The popular morning talk show Good Morning America aired a feature about LifeTown on September 6. Kate and Charlie Gibson tour the facility, lingering in the LifeTown Shoppes area, emphasizing the skills people with autism and other disabilities can learn in each of the 15 storefronts, from the cinema to the nail salon.
For the auspicious week of Selichos leading up to Rosh Hashana, the Ohel Bus Service will be providing extra subsidized transportation round trip from Crown Heights to the Ohel on Sunday, the 24th of Elul, through Friday, the 29th if Elul, Erev Rosh Hashana.
EmBRace Magazine, Issue #14, has been released and is landing in Bais Rivkah Alumnae mailboxes daily throughout the world.
Shmuel Matisyahu and Aidel Wolf from Kingston, PA had a baby girl!
As we prepare for the auspicious day of Rosh Hashana – the Rebbe’s letter gives us much food for thought and introspection. In answer to the question “ Why is Rosh Hashanah referred to as the beginning of G-d’s works, where in reality it is the 6th day of creation, not the first?”
Living Chassidus Men’s Division is hosting an event tonight open to the community at the Living Chassidus Center located at 715 Eastern Parkway basement. It promises to be an evening filled with spiritual depth and insight with Rabbi Gurewitz.
Starting this fall, McGill University will be partnering with Rabbi Shmuly Weiss and Rebbetzin Rashi Weiss at the Rohr Jewish Center, also known as Chabad at McGill, to provide a Kosher Meal Plan for students living on campus.
Dov Ber Hacohen OBM was a special person who lived life to its greatest. A Shloshim event to celebrate his life will IY”H be taking place Monday evening כ״ה אלול at 7:00pm.
Chabad’s Brownsville foothold there began with Rabbi Israel Jacobson. who led the Anshei Dobroisk synagogue. A shliach of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, he entered the U.S. in 1925 and became one of the first Lubavitcher emissaries here.
On Monday, Chai Elul, Released Time kicked off the school year of 5784, gathering the teachers with a conference filled with insightful workshops and engaging discussions.
In recent days, a Michtov Kloli (general letter) of the Rebbe dated from “the days of Selichos 5727” has been circulating. Addressed to “The Sons and Daughters of our people Israel, Everywhere,” the letter is not at all uncommon for the end of Elul. However, this letter carries a special, timely message.
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks speaks of his relationship with the Rebbe, whom he consulted at pivotal points in his life for advice and guidance on his path forward.
Rabbi Binyamin Elias served as rabbi of the Merchav Shlomo Command during the Sinai withdrawal that took place following Israel’s peace deal with Egypt. Today he is the head of the Avir Yakov Torah institutions in Emanuel, Israel. He was interviewed in November 2010.
Listen to Aryeh Leib Hurwitz and Moti Boyer in a magnificent duet of “V’af Hu Haya Miskaven” Of the Avoda of the Kohen Godol on Yom Kippur.
A hit and run in Crown Heights thankfully ended without injury Wednesday night, in a crash that saw the perpetrator flee the scene on foot.
Watch this weeks Shazak Parsha Production, with its spellbinding audiovisual storytelling of the parsha and Shazak style animations.
Menachem Hadad (Milan, Italy) to Yochie Sultan (Brunoy, France)
