The Chabad on Campus International student Pegisha-Shabbaton is underway, with almost 1,200 students coming in from around the world to spend Shabbos in Crown Heights.

The streets and shops of Crown Heights were full on Friday as residents and guests prepared for Shabbos Parshas Lech Lecha.

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In an audio message to the community, Crown Heights Rabbonim Avrohom Osdoba and Yosef Braun announced that after assessing the security situation there is no heter to carry weapons on Shabbos.

Far away from PR stunts, bochurim have been taking the streets of Manhattan every day to wage a spiritual battle for the safety of Eretz Yisroel, using the proven strategy that the Rebbe gave us.

In response to the pro-Hamas rally planned for Shabbos afternoon on Eastern Parkway, the Vaad Hakohol has issued a call to all shuls of Crown Heights to conduct regular Mincha services at the unified time of 5pm this Shabbos, followed by Tehillim.

R’ Sheya Mendlowitz, a music producer whose work heavily influenced the landscape of Jewish music for four decades, passed away on Friday, 12 Cheshvan, 5784.

A nine-year-old Lubavitch boy was threatened with a knife by a teenager screaming “I will kill you, Jew,” and “heil Hitler” at a public playground in Crown Heights, police have said.

Top law enforcement officials from the FBI, State Police, NYPD and the Mayor’s office held a security briefing for the Crown Height community at the Jewish Children’s Museum.

An event will take place today, Friday, in front of the Brooklyn Museum to raise awareness and show solidarity with the hostages being held by Hamas terrorists ym”s.

The London wedding of Laizer Oberlander of Budapest, and Mussie Itzinger of London, featured two unique teshura mementos and historic Jewish songs in Hungarian.

This week marks 70 years since Mermelstein Caterers became a Kingston Ave landmark. Despite the rapidly evolving Jewish food scene, many prefer them and their traditional Jewish dishes. Their customers included Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka and the White House…

World-famous CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer purchased a letter in the Unity Sefer Torah at the ChabadAir desk in JFK airport while traveling to Eretz Yisroel on Thursday night.

The Place des Fêtes Chabad House in Paris, France celebrated their anniversary with an annual Melave Malka on Motzei Shabbos parshas Noach.

Machon Taharas Habayis is launching a series of Taharas Hamishpocha reviews in Chabad communities across North America and in a number of languages to help review these very special halochos.

Bohcurim and hanhala of the Toronto Yeshiva organized a “Learning For Israel” event to bring the Yidden they visit on mivtzoim throughout Toronto to Yeshiva to learn Torah with them. 

Chabad of NJ’s Mental Health Initiative (MHI) hosted a workshop on children’s emotional wellness with prominent presenters including Rabbi Dr. Yosef Shagalow, Rabbi Chaim Schapiro, and Mrs. Dena Gorkin.

In an address in the presence of Russian President Vladmir Putin, Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar asked him to help free the hostages in Gaza, and thanked him for leading the fight against antisemitism in the country.

Open letter by Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar: If we don’t stop watching the news and engaging in social media we’re missing a historic opportunity. Raising money and singing “Am Yisroel Chai” is nice, but now is the opportunity to get everyone to behave more Jewishly.

The new Project Ufaratzta will make mivtzoim for girls not be limited to a one-time event near Yom Tov or only on a random Friday, but will become a weekly staple, something you won’t even think of missing.

Students and teachers of Lubavitch Educational Center gathered together this past week for the opening of a new, long-awaited $750,000 outdoor recreational space at the Beit Apel – Shaulson Campus Chaya Mushka in Miami, Florida.