From August 19th to August 21st, Crown Heights was torn apart by what is now known as the Crown Heights riots. During the riots, Yankel Rosenbaum was attacked and killed by a mob shouting “Kill the Jew.” This year, a “Fun Day Festival” by the One Crown Heights Organization festival is scheduled for August 20, the actual anniversary of Yankel’s murder.
Can you have a summer camp with only six kids? Should you? You may be surprised to hear this but given what we’re trying to accomplish, six may be a little too ambitious.
In 1927, the communist authorities sentenced Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch to exile in Kostroma. During his time there, he stayed with the family of the local Shochet, Reb Yerachmiel Kugel.
As the Oholei Torah Yeshivas Kayitz Program in Lakewood, PA, kicked off for another memorable summer. BH, the bochurim started the summer with a full seder of learning, Mivtzas, Gemara Bal Peh and much more.
Moments before one of the most contentious voting sessions in memory, and just as mass protests were about to break out across Israel, an unusual gathering took place in a Knesset auditorium, where politicians from both coalition and opposition parties sat side-by-side, sharing memories, jokes, and even Chassidic songs.
Ckids Gan Israel Florida kicks off its fourth summer with ultra fun, energy, friendships and authentic Yiddishkeit.
Ephraim Schwartz to Rochel Leah Yarmak L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown St.
The Rebbe encourages individuals to proudly state Torah’s views, even when they are not understood according to science.
In just the past 12 months, RCCS has been assisting 100 patients in our very own Crown Heights community, requiring a budget of over $500,000.
Shabsy Katz (Johannesburg, South Africa) to Chaya Minz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St.
The Powerball jackpot continues to climb after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn: 2, 24, 34, 53, 58 and red Powerball 13.
The University of Wyoming, a public land-grant university, sits 350 miles south of Jackson Hole, and is home to some 200 Jewish professors and faculty members and a sizable number of Jewish students.
Today’s video goes through the 7 entrances of the Azarah; from the main entrance of Shaa’r Nikanor in the east to the 3 entrances on each the north and south, from the grand 4 room structure of the בית המוקד to the entrances used for the Korbanos, the wood, and the Nisuch Hamayim.
Over the past couple of weeks, North American Chabad Centers catering to Hebrew speakers hosted a series of lectures timed to coincide with Gimmel Tammuz. This summer tour is part of an ongoing lecture series organized by Merkos 302’s Israeli Desk, designed to inform, educate, and inspire Israelis living in various parts of North America.
Yonasan and Natanya Abrams from Temecula, CA had a baby girl!
The Menachem Education Foundation’s Kadima L’Chinuch Teacher Training program culminated on Yud Tammuz / June 29, with a moving graduation ceremony and meaningful farbrengen at United Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Crown Heights.
Israeli MK Matan Kahana addressed the Knesset and said “before I was a solder in the IDF, I was a soldier in ‘Tzivos Hashem’.”
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