Rabbi Shmuel Notik has been serving as a Chabad emissary to the Russian Jews of Chicago and its suburbs since 1980. He is the director of the four branches of F.R.E.E. (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe) serving the city. He was interviewed in the My Encounter studio in October 2021.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Vorst OBM, the Head Shliach to the Netherlands and a holocaust survivor. He passed away on Wednesday night, the 28th of Elul, 5783. Updated with Levaya information.
R’ Yaacov and Yossi Baron will be sitting Shiva in Crown Heights following the passing of their father, R’ Mordechai Baron OBM.
Railroad Pizza, the new pizza rave of Crown Heights has opened their new location today on the corner of Kingston Ave and Empire Blvd. Don’t miss your chance to grab a slice.
This is the Jews of Ukraine’s second Rosh Hashanah living in a war zone. During the last year-and-a-half of endless fighting, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries throughout Ukraine have seen more and more Jews choosing to connect with their heritage, and as the Jewish New Year dawns they are determined that the holiday be a beautiful and meaningful one.
The Jewish Future Alliance has provided important updates for the Crown Heights Jewish community, regarding Future Labor Day Parades, Security over Yom Tov, CitiBike, and zoning changes.
Swapping backpacks and blackboards for headphones and hard drives, the students of the Shluchim Online School are now back in their online classrooms and beginning their studies.
Hear the fascinating and empowering story of Devorah Romm, the female printer behind the classic and now ubiquitous Vilna edition of the Talmud in 1886, and trace her impact on Torah study through the generations.
A Shiur given by Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm of Machon Lehoraa Online Smicha, discussed the halachic differences for when Rosh Hashona ends up on Shabbos and what would happen if one would accidentally blow the shofar on Shabbos.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a 64-year-old former Brooklyn resident has been arraigned on an indictment in which he is charged with murder for the 2020 shooting death of Nicholas Isaac, 23, in Crown Heights.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Saturday-Sunday, September 16-17, 2023 for Rosh Hashanah. Parking meters remain in effect.
Why am I here, at Services, on Rosh Hashanah? To feel small. An article on the underlying current of the new year by Rabbi Shimon Posner.
In a conversation for the ages, Michael Savage speaks with world-renowned Torah scholar, author and spiritual teacher Rabbi DovBer Pinson. Savage and Pinson weave through some of the greatest questions of life and the most pressing topics of our time.
Three hundred people, mainly young men and women under the age of thirty five, celebrated the opening of a new Kollel and the imminent expansion of the major Jewish Center in South Broward, Florida Monday night.
The streets of Irvine, located in Orange County, California, witnessed an unusual spectacle this week. The event and ceremony of bringing in the first Torah scroll that was placed in a Chabad house for Israelis, which is located in the city and serves the Israeli community in the entire county.
In honor of Rosh Hashana, Rabbi Michoel Seligson has provided an overview of the special day by the Rebbe and included pertinent facts and stories.
