BREAKING: Earthquake like tremors were felt in Crown Heights, and throughout Brooklyn just moments ago. The city’s 911 system was instantly flooded with calls for buildings and houses shaking. No official report yet on what exactly had taken place. UPDATES in the extended article.
The following is a letter from Hatzolah of Los Angeles to the entire community:
We were in Bar, Montenegro. The meeting started like any other. Jasa invited us in, and we spoke for over an hour.
“So how about we put on tefillin?” I asked. He gladly accepted.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a five-step plan on Wednesday to update the technology that powers the 911 emergency response system.
Drivers in Brooklyn will have to dig a little deeper into their pockets starting Tuesday.
Boston University, 1970s. An anguished father struggles for a way to bring his bright son back to Jewish observance.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a touching encounter, where the Rebbe urges that family ties—and patience—be maintained, in spite of level observance, and that in time Torah will prevail, with special thanks to Rabbi Mordechai Berkowitz.
The majority of people feel upset and lonely when they are deprived of access to the internet, according to consumer research.
Say “Chabad,” and many people likely picture men in dark suits, black hats and long beards. But Beth Menachem Chabad (BMC) in Newton isn’t your father’s Chabad. On any given Saturday, the men arrive ready to pray, dressed in everyday clothing: jeans, corduroys, trousers or suits.
College students looking for information about the programs offered by Chabad at Washington University now have an easier way to do so using a newly launched app for the iPhone. The free Chabad WUSTL app contains a continually updated guide to events, and a thought for the day. The app also empowers users to donate, and provides an easy way for students to RSVP for events and to interact with Chabad professionals.
This past Wednesday, in conjunction with Gimmel Tammuz, a Gala banquet was held in the Jewish Childrens Museum by a special organization based in Crown Heights, the Torah Learning Project.
New York — The efforts of three trailblazing young rabbis were recognized by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who issued an official proclamation yesterday declaring July 6, 2011 to be “Bike 4 Friendship Day.” The proclamation pays tribute to Bike 4 Friendship, the cross-country fundraising and awareness bike tour for the Friendship Circle.
Chabad to Williamsburg—how far does the love for a fellow Jew go? Especially one who strayed?
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a moving encounter told by Rabbi Nachman Twersky, whose grandfather the Rachmastrivka Rebbe, together with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, helped bring a former student of his who was living in Williamsburg Brooklyn at the time back to Torah observance, showing how through Divine Providence a lost Jewish spark can be rekindled.
After three years of successful programming in Chabad schools worldwide, Tzivos Hashem constantly get requests from shluchim to use the Chayolai Tzivos Hashem program in camps and Hebrew schools. This year ten camps are eagerly piloting the new system.
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s motion for bail pending the outcome of his appeal has been denied by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court handed down its decision in a brief sentence, before the defense could file its response to the government brief contesting the bail motion. The judges have not yet ruled on the appeal itself.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Shliach was the victim of ‘Tzfati’ terror while in 770, suffering much verbal harassment, and having his Tallis and Tefillin stolen from him.
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According to the Internal Revenue Service nearly 275,000 organizations, among them many Chabad Houses, nationwide have automatically lost their tax-exempt status because they did not file legally required annual reports for three consecutive years.
The thought of spending your summer vacation studying and learning is something almost any college student would pass on. Yet for a select group of 80 university students, this is exactly their itinerary.
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