There have been Jews in Tanzania since the late 1800s, when Yemenite Jews and others founded a thriving community. A generation later, they were joined by Eastern European Jews fleeing the Holocaust.
Hundreds of passengers pass through the Chabad Air counter daily, many with inspirational stories about Chabad and the Rebbe.
Over twenty former members of Kyiv’s ‘Kedem’ community, displaced in recent years due to the crisis in Ukraine, gathered in New York for a heartfelt Unity Shabbat with their longtime rabbi and Chabad emissary, Rabbi Pinchas Vishedski.
Alternate side parking regulations and parking meters will be suspended for Memorial Day, on Monday, May 26.
This week’s episode is a crammed conversation with Rabbi Yosef Greenberg, Shliach to Anchorage, Alaska.
Thousands of rent-stabilized apartments in NYC are under threat of foreclosure as an increasing number of landlords stop paying their mortgages — making the coveted units even more scarce, insiders told The Post.
Rebbetzen Rachel Jacobs, a Shlucha from Birmingham’s Singers Hill Synagogue, has just returned from a whirlwind and deeply impactful speaking tour across Australia. Visiting Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, Rachel delivered 12 powerful talks to over 1,000 people, leaving a lasting impression on audiences ranging from schoolchildren to senior citizens.
It was a day filled with joy, connection, and Jewish unity and pride—truly a Lag B’Omer Parade to remember.
Blowing past its initial fundraising goal and completing its bonus round, Hatzalah of Crown Heights has one thing to say: Thank you!
The Raitport Family invites the community to join for a Shloshim event memorializing the life of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Raitport OBM. The event will take place on Sunday, May 25th, 8:00pm at The Lounge – 556 Crown Street.
Tomorrow, the global Jewish community will be marking Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky’s first Yartzeit with a Torah completion ceremony, Siyum Hashas, and an uplifting Farbrengen drawing inspiration from the Rebbe’s devoted chossid and global ambassador.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
Ofir Akunis, the Consul General of Israel in New York stopped by Chabad Air at JFK to put on Teffilin and received and a special Tanya printed at the airport.
I was asked by a former student, being that Shavuos is the Yahrzeit of the Baal Shem Tov, if I can write something of the historical background of the era before the Baal Shem Tov revealed himself and began teaching his students Chassidus. Thinking it over, I decided to write the following historical background.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman tells of a special Lag B’Omer Parade that launched the famous Tefillin campaign.
Hot on the heels of last week’s viral Pesach Sheini farbrengen, JEM has released newly uncovered video of the Rebbe’s 1983 talk at the Kinus Nshei U’Bnos Chabad – long thought to exist only in audio. In the raw footage is captures powerful moments, including a live Hatzalah call, and features the Rebbe’s stirring words on Jewish identity, chinuch, and the integrity of Eretz Yisrael.
