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City Faces Balancing Act as Hasidic Community Grows
Needing to abide by their traditions of modesty, Hasidic women want the city to post a female lifeguard during a women-only swim session at a municipal pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and have lobbied a local councilman to take up their cause.
Video: Chitrik Academy Gives Students a Head Start
In the less than one year since it was founded, the online Chitrik Academy has changed the way Gemara and Mishnayos are being learned. With over 80 videos, it has garnered an audience from over 60 countries around the world.
New Engagement!
Dovid Leib Halon (Crown Heights) and Sara (bas R’ Shlomo) Grossman (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Monday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Religious Garments Face Restrictions in Quebec
The Quebec government is preparing to introduce controversial legislation that would restrict religious symbols in numerous places, including Kippas worn by orthodox Jews.
2 Lubavitch Owned Companies Ranked in Inc. 5000
Two Lubavitch owned companies took the #126 and #568 spots on this year’s Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest growing private companies of 2013. This marks the first time the number has gotten smaller in four years.
Picture of the Day: Candidate Engages Higher Power Prior to Debate
Mendy and Yossi Rotenstreich of Chabad of Gramercy Park in Manhattan join borough president Scott Stringer as he places a Mezuzah, the Jewish symbol of empowerment and protection, on the entrance to his campaign headquarters hours before his second debate against former governor Elliot Spitzer in the race for comptroller of New York City.
From Days Gone By: Shluchim in the Early ’80s
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this photo of a group of Shluchim from around the globe at a gathering in the early 1980s. How many of them can you identify?
Please Say Tehillim For…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima for: Pesach Simcha ben Baila and Shayna Chaya bas Rochel Leah.
Jnet Announces Chai Elul Learning Campaign
In honor of Chai Elul, Anash and all Jews worldwide are invited to participate in a learning campaign, with the chance to win big prizes.
Betzalel Gallery Launches Children’s Art Contest
Since its inception over a year ago ago, the Betzalel Gallery has become known as the definitive source for fine Judaic art. The gallery’s distinctiveness is evident both in the stature of its artists and a rare quality, reflecting the richness and warmth of Jewish heritage, that is recognizable in its art.
Video: Temple Run – High Holiday Edition
Mendy Pellin and his Jew-bel-ish productions bring us another entertaining video, with the aim of boosting shul attendance this Rosh Hashana among those suffering from ‘temple fear.’
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Chaya Mushka Drookman (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Menachem and Chaya Ladayev (Paris, France)
Two Trees (of Life) Grow in Brooklyn
Zachary Ruttenberg first connected with Chabad last year in Mumbai, India, where he was living at the time. Two young rabbinical students from the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., showed up at the synagogue where he was praying—Magen David in Colaba—and said if he was ever in Brooklyn, he should look them up. A year and several countries later, Ruttenberg did just that; he reconnected with one of them.
New Shluchim to Northern Florida
Chabad on the ‘First Coast’ is rolling out the red carpet for Rabbi Mendel and Dini Sharfstein, along with their two children – the newest recruits to the growing Chabad faculty in the greater Jacksonville area.
