Amongst the many segments of our community in Crown Heights that has experienced tremendous growth, B”H, is the 60 and above demographic. The Slate for Vaad Hakohol prepares to pursue areas of funding for them.

Shluchim Rabbi Yossi and Tzlacha Amar of Seine-et-Marne, France, were awarded the prestigious “Medal of Honor for Labor” awarded to only two organizations per year, making a significant Kiddush Hashem.

In the upcoming issue of the N’shei Chabad Newsletter, you will read about Ruth Ellsworth‘s conversion at age 80, Esther Etiquette on social media, Sara Lehmann‘s hashgacha pratis at the Ohel, Zachary Kirstein‘s life saving miracle, and more.

Coming from the week of Rashbi and R’ Akiva – we look to reach new heights in Pnimius HaTorah: Join Project Melukat’s initiative to complete an entire Sefer of Melukat by Yud-Tes Kislev!

War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Thirty Seven: Hamas turns down hostage and ceasefire deal, one fallen IDF hero in Gaza and two in Judea & Samaria, Hamas operated from inside a medical clinic inside of a UNRWA school campus in Rafah, ISIS supporter arrested for planning attacks, and wide IDF activity in Jenin and Tulkarm.

Thousands of Jewish people from across the Greater Toronto Area gathered together at Earl Bales Park for a monumental city-wide Lag Baomer event.

The five yungerleit who are running as a slate for the CHJCC elections explain their platform here and elucidate what they will offer the community.

Over 500 Montreal residents joined a Lag Baomer celebration at the Napierville Yeshiva, just outside Montreal, with many staying to dance around the fire late into the night.

In a generous gesture, the Chitrik family donated a collection of over 2,000 rare and unique seforim belonging to their late father, Rabbi Hershel Chitrik, to the Yeshiva Campus in Suffield, Connecticut.

Shluchos attending the Chabad on Campus Kinus visited the Sheba Medical Center to show support and hear the experiences of wounded IDF soldiers, October 7 terror victims, and Chabad on Campus alumni staffing the hospital.

An incredible Lag B’Omer parade and fair under Chabad-Lubavitch of Baltimore attracted over 1,500 men, women, and children from all segments of the community, featuring an Eli Marcus concert, Cheder marching bands, and floats made by the local Yeshiva, Mesivta, Cheder boys, and Cheder girls.

On Simchas Torah, 22-year-old Bar Kupershtein was kidnapped to Gaza. As a zechus to bring him home, his mother, Julie, is looking for someone who does not yet put on tefillin daily to don Bar’s tefillin daily, but with one condition.

An extraordinary Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Mishpacha Children’s Home in Odessa, Ukraine for a boy from Almaty, Kazakhstan, who joined the home seven years ago, was a powerful reminder of the resilience and enduring spirit of the Jewish community.

A new Chabad House was inaugurated by shliach Rabbi Shlomo Ohayon in the Bercy district of Paris known for its scenic views and riverside promenades.

Rabbi Shea Hecht, author, speaker, and communal activist, speaks about the early years of the Lag Baomer Parades and the development of the signs and iconic floats.

A new initiative by popular Chavrusa matching platform JNet is offering its volunteers exclusive gifts as tokens of appreciation for their efforts and invaluable contribution of teaching Torah.

The Crown Heights Women’s Circle, which completed a successful campaign last week to fund their work with Crown Heights mothers, thanks all those who donated and announces the winner for a coin from the Rebbe.

Kan tzivah is the center of it all. But it is also at the center of New York City. With all the negative changes taking place in New York in the last few years, our neighborhood and community has experienced some of these changes as well, from increased crime to antisemitic incidents.

Bais Chana Academy High School, in Orange, Connecticut, implemented an Achos program this year which gave students the opportunity to grow and add in their avodas Hashem and hiskashrus, led by the students for the students.

The Flatbush Lag B’Omer Parade brought the community together in achdus, bringing Simcha to the streets of Brooklyn. The parade marched down E31st and up Ave N with clowns, marching bands, grand floats, vintage cars, and mounted horses from the NYPD.

Over 300 young Shluchim and Shluchos from around the world joined live on Sunday for an incredible Lag Baomer parade by the Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim division of the Shluchim Office.

War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Thirty Six: Three soldiers fell in Rafah, IDF took complete control of the Philadelphi Corridor, major Rafah tunnel was destroyed, U.S. pier is officially out of commission, airstrikes in Syria, and terror attack near Shechem.

Over 150 campus Shluchos from around the world are gathering in Eretz Yisrael by the Chabad on Campus International Kinus HaShluchos 5784 for five days of inspiration, connection, and growth.

As Rambam learners study Hilchos Kidush Hachodesh in the Rambam, we share with you a video from Tishrei 5748 of a shiur by R’ Yosef Losh using simple diagrams and globes.

A publication by Hamesorah once again gives parents the tools to review with their child over the summer so they don’t forget the skills they acquired over the year.