More than 65 years after he graduated from the first Chabad school in America, Rabbi Mordechai (Mottel) Fisher returned to Crown Heights on July 10th, 2010 to relive and share his experiences for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project, reminiscing about the “good old days” in 770.
CrownHeights.info received the following letter in our mailbox, addressed to the 71st Precinct by a grateful Crown Heights resident. The author describes the courtesy, professionalism and genuine concern he experienced from the officers of the precinct, as well as the successful resolution to a crime committed against him.
As part of a major campaign to recruit children to join in its annual Lag Ba’omer parades across the country, Chabad in Israel has taken a page from “cause” organizations such as ‘Livestrong’ and is distributing plastic fashion wristbands to children throughout the country.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Chaim Osher ben Chava, a 22-year-old Bochur undergoing serious surgery today, and for Chaya Bashe bas Rivka, who is in urgent need of a Refuah Shleimah.
Odessa’s Jews are prepared to evacuate should the violence in the western Ukrainian city get significantly worse, several community leaders told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
An innocent sheep surrounded by vicious wolves, the Jewish people have long been accustomed to aggression; yet often we have no means of physical defense. One of the rare occasions in history where the Jews picked up arms and fought back with fire, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is often hailed as a prime example of Jewish resistance.
Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway’s annual chinese auction took place Sunday in the Beis Rivkah Ballroom in Crown Heights. Hundreds of friends and supporters turned out throughout the day, enjoying a sumptuous hot buffet and Viennese table, all while supporting the Yeshiva.
Sholom Cohen (Manchester, England) and Mushky Kesselman (Crown Heights)
Zalman and Liba (nee Kessler) Tevel (Crown Heights)
Avraham Moshe Swartz (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Rivka Elisheva Huberman (Montreal, Canada)
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode 15 tonight, Sunday, May 4th (4 Iyar) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Jewish Life: Unprofessionalism in the Workplace, Gender Roles, Birth Control, Critique of Our Community Leaders.”
President Barack Obama had a special wish for the (presumably) Jewish person who greeted him on Friday.
A former New York City police officer has been arrested after surveillance video identified him as the culprit behind a spate of anti-Semitic graffiti that shocked the Jewish community of Borough Park over Shabbos.
Winter has begun in Australia, and therefore so has the Motzei Shabbos Fathers and Sons learning program at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Sydney.
Veteran marriage counselor Rabbi Shea Hecht will host a new weekly call-in radio show that will deal with the subject of relationships. The show airs on Arutz 7 and online, Sundays beginning at 10:00am.
After two successful summers, Camp Gan Israel Bat Mitzvah Experience has undergone a transformation and a name change. Meet Camp Gan Israel in the Poconos, a full-fledged overnight camp for girls not currently participating in an immersive daily Jewish experience.
In this week’s Living Torah, we have a fascinating clip where we get to see the sacrifice of Chasidim in Russia, and the Rebbe’s hands on involvement and direction, with first person testimony and footage smuggled out under the noses of the soviets.
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