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Elections: Why We Are Running As a Slate
Many people have been asking us, why are you running for the Vaad Hakohol/Crown Heights Jewish Community Council as a slate? This is the answer.
Many people have been asking us, why are you running for the Vaad Hakohol/Crown Heights Jewish Community Council as a slate? This is the answer.
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As we are now in the period of sefirah, counting the days of the Omer – in preparation for and anticipation of Shavuos – we share a letter of the Rebbe in which he underlines the special and deeper qualities of this mitzvah.
The past decade or so has seen the proliferation of chapters of Chabad Young Professional, as enterprising Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries have opened centers for the benefit of young Jews living in downtown-like areas, far from traditional Jewish community resources.
Sol Feder, a freshman YU hockey player, spotted the name “Cohen” on the back of an opposing Jersey. A simple question, “Are you Jewish?”, sparked a positive response. The story went viral and is recounted in this short film produced by OneMitzvah at Merkos 302.
After a successful pilot and soft launch, we are thrilled to roll out JEMStream Premium Service to the wider public.
On Sunday May 26, Lag B’Omer, the Jewish community of Baltimore gathered for an incredible Lag B’Omer parade and fair. Presented by Chabad-Lubavitch of Baltimore under the leadership of Regional Director Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan, and co-hosted by The Shul at the Lubavitch Center, Cheder Chabad of Baltimore, and Chabad of Park Heights.
Shluchos attending the Chabad on Campus International Kinus HaShluchos visited the Sheba Medical Center to show support and hear the experiences of wounded IDF soldiers, October 7 terror victims, and Chabad on Campus alumni staffing the hospital.
Marc Asnin, an award winning photographer, who took the photos of the Rebbe and Chabad for two articles in the New York Times Magazine, in time for the publishing of his new book The Oracle: Portraits of Rebbe Mendel Schneerson, reunited with the shliach who assisted him in his assignment.
This year, with Lag baOmer falling on a Sunday, hundreds of Jewish children marched together with Jewish pride, carrying large signs with psukim and quotes from our sages in Russian.
An author, speaker, and communal activist, Rabbi Shea Hecht is the chairman of NCFJE, the parent organization of Jewish Released Time. He was interviewed in the years 2015, 2020, and 2023.
When I found out about this election years ago, I was excited. And I thought to myself how can I get involved. But then I was told that women aren’t allowed to vote.
This is the third Lag BaOmer that Ukrainian Jews have celebrated under the shadow of the relentless crisis, and this year too, they faced numerous challenges.
NYPS Crime Stoppers has published the identity of a wanted man who assaulted and robbed a Jewish man in Crown Heights in December of last year.
Until there is a significant change in the status quo, and the klepotocracy is replaced, the elections are unlikely to bring about the necessary improvements.
Over 250 pledge cards with Mitzvahs for Israel were recently pledged at the bar mitzvah of young shliach Ziggy Burston in Monroe, New York.
An open letter to all the candidates of the Vaad Hakohol election. by Yosef Mendel Heintz, LMSW
A new publication has been printed in honor of the Baba Sali’s fortieth yahrzeit, presenting a compilation of fascinating perspectives and anecdotes from the Baba Sali on growing the beard.