The United States has overtaken Saudi Arabia to become the world’s biggest oil producer as the jump in output from shale plays has led to the second biggest oil boom in history, according to leading U.S. energy consultancy PIRA.
Shloimy Kagan (Monsey, NY) and Mushka Oster (Los Angeles, CA)
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe returning to 770 from the Ohel in the mid ’80s.
Hundreds of community members, guests and dignitaries, participated in the festive inauguration of the first new Torah scroll that was introduced into the Synagogue of Kostroma, Russia after more than 100 years.
It has been a tradition for many years for the students of beloved maggid shiur in Oholei Torah Zal, Reb Avrohom Gerlitzky, to celebrate his birthday with much pomp and fanfare. This year was no exception.
Rabbi Levi Yitzchok and Sara Neimark will be moving on Shlichus to the holy city of Chevron, Israel, where they will contribute to the efforts of Chabad in Chevron on behalf of the local Jewish community and IDF soldiers stationed there.
It’s hard to remember the last time Malmo had a rabbi that had stayed on for as long as Rabbi Shneur Kesselman has. Until 2004, when he and his wife arrived to serve as Chabad emissaries, the community had tried hiring rabbis from abroad. But that didn’t come easily, and most moved on after only a few years.
Last night, 17 women gathered together in Crown Heights to meet, socialize and connect. What made this gathering unique? All of those present are mothers blessed with twins and triplets.
Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz, Shliach to Nepal, averted the cremation of a 32-year-old former student of Beis Rivkah College in Melbourne who died in a road accident.
Controversial fliers with swastikas on them are creating a stir in Crown Heights. Dr. Bidi Xili, the man responsible for posting the fliers, says they actually have a positive message.
Jordana Stein was the first person to use the mikvah in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. She held open the double doors and walked through, passing stunning decor and even a waterfall on the way to immerse herself in the community’s newly established ritual bath. “It was different from anything I’ve ever experienced,” reports the local resident. “It was wonderful.”
Murder took a holiday last week. There were no murders in the five boroughs in the seven days ending last Sunday, the mayor’s office said on Monday.
An estimated 70,000 Jews visited Kever Rochel in the West Bank city of Beis Lechem yesterday, on the Matriarch’s Yahrtzeit – 11 Cheshvan.
On the day after the first debate pitting him against Democratic frontrunner Bill de Blasio, Republican mayoral contender Joseph Lhota unleashed an ad warning that New York will fall into criminal chaos if de Blasio prevails.
Over forty Bochurim studying in Oholei Torah and Chovevei Torah have volunteered for the Crown Heights Friendship Circle. Throughout the year, they will dedicate their daily dinner break to visit special needs children in their homes, study and interact with them, and accompany them to Friendship Circle’s various programs and activities.
Chaim and Malky (nee Haberman) Ostrov (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 719 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Yesterday afternoon a Jewish girl was walking down Brooklyn Ave. near Empire Blvd. when she was approached by a group of five African-American boys ages 12-15. One of them snatched her phone from her hand and they all ran off.
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