It baffles me why so many authors and commenters on this website seem to feel as though people who do not act or think as they do are doing something wrong, and that they do so for all the same negative, prejudiced stereotype reasons (bad home, life, schooling etc). I am constantly reminded of the old saying that “everyone who does more than you is a fanatic and everyone who does less is an apostate.”
Op-Ed: Like It or Not, Chabad is Evolving
It baffles me why so many authors and commenters on this website seem to feel as though people who do not act or think as they do are doing something wrong, and that they do so for all the same negative, prejudiced stereotype reasons (bad home, life, schooling etc). I am constantly reminded of the old saying that “everyone who does more than you is a fanatic and everyone who does less is an apostate.”

Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Thursday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Thurday, November 24th, for Thanksgiving Day.
Women’s Store Gets New Crown Heights Storefront
After spending half a decade operating out of a Crown Heights home, and the balance of the decade in a basement, the ‘Totally Her’ maternity and robe shop now has a brand new Kingston Avenue storefront to call home. Good news too for all those young mothers who no longer have to navigate a stroller down a flight of stairs.
Do we really need yet another edition and translation of the Torah? In this case, Yes. Rabbi Chaim Miller has blessed us with a profound gift, penetrating the surface layer of the Bible and revealing multiple layers of meaning, which range from personal to midrashic to mystical. Dip into this treasure trove, and your understanding of Torah will never be the same.
What Jewish Leaders are Saying about the Lifestyle Chumash
Do we really need yet another edition and translation of the Torah? In this case, Yes. Rabbi Chaim Miller has blessed us with a profound gift, penetrating the surface layer of the Bible and revealing multiple layers of meaning, which range from personal to midrashic to mystical. Dip into this treasure trove, and your understanding of Torah will never be the same.

Dress Exchange Helps Alleviate Economic Woes
Recognizing the burden that these tough economic times have put on families and individuals, a number of Crown Heights residents got together and created a Dress Exchange to help alleviate some of it.
Picture of the Day: What Is Gonna Be on Wheels?
Getting ready to launch, or roll out, their new and original idea, the Great Jewish Big Rig – a project of the Jewish Childrens Museum, put up an ad along the buildings entrance on Eastern Parkway getting people ready for its launch.
JLI Video: Good Eye or Ayin Hara?
Some people view the world through “rose-colored” lenses, seeing everything in a positive light, while others see the world through a grayer lens, seeing doom wherever they look.

Booze Ruse Offends Jews
A city vodka manufacturer erected a billboard showing a dog in a yarmulke next to the slogan “Christmas quality, Hanukkah pricing” — prompting Jewish groups to demand that the sign come down.
Mishpacha Magazine Profiles Rabbi Fishel Jacobs
Harold Jacobs — Jewish in his heart but not yet in practice — bought a poultry processing factory in Vermont and moved his family out to South Royalton (population 1,100) from Brooklyn when Flip/Philip/Fishel was ten. “Dad’s philosophy was, let the kids grow up in the country and they’ll be healthy.’ It would have been a good plan if I didn’t almost get myself killed in the process,” Rabbi Fishel Jacobs reminisces from his well-appointed study in Kfar Chabad, surrounded by an extensive library and piles of his own titles.
EAST NEW YORK, Brooklyn — This harrowing video shows a crash between two police cars which were both rushing to the same robbery yesterday, injuring six officers.
Two NYPD Cars Collide When Rushing to a Robbery
EAST NEW YORK, Brooklyn — This harrowing video shows a crash between two police cars which were both rushing to the same robbery yesterday, injuring six officers.
Rabbi Ari Shishler of Johannesburg, South Africa was the guest speaker at Congregation Levi Yitzchak in Los Angeles for Chof Cheshvan. The special event, organised by Rabbi Levi Raichik was intended to attract a more diverse crowd to the Chof Cheshvan celebrations.
LA Tackles the Challenges of ‘Viritual Relationships’
Rabbi Ari Shishler of Johannesburg, South Africa was the guest speaker at Congregation Levi Yitzchak in Los Angeles for Chof Cheshvan. The special event, organised by Rabbi Levi Raichik was intended to attract a more diverse crowd to the Chof Cheshvan celebrations.
As a Bochur who is spending this year learning in 770, I am privileged all year round to immerse myself in the unique atmosphere found in and around 770 and at the Ohel. Now, as we approach the upcoming Kinus Hashluchim, there is a special buzz in the air, with Shluchim arriving from all around the world to recharge their batteries for the upcoming year.
A couple of nights ago a friend of mine and myself were speaking about just this, and the question that came to mind was: What does this all mean to a Bochur like myself?
Op-Ed: What Does the Kinus Mean to Me As a Bochur?
As a Bochur who is spending this year learning in 770, I am privileged all year round to immerse myself in the unique atmosphere found in and around 770 and at the Ohel. Now, as we approach the upcoming Kinus Hashluchim, there is a special buzz in the air, with Shluchim arriving from all around the world to recharge their batteries for the upcoming year.
A couple of nights ago a friend of mine and myself were speaking about just this, and the question that came to mind was: What does this all mean to a Bochur like myself?
New Shluchim Connect to Community Via Mangoes
Last December, Rabbi Chaim and Chaya Mushka Slavaticki moved to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to open a new Chabad-Lubavitch center.
Baby Girl!
Binyomin and Blumshi (nee Segelman) Dubroff (Crown Heights)