The Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens got a slight makeover yesterday in preparation for the upcoming high holidays. A new canopy for the main entrance on Francis Lewis Blvd. was installed by Sign It Inc. of Crown Heights.
Reb Binyomin Klein, a Mazkir of the Rebbe, is sitting Shiva after the passing of his brother, Reb Yaakov, OBM, at 750 Eastern Pkwy. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.] until Monday morning. The family requested that visitors refrain from coming after 9:00pm. […]
Yale and Rivky (nee Yaffee) Spalter (Crown Heights/Toronto)
Meir and Shaina (nee Marrus) Gurkov (Monsey, NY)
Chabad Lubavitch of Central New York set up a Jewish Heritage Exhibit at the New York State Fair, held at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. This is the 28th consecutive year that Chabad has been present at the Fair.
Friends and family of Rabbi Immanuel Schochet, OBM, have gathered in Toronto and New York to mark the Shloshim of his passing.
Nevada-based, precious metal producer Comstock Mining invited two Chabad Rabbis to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Aug. 13.
Crown Heights [CHI] — Several dozen members of the Crown Heights Jewish community gathered tonight, August 26, at the Basil Pizza & Wine Bar to meet with Democratic candidate for New York City Comptroller Eliot Spitzer.
Lubavitcher herbalist Sara Chana Silverstein discusses simple herbs you might find in your kitchen which can improve the quality of your health and life on ABC New York.
After a typical Israeli summer of arid conditions, a fire broke out among dry brush in the northern section of Kfar Chabad.
Taking some time out of his busy schedule, Deputy Inspector John Lewis, commanding officer of the 71st Precinct, visited the home of Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky ahead of the High Holidays.
On Sunday, August 25, hundreds of members of the Crown Heights community gathered to mark two years since the untimely passing of Kazi (Kasriel) Benjamin, OBM.
The pre-game warmups at this years Maccabi games, held in Austin, Texas and Orange County, California, began a bit earlier for over 700 athletes. But instead of the usual drills and stretches, the teens exercised their souls by donning tefillin, giving tzedaka, hearing the shofar, and creating artwork toward two important causes.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference in Crown Heights this morning, August 26, to announce a new initiative to install 20 speed cameras in school zones.
Last Tuesday, August 20, over 200 Orthodox Jews gathered at Congregation Shaarei Tefillah of Los Angeles to hear a series of lectures on the topic of child abuse within the Jewish community. The event was coordinated by child abuse advocacy group Jewish Community Watch, and the overall theme was clear: Abuse against children will no longer be tolerated.
A group of Israeli bicyclists called “Bike for the Fight” is bicycling across the United States to raise money and awareness for cancer research. On Sunday, they made a stop at the Syracuse, NY Chabad House to spread their message.
Nissi Eber (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Raskin (Montreal, Canada)
Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
Dovid Leib Halon (Crown Heights) and Sara Grossman (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Ari (ben R’ Yossie) Roitblat (Crown Heights) and Chaye Freida Liberow (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Mendy Singer (Manchester, UK) and Chaya Mochkin (Rochester, NY)
380 New York Ave. [between Carroll and Crown Sts.] at 8:30pm
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