The Greenfield neighborhood in Pittsburgh, PA is a new hotspot for young, Lubavitch professionals, under the leadership of Rabbi Chonye Friedman.
The Friendship Circle of Crown Heights is just a few votes short of winning $20,000.
A small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb Wednesday, wounding at least one person, according to an agency that tracks anti-Semitic attacks in France.
On September 24, 2012, the United States Supreme Court will decide whether they will hear the case of Rubashkin V. United States. You can sign a petition to President Obama here.
Yosef Zev and Hadassah Rivkah Milsztajn (Miami Beach, FL)
Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff of Chabad of Uptown in Houston, Texas lets passers-by know of his Yom Kippur plans.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yechezkel Zweibel, OBM, of Jerusalem, at the age of 70. Reb Yechezkel was a well known figure in the Charedi community in the holy city, serving as the Rosh Yeshiva of Tiferes Yaakov for many years. His brother, R’ Elimelech Zweibel, is the senior Mashpia in Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim of Morristown, NJ.
Milling around the 400- capacity ballroom as freshly suntanned guests shouted in Hebrew to friends across the floor, I could have been at a wedding hall in Tel Aviv.
A 1-year-old Monsey boy r”l drowned in a toilet on the second night of Rosh Hashanah, while spending Yom Tov in Borough Park.
A little nagging’s not so bad – if it’s electronic. That’s the idea behind a new email-alert service a group of Crown Heights rabbis devised to prod people to keep their Jewish New Year’s resolutions.
Aaron Yakov Lev (Riga, Latvia) and Chana Segal (Los Angeles, CA)
As we are all making our final preparations to usher in the new year, we – the staff at CrownHeights.info – would like to wish our loyal readers, fans, contributors and tipsters a happy and healthy sweet new year, K’siva Vachasima Tova, Leshono Tova Tikosaivu V’Tichosemu and a Gut Gebentched Yohr.
May this year be a safe, successful and prosperous year to all, and may we achieve our ultimate goal and report the coming of Moshiach speedily in our days!
For Rabbi Naftoly Hershkovich it was a truly heartwarming experience to see generations come together and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Chabad & FREE of Niles synagogue.
Rosh Hashana celebrations started early for students at Chabad Jewish Academy in Myrtle Beach. The school, which will be closed Monday and Tuesday, celebrated the Jewish New Year Thursday with music streaming from the back deck and playground with booths set up like a mini-carnival.
Sunday, just before sundown, Dinah Miriam Camilleri will stroll into a beachside synagogue, stand among Jewish worshipers and immerse herself in an ancient faith far removed from her Catholic upbringing.
Morah Newfield’s second grade class in Beis Rivkah has a special message for their families, friends and the entire community for the coming new year.
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