Israel’s ambassador to Nepal, Chanan Goder, and Chabad Shliach to Nepal, Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz, were invited to serve as observers to the elections that will be held in the turbulent Asian country tomorrow.
Amid the hard feelings and hostility some members of Crown Heights’ Jewish and African-American communities are feeling towards each other in light of recent incidents, one CrownHeights.info reader describes an encounter of a different nature that he experienced yesterday morning:
The latest victim of the sick ‘knockout’ game plaguing Brooklyn was a 78-year-old woman from Midwood, who was attacked in broad daylight by a young man who walked toward her, balled up his fist and hit her with all his might on the top of her head, then ran off.
In their latest comedy production, Shmideo tells the story of the rare and glorious day, when Thanksgiving and Chanukah arrived at the same time.
Pictures from the L’chaim of Mendy Goldstein (Poway, CA) and Shterna Greenberg (El Paso, TX), which took place at Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights.
Following the national media’s attention to random attacks against Jews in Crown Heights, the NYPD responded with a massive show of force, deploying dozens of extra police officers on foot, squad cars, scooters, vans and even horses.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Selda Moskovits, OBM, of Crown Heights.
As the Brooklyn Nets gear up for their second basketball season in their new home – a borough that is also home to the most Jews in the country – CTeen, Chabad’s global Teen Network, has planned an exciting Jewish Heritage Night, boasting fun for the whole family.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeishev. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the ultimate state of tranquility, and how is it attained?
Holocaust survivor Ralph Rehbock, the vice president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, speaks frequently about the events that occurred after 1940. Monday night at Northwestern, however, he shared a different tale.
A generous donation from a Crown Heights landlord is enabling United Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway to undergo a long awaited facelift. The Yeshiva is also in the process of going through dramatic changes in its education department.
Over 50 fathers and sons filled the Tzemach Tzedek Shul in Monsey last Motzei Shabbos for the first Avos U’banim program of the new year, and the sweet sounds of Torah learning filled the room.
Kids crowded the Chabad Jewish Community Center of Riverside, CA to learn how to make olive oil on Sunday, Nov. 10.
Public Advocate-elect Letitia James, Councilman David Greenfield and Councilman-elect Chaim Deutsch are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any individuals responsible for a series of brutal, unprovoked “knockout” attacks in Crown Heights or other neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn.
Several elected officials, educators, and community leaders gathered in the hall of Lubavitcher Yeshiva this morning for a breakfast and roundtable conversation about youth and race in Crown Heights, in response to several random attacks against Jewish residents that occurred over the past couple of months.
In his latest episode of Jew-bel-ish, Chasidic comedian Mendy Pelin takes us behind the scenes of the sacrifice of Isaac.
In the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba, organizations such as Bnei Brith, Wizo, The Jewish Federation, Naamat Pioneiras and others were recruited to get involved in an impressive mission: To bring the light of Chanukah to every home in the city.
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