First Ever Torah Welcomed to Northern Cyprus
For the first time in history, a new Sefer Torah was welcomed to the Jewish community of Northern Cyprus, which has been under Turkish military occupation since 1974.
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Shabbos at the Besht: Why March in the Streets?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Dovid Zaklikowski will lead a discussion on the topic: why march in the streets?
Survivors of Terror: Israel’s Double Orphans Grow Up
Ro’ee is a bright, energetic 14-year-old boy living in Jerusalem. He has dozens of friends at his yeshiva high school where he studies Torah at an advanced level. His grandfather loves to boast about his academic successes. The young man has big dreams for the future and has set impressive goals for himself. But Ro’ee is not your average teenager.
Virginia Tech to Mark 10th Anniversary of Shooting
Zack Silverman was just 10 years old when a Virginia Tech senior opened fire on campus on April 17, 2007, killing 32 people and wounding 17 others in what remains the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
Trump Declares Rebbe’s Birthday ‘Education Day USA’
The White House released a proclamation designating April 7, 2017 as Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A in honor of the 115th anniversary of Rebbe’s birth.
LYA Navi Lessons Come Alive in Israel
Like many students their age, the students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) in Longmeadow, MA, studied the conversation between Chana and Eli Kohen Gadol at Shiloh, at the beginning of the book of Shmuel. As a result of her prayer, the prophet Shmuel was born, and Chazal established rules for shmoneh esray following Chana’s example.
Meet the Rabbi of Idaho’s At-Risk Teens
Rabbi Mendel Lifshitz started visiting Cherry Gulch, an Idaho-based therapeutic boarding school for boys, more than a decade ago. At the time, the school was looking for better ways to serve its Jewish students. The rest is history.
Bais Rivkah Teachers’ Strike to Begin Friday
Following their ultimatum to the school’s administration regarding unmet financial obligations, the teachers of Bais Rivkah’s grades 1-3 report in a follow-up open letter to the Crown Heights community that their pleas have all but been ignored, and they have no choice but to begin their strike on Friday.
Toronto Event Explores Early Years of the Rebbe’s Life
Nearly Two hundred-fifty men and women gathered on a Sunday evening at Chabad of Flamingo’s beautiful Ballroom in North Toronto for an exclusive presentation of the story behind the recently released and highly acclaimed “Early Years” book, produced by JEM and published by Kehot Publication Society.
8:00pm: Why Is Organ Donation Prohibited?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 156, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Defines Morality? How to Distinguish Between Pure Faith and Meshugas? What is My Role as a Step-Parent? Why is Organ Donation Prohibited When We Are Taught to Love and Help Another?
Students Make Commitment to Jewish Life on Poland Trip
Jewish students from universities across North America found inspiration and a renewed commitment to live a Jewish life on a recent heritage trip to Poland.
New Jewish College Club Opens in Moscow
A new college Jewish club opened at Moscow’s prestigious School of Economics university last week. Over 250 students registered for the club that will host cultural and social events, organize lectures and classes.
French Jewry Marks 5 Years Since School Killings
The Jewish community in Paris, France, held a memorial ceremony to mark five years since the brutal murder of a father and three young schoolchildren by an Islamic terrorist in Toulouse.
Event Honors Friends and Supporters of Moscow Shul
Marking 16 years to the restoration of the Marina Roscha Shul in the capitol city of Moscow, Russia, supporters and friends were honored in an appreciation event aboard a ferry boat which sailed on the Moscow River.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R. Avrohom Boruch Junik, 60, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Avrohom Boruch Junik OBM, a resident of Crown Heights. He was 60 years old. Levaya times added.
Israeli Opposition Leader Visits Moscow Institutions
Opposition Leader and head of the Zionist Union party, Mr. Isaac (Bougie) Herzog, was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Parliament to visit Moscow. During his visit he toured the Jewish Museum, the Jewish Chesed Center and other Jewish institutions. He was greeted by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berl Lazar, who stands at their helm.
Mustering Up a Minyan in Sunny St. Thomas
Rabbi Asher Federman, director of Chabad Lubavitch of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas, begins his daily routine of mustering up men well before the start of morning minyan at 7:30 a.m.
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