New clues have emerged in the case of Rabbi Yosef Raksin, HYD, of Crown Heights, who was fatally shot on Shabbos morning, August 9th, while visiting family in North Miami Beach.
More than 800 people participated in the 10th Annual Jewish Summer Fest at the Jersey Shore on Sunday, August 17th. The Event was sponsored by Chabad at the Shore.
Aron Follman, a three-year-old boy from Borough Park, passed away Sunday night in a bungalow fire at Camp Mareh Yechezkel in Liberty, New York.
Devorah Benjamin, director of Keren Simchas Chosson V’kallah, videotapes the Chuppah of young couple whose wedding she attended last night.
During the 35th annual Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim Conference in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba this weekend, the Shluchim released a statement in which they urged Israeli leaders to disregard world opinion and not to stop its war against the terrorists even for one minute, until it completely removes any threat to the residents of the Holy Land.
After ceremoniously dipping their bikes in the Pacific Ocean six weeks ago, eight young men trekked across the continent, over 2,700 miles, until they reached Brooklyn, where they dipped their bikes in the Atlantic Ocean. The trip, coordinated by The Friendship Circle, raised money and awareness for children with special needs.
Shluchim who host CTeen programing in the Chabad Houses gathered for a conference and posed for a group photo.
Commemorating 70 years to the Histalkus of Reb Levi Yitzchok in 5704, and marking the upcoming 50th Yartzeit of Rebbetzin Chana in 5725, Camp Gan Israel Toronto published a fact-filled pictorial album for campers to collect and enjoy.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 30, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics of: Responding to Israel Critique, Non-Jews, Preparing for Elul, Yeshiva Tuition, and Secular Studies.
Last week marked the conclusion of an amazing and successful summer for Camp Gan Israel in Lake Worth, Florida. 100 campers enjoyed the inaugural year in the camps brand new grounds in the Florida Everglades.
Jews from all walks of life gathered in the Beis Menachem Shul of Tannersville, New York for an evening of Chassidus and Nigleh in honor of The Rebbe’s father Reb Levi Yitzchok.
On Friday, the Federal Appeals Court ruled on a motion challenging the New York City regulation on metzitzah b’peh and informed consent. The court ruled that the regulation “…targets a religious practice for special burdens” and therefore violated the First Amendment guarantee of a person’s right to free exercise of religion.
A 29-year-old woman was killed in a horrific crash on Eastern Parkway early Sunday morning. Witnesses said that a sports car was driving in excess of 80 miles-per-hour when it struck a sedan, killing the teenaged passenger and leaving car parts strew across an entire city block. Update: Both drivers arrested.
Last week, over one thousand Jews from all walks of life gathered for five days of learning and inspiration at JLI’s National Jewish Retreat in Chicago. Our Jewish brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisroel were on the minds and hearts […]
Moshe Zalman and Chani (nee Geisinsky) Kaminetzky (Crown Heights)
Holocaust survivor Sam Zelikson, 85, recently put on tefillin for the first time on an unlikely day, Tisha B’Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar.
As the summer draws to a close, bochurim attending the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ bid farewell at the grand banquet to their newly-found friends and dedicated counselors and teachers. The next morning they packed their luggage and boarded the buses which would take them back home.
