Two intrepid young rabbis are going “up the river” for the High Holidays — to a federal lockup in Brooklyn, where they will lead Rosh Hashana services for Jewish convicts.
Going for a walk Monday evening, our photographer observed crews hard at work cleaning up the mounds of trash left behind by the hundreds of thousands of revelers, who paraded down Eastern Parkway that day to celebrate West Indian heritage and culture.
Chassidic rapper Ari Lesser busts out some rhymes in his latest composition in honor of Rosh Hashana.
Back in 2009, Rabbi Benny Zippel of Chabad of Utah hosted a workshop on the upcoming Jewish New Year. While blowing the Shofar, family dog Chewy decided to join in and add his voice to the mix.
It’s Labor Day once again, which brings up some very important questions: Where is the best Labor Day sale? Where did I put my dark hats?
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thoughts on the coming holiday of Rosh Hashana, titled ‘Happy Birthday World!’
Chaim Stern (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka korf (Miami Beach, FL)
Mining magnate Yoseph Gutnick, one of Australia’s most senior Chabad rabbis, has been ordered to pay one million Australian dollars after a judge found him guilty of “misleading and deceptive conduct” in a business deal with a fellow Lubavitcher in Melbourne.
Maxim and Chana (nee Rose) Cohen (Hale, UK)
A special Selichos program for the students of Beis Rivka took place on Motzei Shabbos.
Yossi and Faigy Stern (Bal Harbor, FL)
With the High Holidays quickly approaching and too many people feeling the pinch of the economic downturn, more women than ever have been calling the Pesha Leah Shaitel Gemach, desperate for what is likely to be the only new item they’ll acquire for Yomtov.
On Thursday, Crown Heights Shomrim received a call from a Borough Park resident, who requested assistance with the retrieval of his stolen iPhone.
The Labor Day/West Indian Day Parade in Crown Heights has been marred by violence again, as police were investigating multiple shootings and a stabbing near the route before the parade even began Monday.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of the week of Selichos, Erev Rosh Hashana, and Eruv Tavshilin, for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
A 1-year-old boy was killed by a bullet in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville, neighboring Crown Heights to the southeast.
Over 500 Melbourne fathers and sons packed the Werdiger Family Hall this past Motzai Shabbos for an incredible and unprecedented Torah event.
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