A “Meet the Candidates” event will take place for the Vaad Hakohol Deshchunas Crown Heights election on Monday, the 12th of Iyar, May 20th, 8:00pm at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Side Hall.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Ruth Averbuch OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights. She passed away on Friday, the 2nf of Iyar, 5784.
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Mendy Hershkop is the Sgan Menahel of the Oholei Torah Mechina Division. He will be giving this week’s Shiur on Ahavas Yisrael from a chasidic perspective.
The IDF has cleared for publication that four soldiers from the 931st Battalion of the Nahal Brigade fell in battle in the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday voted to adopt a resolution granting the Palestinian Authority the powers and rights of a UN member state.
With great sadness we report the passing of Esther Faiga Frances Miller OBM, mother of Crown Heights resident Chana Pesha Jacobson.
As the Rebbe stated many times, the Rebbe Maharash’s motto and indeed the way he conducted his entire life was in the manner of L’chatchilla Ariber – Not to be intimidated by any obstacle, but to go above it. In this article I am focusing on how the Frierdiker Rebbe’s approach in many or perhaps all of his communal matters were also conducted in this manner.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman speaks about the novel method of viewing obstacles in life, through the lens of the Rebbe Maharash.
Dovid and Chaya Mushka Oster from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
In light of war in Israel and rising antisemitism worldwide, New York City’s Jewish influencers launched the #GotMatzah campaign this Pesach, an effort to connect and support Jews around the world this Passover.
Several months before Pesach, “Moment”- the well known Yiddish newspaper, decided to bring the contemporary story of Russian Jewry to its readers, most of whom regularly read newspapers in Yiddish only, and were now exposed for the first time to the atmosphere of Yiddishkeit in the world’s largest country and its Chabad Shluchim.
Inspired by The Rebbe’s call for every Jew to be a Shliach and underscored by the increased need for connection in recent times, Chabad Young Professionals’ “Ambassadors of Freedom,” have helped distribute Shmurah Matzah to more people than ever before.
When news broke of Israeli-Canadian Ziv Kipper’s murder in Alexandria, Egypt, on May 7, a widely shared photo showed him smiling widely, wearing tefillin, with two Chabad rabbinical students at his side. It was taken in the Alexandria home of the frozen fruit and vegetable exporter in the fall of 2023.
The IDF announced on Thursday evening that it has decided to cancel the annual Hillula of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi), which is held annually in Meron on Lag Ba’Omer.
An non-Jewish girl was beaten and robbed on Kingston Ave Thursday in plain sight of multiple witnesses. Multiple Jews called Crown Heights Shomrim, who arrived and help catch the perpetrators.
After years of successful activities in our Crown Heights community, Safe Tech is opening a new permanent office that will serve as a neighborhood center and hub for safe technology and related matters.
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