A man spewing anti-Semitic hate is in the slammer Wednesday after he decided to pick on a Jewish woman walking on the streets of Crown Heights. The woman decided to defend herself and called the police.
Over 500 Mechanchos from around the world gathered for the largest-ever 8th Annual Kinus Mechanchos Chabad, a two-day convention for Chabad women educators, that took place in Stamford, CT.
Mrs. Dena Gorkin joined the Crown Heights Insider Podcast to talk about what she’s learned in her long career in chinuch, and what lessons Bnos Chomesh’s experience might have for the community as a whole.
In honor of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s self-sacrifice in spreading Judaism, and accompanied by Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries from around Kazakhstan, a local Jewish teenager underwent a brit milah, ritual circumcision, which was performed after morning prayers.
While Mrs. Chani Majesky was upstate speaking in numerous bungalow colonies at their annual package parties about the work of Friendship Circle of Brooklyn, her and her husband Rabbi Berel Majesky had a few hours spare and decided to stop by some camps nearby to surprise their Special FC campers.
In the middle of a full day of workshops and networking at the 7th Annual Kinus Mechanchos Chabad organized by the Menachem Education Foundation (MEF), participants gathered for a group photo in the lobby of the Armon Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut.
Darchai Menachem is thrilled to welcome a new member to its leadership team this fall: Mrs. Sora Kopfstein, a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in the field of special education.
Rabbi Shneur and Esther Wolfman have been announced as the newest Shluchim heading to Phoenix, AZ where they will be providing much needed Jewish services to Moon Valley & GCU.
In 1976, a group from the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization visited New York, and a private meeting was arranged for them with the Rebbe. During the audience, the Rebbe explained that their challenges only served to demonstrate their unique and unmatched potentials.
The summer Yeshiva for the sons of Shluchim traveled by busses to the city of Nizhni, along with their dedicated Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Moshe Lerman, the staff and the bochrim shluchim, to a beautiful resort area on the Volga River.
The study found that there is growing Jewish engagement: 75 percent of respondents light Chanukah candles; 58 percent attend a Passover Seder; 48 percent have a mezuzah affixed to their home; and 25 percent keep kosher to some degree.
Shimmy and Itty (nee Fellig) Gerlitzky from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Collaboration between three Shomrim organizations ended with a burglar behind bars after his crime spree gained too much attention.
Avrohom and Ilana Shulamis Bluming from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
It’s not every day that a volume of poetry is published; in fact, many say it’s a lost art. It’s even rarer when the poet is a leading Chabad-Lubavitch emissary and educator.
For the thousands of children and adults who gathered yesterday at the Kotel (Western Wall), it was a day of great joy—and not only for the completion of the eighth Children’s Sefer Torah.
An ancient well used by the Rebbe Maharash was recently discovered in Lubavitch, buried at a depth of over seven meters.
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