Over 200 people gathered together last night at Chabad of Boca Raton, FL to witness the Chag HaSmicha – the Ordination of the 14 members of inaugural class of Machon Menachem. A palpable sense of history pervaded the air as the first ever Rabbis to be trained and ordained in Palm Beach county received their Semicha.
It is the most vibrant and powerful demographic, yet it was almost untouched. Overlooked for years by some because of its complex ideology and spirit, teenage outreach was scarce.
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Students of Yeshiva Gedolah in Melbourne, Australia pose for a year-end group portrait outside their Yeshiva’s building – a magnificent structure which used to belong to the British royal family.
Pictures from the wedding of Yossi Goodman (Crown Heights) and Miri Brownstein (Crown Heights), which took place on Monday, June 11, at the Razag Ballroom.
Mrs. Chaya Lang will be sitting Shiva after the passing of her mother, Devorah Perel Rosenberg, OBM, on Friday, 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM at 783 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
A celebration of grandeur, with hundreds of Jews dancing on Boston Post Road, took place this past Sunday. The occasion: the completion of a Torah scroll.
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In time for the many thousands of Shluchim and Chassidim visiting Crown Heights this Gimmel Tammuz, JEM is proud to announce the opening, of a two-week brand-new exhibit: 770 Through Yossi’s Lens – A Photo Exhibition. This never- before-seen collection of pictures of the Rebbe will add a fresh aspect to your Hiskashrus, giving you the opportunity to see the Rebbe in a whole new dimension.
Men and women from the Crown Heights community participated in an unforgettable evening at Beis Shmuel, featuring a presentation by a man who as a young boy escaped the German angel of death time and time again.
New York City health officials proposed on Tuesday that Orthodox Jewish parents be required to sign a consent waiver before they can take part in a circumcision ritual that is believed to have led to the deaths of at least two babies in the city over the past decade.
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Rabbi Boruch Sholom and Mushkie Wolf have recently been appointed as the Shluchim to North Shore and Long Island Jewish Medical Centers.
Hundreds of leaders of Chabad institutions from around Israel gathered recently for the annual Conference of Directors. Arutz Sheva was there.
Based on the song “My Friend” written, composed, and performed by Moshe Hecht, this video was created by Danny Finkelman for the Friendship Circle of Cleveland’s Art of Friendship event on June 7, 2012.
Concerned members of the Crown Heights community gathered this past Sunday in the Oihel Nosson Shul for a seminar on combating child abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community. The entire event was captured on video by Crownheights.info, and we present this series of clips so that you may join in the conversation even if you were unable to make it in person.
At around noon today, a Jewish Crown Heights resident discovered that his newly purchased car had been stolen. He contacted the NYPD, but they were unable to file a report or begin an investigation because the car’s registration and other paperwork had not yet been prepared.
Rabbi & Mrs. Eliezer Zirkind of Crown Heights have not been notified of the passing of their son and the public is asked that it remain that way.
With great sadness and shock we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yehoshua Shlomo Zirkind, OBM, of the Rebbe’s Shluchim to Eretz Yisroel, at the age of 58. His passing comes merely three months after the equally tragic and untimely passing of his brother, Reb Yitzchok, OBM.
A Jewish owned car parked on Crown St. between Kingston and Albany Ave. had its wheels stolen last night. A source told Crownheights.info that thieves tend to commit burglaries of this nature while it’s raining, because there are hardly any people on the street.
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