Kingston Avenue storeowner and veteran member of the Crown Heights community, who loved and was loved by all. He was 89 years old.
It’s snowing—again—in Boston, and for the Ciment family, that means it’s time for “Mommy Camp.” On today’s agenda: morning prayers, baking, arts-and-crafts and more.
Michoel Procaccia (Crown Heights) and Rebeca Serur (S. Paulo, Brazil)
The committee of Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib, a G’mach that benefits many Crown Heights families, is inviting the community to participate in its annual Melave Malka, which will take place this Motzei Shabbos at Beis Rivkah-Crown St.
The Historic District of Litchfield Connecticut is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit regarding the rejection of plans for a synagogue in 2007. Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest Connecticut cited the Litchfield Historic District Commission for religious discrimination over the denial of modifications to their building.
Rabbi Mendy Kivman, director of Chabad of Milford, MA, took to the streets with his four sons Monday afternoon on a mission to free some fire hydrants.
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