
Chabad Sponsors Jon Voight Visit to Terror Victims
Hollywood actor Jon Voight visited Soroka Hospital in Beersheba Sunday in an effort to cheer up victims of the recent violence from Gaza – Thursday’s terror attacks as well as the still ongoing rocket attacks that followed.
New Engagement!
Binyamin Deren (Lod, Israel) and Sara Rudolph (Pittsburgh, PA)
L’Chaim Tonight Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]

Shluchim’s ‘Do as I Do’ Approach in Raising Children
Every morning, 11-year old Mendel Vilenkin wakes up with a kippah on his head. He climbs down from his top bunk, sits next to his bed and pours water over his hands, alternating three times in a ritual washing — known as negel vasser or “nail water” — to begin the day of service to God. Eight-year-old Shmuel also knows the morning rhythm.

Libyan Regime Collapses
Libyan rebels have captured two of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi’s sons, and his presidential guard has surrendered, said the rebel National Transitional Council.

Sun, Surf and Shabbos on Spain’s Sun Coast
For the kosher traveler, vacationing often requires more careful packing and planning. Outside of well traveled Jewish destinations, kosher restaurants—prevalent and popular as they are—are still few and far between. And staples like glatt kosher chicken, meat, and even dairy products (of strict kosher certification standards) are not readily available in local supermarkets.
Residents of Be'er Sheva documented events in their city Saturday as Hamas launched a large-scale attack, with rockets raining down upon the city. The Iron Dome system's intervention was also caught on film.
Videos: Be’er Sheva Residents Document Missile Attack
Residents of Be’er Sheva documented events in their city Saturday as Hamas launched a large-scale attack, with rockets raining down upon the city. The Iron Dome system’s intervention was also caught on film.
Friday marked the 20th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots in Brooklyn, but residents of the neighborhood are coming together to celebrate how far they’ve come.
Community Marks 20th Anniversary of CH Riots
Friday marked the 20th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots in Brooklyn, but residents of the neighborhood are coming together to celebrate how far they’ve come.
Officials from the city's Department of Consumer Affairs are warning shoppers to keep their eyes peeled at checkout.
City Proposes “Shop Act” To Combat Overcharging
Officials from the city’s Department of Consumer Affairs are warning shoppers to keep their eyes peeled at checkout.

Conejo Valley in Spiritual Bloom
One year after they opened Chabad of Agoura Hills in 1986, Chabad officials decided to hold a Chanukah festival at an Agoura Hills mall. They put up a menorah and, soon thereafter, received an anonymous phone call demanding its removal.

Friends of Chabad Five Towns Have Kumzitz
Friends of Chabad Five Towns’ Levi Yitzchak Gemilas Chassadim interest free loans fund gathered Wednesday for a kumzitz with Jerusalem musician Chaim Dovid.

Amidst ’91 Coup, Russian Jewry Kept Summer Camps Open
As the world watched hard-line Communists make their last-ditch effort 20 years ago to reclaim control of the fracturing Soviet Union, a young Rabbi Berel Lazar was due to return to Moscow. Lazar, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary who was then rabbi of the Russian capital’s Marina Roscha district, had been in New York attending to his wife and newborn baby. The August coup of 1991 – known popularly as the Putsch – began a day before their scheduled return.

A Night with Sliwa’s Posse of Crime-fighting, Neighborhood Heroes
As soon as I heard one of the Guardian Angels yell, “Fight! Fight!” I knew our nice, quiet patrol of Coney Island was over.
Twenty years after the Crown Heights riots, the city has grown, and I believe I have grown. I'd like to share a few of my reflections about the choices I made, including the mistakes, with an eye toward advancing racial understanding and harmony.
Al Sharpton Defends Himself in Daily News Op-Ed, Refuses to Apologize
Twenty years after the Crown Heights riots, the city has grown, and I believe I have grown. I’d like to share a few of my reflections about the choices I made, including the mistakes, with an eye toward advancing racial understanding and harmony.
CBS, ABC and PIX news covered the outbreak of the Crown Heights Riots, or Pogrom, on August 19th 1991. In this six minute clip obtained exclusively by CrownHeights.info we see the reports filed by these reporters and their observation on how the riots unfolded.
Video: Days 1 and 2 of the Crown Heights Riots
CBS, ABC and PIX news covered the outbreak of the Crown Heights Riots, or Pogrom, on August 19th 1991. In this six minute clip obtained exclusively by CrownHeights.info we see the reports filed by these reporters and their observation on how the riots unfolded.

Photos: Evergreen Hosts MBD for Exclusive Kumzitz
LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY [CHI] — After spending an uplifting and farbrengen filled Shabbos the residents of Evergreen Estates were treated to an exclusive Kumzitz style performed from Mordechai Ben David accompanied by a full band.