Tu B’Shevat, known as the “New Year for Trees,” was celebrated with a special mystical ‘Seder’ at Chabad of Mineola in Long Island. Read More »
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Students Join Chabad for “Shabbat Chicago”
The West Rogers Park Chabad community opened their homes this past week for “Shabbat Chicago,” a Midwinter Midwest Weekend retreat for students and young professionals. Read More »
Scuffle Breaks Out in 770 over “Yechidus”
Crown Heights — Last night, a brawl broke out in 770 after a Mashpia demanded that a group of ‘Tzfatim’ remove dividers they set up in the back of 770. Read More »
Picture of the Day: Merkos Chinuch Director in Miami
Rabbi Nochem Kaplan , Director of the Merkos Chinuch Office, visited the students of the South Florida Jewish Academy. He will be visiting six schools and attending NCPSA meetings during a full week in Florida on behalf of the Merkos National Accreditation Board. Read More »
Italian Pizza Store in Manhatten Goes Kosher
CrownHeights.info has learned that an authentic Italian pizzeria, called Bravo Pizza, in midtown Manhatten has gone kosher, under the supervision of the Crown Heights based OK Kosher. Read More »
Evening with Chana’le Fills Ballroom with Joy
This past Sunday, the Razag Ballroom was filled with music, joy and friendship. The “Chana’le” evening began with a performance by Mindy Stuart . Only fourteen years old, Mindy blew the crowd away with her heartfelt and unique performance, singing about a Woman of Valor. Read More »
Mislabeled Loaf of Bread Causes Uproar
A few days ago, we published a photo of a loaf of bread purchased at the Empire Kosher supermarket, with what appeared to be a second price label raising the cost of the loaf by 50 cents. Read More »
A Legacy of Faith, Courage and Will
‘If I had to encapsulate the life of my father in one sentence, it would probably be that he exemplified the traits of his forebear, Aaron HaKohen, as a man who loved and pursued peace. Indeed, he synthesized the ideals of Tov LaMakom endearing to G-d’ and Tov Labriyos endearing to man’ in almost prototypical fashion. Read More »
New Torah Welcomed to Cambodia
After more than a year of reading from a Torah that was borrowed from New York, it was time for Chabad of Cambodia to have their own Torah. Read More »
Shabbaton in Minus 22 Degrees Fahrenheit
Over 120 young men and women enjoyed an incredible four day shabbaton in Ulyanovsk, Russia. The minus 22 degree (f) weather didn’t stop these youth from attending. Although most of the participants were from Ulyanovsk, many youth came from Nizhniy Novgorod, Tolyatti, Penza, Samara and Moscow. Read More »
New Shluchim to Mariupol, Ukraine
Rabbi Aron and Chaya Kaganovsky have arrived on Shliachus in Mariupol, Ukraine where they will be assisting the local Jewish community with their physical and spiritual needs. Read More »
Video: Bike Across America for FC This Summer
Biking cross-country? Just reading those words can get your heart pumping. Yet, this summer, for the second year running, the Bike 4 Friendship team aims to complete the long trek across the USA, while promoting understanding and acceptance for children with special needs. Read More »
Central Jersey Cheder Kinus an Inspiration
The sounds of learning, singing, and laughter could be heard in the halls of Cheder MenachemTzeirei HaShluchim of Central Jersey as the fourth annual Kinus HaChadorim of Tzeirei HaShluchim took place on Thursday, Erev Yud Shevat. Read More »
Hate Crime Against Yeshiva Student In Monsey
Four people are facing hate crime charges after allegedly targeting a yeshiva buchir for a violent robbery in Monsey NY, because he was Jewish. Police said the victim was hit in the head in Monsey on Monday night during an attempted robbery. Read More »
Video: The Rebbe Eats New Fruit on Tu B’Shvat
Yosef Sholom ben Chaya Musha Rephoel Levi ben Chaya Toba Menachem Mendel ben Batsheva Rechil Eliana Chaya Sarah bas Henya Yehudis Yishai Avraham ben Zeeva Tzvi ben Yenta Gitel Yehuda Moshe Menachem ben Malka Sarah Yehudis bas Gittle Rus Chaim Dovid Read More »
Odessa Schools Battle Bitter Cold
by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org As a cold snap freezes the Eurasian land mass, Israel’s Army Radio is broadcasting stories off expatriates living amidst arctic weather conditions. Read More »
Robbery on the Subway Sparks Panic
CROWN HEIGHTS — A mugging on the subway sparked a massive police response, including k9 and heavily armored emergency service units who spread out near subway entrances down Eastern Parkway with a strong presence in front of 770. Read More »
Live: Special Tu B’shvat Farbrengen
Join Rabbi Mendel Kaplan of Chabad of Flamingo for a special Tu b’Shevat farbrengen with his community. A gathering celebrating the New Year for trees includes insights into the special theme of this holiday. Tonight, February 07 at 9: 25 PM. Read More »
Stalker Arrested for Arson Attempt on Victim’s Home
Crown Heights — A number of Jewish women who live in the area of Empire Blvd. and Brooklyn Ave. have been complaining for a few months about an African-American neighbor who stalks them and even touches them inappropriately. Read More »
Living Museum of Chabad History at Monsey Cheder
Chabad history came to life at ‘The living museum of our Rich Chabad History’ created by the talented students and teachers of Cheder Chabad Girls School of Monsey. A walk through the museum took you through The historic Chabad towns of Liozna, Lubavitch, Rostov and later, New York – specifically Crown Heights. Read More »
Johannesburg Marks 40 Years of Shlichus
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — In an event hosted by Lubavitch Foundation, over 300 members of Anash and Shluchim gathered Motzei Shabbos in Johannesburg to commemorate Shnas Hoarboim: the 40-year anniversary of official Shlichus in South Africa. Read More »
Pushka Vandalized and Robbed at the Beis Medrash
Men who arrived at the Oihel Nosson Shul this morning for Shacharis were stunned to find that the large charity box at the entrance was vandalized and all the money was stolen. Read More »
Chabad Attorney: Above Board on Everything’
Westport Now Chabad Lubavitch of Westport moved into the shuttered Three Bears Restaurant in early January. Read More »
Photos: Chanoch Lena’ar Gets a New Name
Yeshiva Chanoch Lena’ar got a new name, which is now prominently displayed on a sign in front of its building on Eastern Parkway and Albany Ave. The Yeshiva was renamed after Rabbi Mordechai Meir Bryski , father of the Yeshiva’s dean Rabbi Yaakov Bryski , and the new sign was installed just in time for his Shloshim . Read More »
Wednesday: Rally at the Ohel!
IYH this Wednesday, Tu B’Shvat (February 8th), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12. Read More »
Op-Ed: The Real Obstacle to Going on Shlichus
by a Yungerman Here I am, a regular Lubavitcher Yungerman who grew up in a Chassidishe family, of which all members currently serve as Shluchim, facing the hard reality that I may never be like them. It’s not that I want to copy them that I am upset, and definitely not because I have nothing else to do; I really want to be a Shliach. Read More »
Chabad House Bomb Investigators Awarded
Santa Monica Patch When a heavy pipe bomb detonated in April, striking the Chabad House Lubavitch of Santa Monica before smashing a 2 ½-foot wide hole in the roof of a nearby residence above a sleeping child, emergency responders initially surmised the explosion was an accident. Read More »
Picture of the Day: Can You Spot the Anomaly?
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A reader sent us this photo of a street corner in the heart of Crown Heights. Can you figure out what is wrong with the picture? Read More »
Con Man Targets New Hampshire Chabad House
CBS Boston Rabbi Levi Krinsky talks to a CBS reporter in his synagogue. A man is facing serious charges after taking money from people in temples and churches. Alan Farha said he needed help to get to his parents’ funeral. The story was so sad that temple and church members opened their wallets. Police say the story was a lie. Read More »
8th Graders Unite in Preparation for Yud Shevat
In the 3 weeks leading up to Yud Shevat, talmidim of the 8th grade from numerous Yeshivos from across the United States and Canada united in a series of 3 Webinars as part of their personal preparations for Yud Shevat. Read More »
Miami U. Hospital Dedicates Bikur Cholim Room
After reciting blessings in Hebrew, Rabbi Yona Metzger , Chief Rabbi of Israel, placed a mezuzah, the parchment prayer scroll that marks a Jewish home, at the entrance of the modest but comfortable room where members of the Jewish faith can now find solace at University of Miami Hospital. Read More »
Esther Freeman’s Debut Album is Finally Here!
by Bobbi Schwartz ‘For me, success is reaching the one person I can inspire with my music. The one life I can touch.’ Esther Freeman ‘s message of connecting with her audience on a one to one basis sometimes collides with the main stream notion in today’s world of trying to appeal to the masses. Read More »
Chabad Spreads Its Roots in Bethlehem
by Kelsey Stocker New Chabad Center in Bethlehem/Lehigh, PA. College is a time of exploration for most students. New people, new places and new opportunities await those who are open to explore. But the comfort of familiar surroundings and people can also be rewarding. With hundreds of groups on campus, comfort does not lie far for those looking. Read More »
Mayor Bloomberg Rips Congress Over Gun Control
NY Daily News New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg slammed Congress Sunday for not providing federal funding to keep guns out of the wrong hands. Read More »
Video: Refuah by Shabi Soffer
Menachem Mendel ben Batsheva Rechil Eliana Chaya Sarah bas Henya Yehudis Yishai Avraham ben Zeeva Tzvi ben Yenta Gitel Yehuda Moshe Menachem ben Malka Sarah Yehudis bas Gittle Rus Chaim Dovid ben Necha Shai Shalom ben Laya Chaya Nava Ruth bas Read More »
New York Giants Win the Super Bowl!
Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute touchdown to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York’s fourth Super Bowl title. Read More »
Rebbe in 1972: Constantly Strive for Spiritual Beauty
by Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org Jewish communities throughout the world commemorated 63 years since the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson , of righteous memory, ascended to the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch. Read More »
Photos: ULY Students Get Hands On With Tu B’Shvat
Talmidim in Lubavitcher Yeshivas younger grades got a preview of Tu B’Shvat today with a hands on workshop organized by mothers in the PTA. The workshop began with an examination of the Shivas Haminim, decorating a flowerpot which then later filled with soil and seeds and concluded with a Farbrengen. Read More »
Montreal Beis Rivkah Students Do Acts of Kindness
In honor of Yud Shvat, all 550 students of Beth Rivkah Montreal were involved in special programs. Read More »
Chaim Schochet, 25, Builds Cleveland Empire
Cleveland.com Chaim Schochet, a 25-year-old investment executive, controls roughly 2.8 million square feet of office space in downtown Cleveland. Chaim Schochet is like many other 25-year-olds. Married less than two years. The father of twin boys. A potential first-time homebuyer, weighing his native Miami Beach, Fla. Read More »
School District Decides to Disregard Jewish Holidays
Register Citizen Rabbi Joseph I. Eisenbach Hours after news hit web pages about the Litchfield, CT Board of Education’s decision to not observe Jewish high holidays on the 2012-13 school calendar, community members responded with mixed emotions. Read More »
Op-Ed: The Growing Anti-Jewish Hate
by C. W. The official name was called anti-Semitism, before that it was called anti-Judaism, but those names seem so vile. The present name is ant-Zionism. But they all mean the same, hate of the Jewish people as a whole. Read More »
Watch International Kinus Hatmimim Live!
The International Kinus Hatmimim, which is taking place tonight at Campus Chomesh in Crown Heights, can be viewed live here at Crownheights.info, courtesy of Chabad.org. Read More »
Video of the Day: R’ Shlomo Menkes Does it Again!
Menachem Mendel ben Batsheva Rechil Eliana Chaya Sarah bas Henya Yehudis Yishai Avraham ben Zeeva Tzvi ben Yenta Gitel Yehuda Moshe Menachem ben Malka Sarah Yehudis bas Gittle Rus Chaim Dovid ben Necha Shai Shalom ben Laya Chaya Nava Ruth bas Read More »
“We Can Differentiate Between Black and White Hats”
Globe and Mail The Foreign Minister in the central synagogue in Kfar Chabad Everywhere he went in Israel this week, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird would say: ‘Israel has no greater friend in the world than Canada. Read More »
Torah in 10 Unveils New “Friday Night Companion”
CrownHeights.info and Kol Menachem is happy to present the first class in a new “Torah in Ten ” series on “The Journey of Shabbos.” These classes are based on the new “Lifestyle” Friday Night Prayer Companion that was released last month. Read More »
Interview with Rabbi Zalman Posner
Reb Zalman Posner farbrengs. In honor of Yud Shvat, the Avner Institute presents a charming collection of anecdotes from Rabbi Zalman Posner , who was one of the first students of the American-based Lubavitcher Yeshiva established in 1940 by the Previous Rebbe, and who, for 45 years, served as Chabad emissary in Nashville, TN. Read More »
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
In honor of Yud Shvat, Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present these unique photos of the Rebbe going to and from the Ohel. Read More »
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Simpson Family
The Simpson family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, R’ Aron OBM, at 900 E. 24 St. . Read More »
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Is Running for Congress
Politicker NJ Whoever survives the Democratic Primary showdown between U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman and U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell in the 9th District may have to contend with a rabbi if Shmuley Boteach has his way. Read More »
Boro Park Yeshivas Visit Darchai Menachem
The Menachem Education Foundation held a leadership workshop and learning walk at Darchai Menachem’s new location at 432 Rutland Rd. The event was attended by principals and faculty of 11 chasidishe yeshivos located throughout Brooklyn. Read More »
Blog: The Red Devil
by Matthew Shaer – Forward Rabbi Israel Shemtov talks to the press during the 1991 Crown Heights riots. In December, not long after ‘Among Righteous Men’ was published, I returned to Crown Heights. Read More »
Cheder Chabad of Baltimore Prepares for Yud Shvat
The children of Cheder Chabad of Baltimore were very involved in preparing for Yud Shvat by learning the Maamor Basi Legani, writing a Pan to the Rebbe and creating a 770 facade for the Chabad of Park Heights building. Read More »
Shabbos at Besht: Maintaining Lubavitch’s Standards
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Shochet will lead a discussion on the topic: Can we maintain Lubavitch standards despite worldwide change? After Shabbos, congregants will join renowned artist Moshe Hecht and Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson for an inspiring and heartwarming kumzitz. Read More »
Picture of Day: Yud Shvat Farbrengen on a Cruise
Reb Leibel Zisman farbrenged with bochurim and mashgichim on a Kosherica Cruise in honor of Yud Shvat. Reb Leibel was sharing his memories of 770 and of the Frierdiker Rebbe. Read More »
City Budget Relies Heavily on Fines Through Traps
NY Times Peter Barbagallo, a carpenter working in a Sephora store, being issued a ticket on Thursday for driving in the bus lane. With great élan, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Thursday that the city did not need to raise taxes later this year. No one jumped up to argue that point. Read More »
Nobel Laureates Mark Chabad’s 15 Years at Columbia
Columbia Spectator L’chaim! Eric Kandel, a professor of brain science, raises his glass in honor of the 15th anniversary of Chabad, which honors ‘pride in being Jewish’ on campus. Read More »
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