60 Year-Old Dream Realized as CGI Detroit Simply Doubles
Recently discovered answer from the Rebbe sheds new light on why CGI Detroit alternated sessions for boys and girls and why they are finally set to purchase a second campground.
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For the First Time in Many Years, A New Torah Scroll Is Completed in Crimea
The renaissance of Yiddishkeit in Crimea was impressively expressed at the Hachnasat Sefer Torah ceremony for a new Torah Scroll, which was joyfully carried into the synagogue of Simferopol.
Kaliningrad Community Honors WWI Jewish Soldiers
A touching memorial ceremony was held at the Old Jewish Cemetery of the Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) Synagogue, honoring the Jewish soldiers of WWI.
Parksville: Grand Gan Yisrael All-Star Game
Sunday night was the grand Gan Yisrael all-star game!! (quite literally) The campers who were voted all-stars joined forces to play the most hyped basketball game in Gan Yisroel history
Chabad at the Forefront of Vaccine Distribution Effort in Ukraine
When the Ukrainian ministry of health was devising the logistics of a massive vaccine distribution for the Dnepropetrovsk region, Healthcare Minister Viktor Liashko and Governor of the Region Valentin Reznichenko turned to the Federation of the Jewish Communities of Ukraine.
Newborn Zev Mordechai Mandler, center, flanked by his father, Michael Handler, and grandfather Raul Mandler took part in pidyon haben ceremonies conducted by Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein, left, a kohen, and Rabbi Yitzchak Goldenberg, right, spiritual leader of the Young Israel of Lawrenceville, N.J., and co-director of Chabad of Lawrenceville.
In New Jersey, Three Generations of Firstborns “Redeemed”
Michael and Hannah Mandler, proud first-time parents, had another less common mitzvah to do after circumcising their bundle of joy, whom they had named Zev Mordechai. They had to redeem their firstborn son from a Kohen, in a ceremony known as pidyon haben, or the redemption of the firstborn.
Historic Nationalized ‘Jewish House’ to be Returned to Chernivtsi Jewish Community
A series of historic events commemorating ‘Eighty Years of Tragedy’ and in memory of the Holocaust victims of the Bukovina region, took place last week in the ‘Jewish Shtetel’ of Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and included a surprise announcement.
Shazak Parsha Post – Parshas Matos
Court Discourages Vows, Settled- Jordan Bank, Obituary, and Ads. Shazak has released their weekly “Parsha Post For Parshas Matos”, and has made it available for all here on CrownHeights.info.
Yartzeit of Rabbi Dovid Wichnin z”l Commemorated
Thousands of us remember a truly great man whom we lost on the 26th of Tammuz, 5755 (1995). His name; Rabbi Dovid Wichnin Z”L.
Chabad of Duke Has Moved Inn
Chabad at Duke University Undergrad’s new building is the perfect place to create a home away from home for Jewish students. Being the former location of the popular King’s Daughters Inn, it has a long history of hospitality.
A Year of Firsts in Rockwall, Texas
This has been a year of many “firsts” for the Rockwall Jewish community: the first bar mitzvah, the first public menorah lighting, and the first communal seder, to name a few.
Torah Scroll Completed For The Jewish Community of Novokuznetzk, Siberia
Unlike other big or small cities in Russia’s vast borders, the city of Novokuznetzk in Siberia does not have any known Jewish history. Jews began settling there only in the last decade or so, and of the city population of over a million, there are a few thousand Jews.
Florida Chabad Center Opens Online Study Group for Retirees
Yehuda Guberman, a retiree in North Miami Beach, Florida, enjoyed attending weekly study sessions at United Jewish Generations, a Chabad center for seniors in South Florida. Then COVID hit, and the elderly began to isolate and limit social interactions. Classes were suspended, but not for long.
World’s First Russian Language Animated Series about Jewish Culture Released
The Secret Room series combines comedy, adventure and educational elements to explore a variety of symbols and concepts from Jewish culture, history and lifestyle.
Why Has Everyone at Chabad.org Been So Busy?
The weeks and days leading up to Jewish holidays are a frenzied time for Chabad.org’s editors, programmers and Ask-the-Rabbi responders, as they provide the Jewish nation with the tools, information, encouragement and guidance they need to fulfill the mitzvahs of the day.
Adam Schwartz, a student at the University of Edinburgh, with Rabbi Pinny Weinman and children last Chanukah.
It’s a Bonny New Home for Jewish Students at the University of Edinburgh
Filled with elegant medieval architecture, hilly landscapes, lush gardens and a prestigious university that dates back to 1583, Edinburgh, Scotland, will now have a permanent home for vibrant Jewish student life with the building of Chabad’s new center at the University of Edinburgh.
Khazak Ambassador and General Consul Meet with Chabad in New York
Kazakhstan’s ambassador to the United States, Yerzhan Ashikbayev, and Consul General Almat Aidabekov met with a delegation of Chabad representatives to discuss the state of Jewish life in Khazakstankhstan.
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