Looking to plan a kosher destination wedding in Montego Bay, Jamaica? Want to celebrate Shabbat in style on its sun-drenched coast? The colorful tourist hotspot renowned for its palm-fringed coastlines now has everything to make that possible.
Videographer Menny Levilev, before going to work in Parksville, spent a day at the Crown Heights’s Gan Yisroel, and captured the day on video. It’s hard to believe that it’s all one day.
Rabbi Nissen Mangel is an author and lecturer who serves as rabbi of congregation Ksav Sofer in Brooklyn. He was interviewed in December of 2011 and March of 2012.
Just down the hill from one of the country’s oldest Jewish cemetery, a new grave was dug this week and thousands of pounds of Shaimos buried according to Jewish tradition.
While it is obvious that the Yeshiva – and community – benefit from the dedicated and enthusiastic work of the Talmidei Hashluchim it is important to realize that so do the Talmidim themselves.
For the first time ever, the Shluchim Online School hosted the first in person graduation for their incredible 8th grade students.
A comprehensive guidance for the laws & customs of Bein Hametzarim has been released by Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights, starting with 12-13 Tammuz, and covering the Three Weeks, 17th of Tammuz, Nine Days, Shabbos Chazon, 5 Av, Tishah B’av, Shabbos Nachamu, and general practices regarding the Churban.
A daily clip and quiz by Rabbi Hoffinger on the Beis Hamikdas brings it to life with clearly presented videos on its size and structure.
Watch this weeks Shazak Parsha Production, with its spellbinding audiovisual storytelling of the parsha and Shazak style animations.
Courtesy of JEM, we presents a playlist of videos surrounding Shiva Asar B’Tammuz and the days of mourning for the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash. As we begin the “Three Weeks,” we Daven for these days to be transformed from sadness into joy with the arrival of Moshiach speedily.
Rabbi Mendy Hershkop joins The Crown Heights Insider to talk all things Shomrim. You may know Shomrim as the men who drive those adorable scooters and help keep our neighborhood safe, but as we discovered, there’s a lot more to the story.
Levi and Leah (nee Hadad) Duchman from The United Arab Emirates had a baby girl!
When Chabad-Lubavitch of Berlin unveiled the mezuzah at the entrance of their new Jewish Campus, it turned heads. Unlike a typical scroll of 5 to 6 inches, this square mezuzah measures more than 3 feet tall, with each letter more than an inch in height.
Agudath Israel is pleased to announce a significant breakthrough in the availability of Cholov Yisroel cheese for New York yeshivos participating in the National School Lunch Program.
Rabbi Mendy Kaminker of Chabad of Hackensack was seen welcoming the Satmar Rebbe to the area as his son and son in law are hospitalized after a serious accident in the Catskills.
Watch this interview of Chabad singer Benny Friedman as he visits Arutz Sheva’s Hadassah Chen to speak on her “Real Talk” Podcast.
The Talmidim of the Lubavitch elementary school in Paris received end of year awards, completing another successful academic year with Tanya and Mishnayis Baal Peh.
