As thousands of guests make their final preparations to travel to Crown Heights for the Yom Tov season, the Eshel – Hachnosas Orchim organization is working around the clock to prepare for their arrival • Read More

Talmidim of the Central Tomchei Temimim – 770 gathered for lively dancing on the night of Tes-Vov Elul, marking the day Tomchei Temimim was established. The celebration featured Chassidic keyboardist Yosef Yitzchok Ashkenazi • Photos, Watch

A California startup is testing a technology that sounds like science fiction: using powerful, low-frequency sound waves to extinguish fires – without water, foam or chemicals. The system is now being demonstrated for use inside homes and businesses, with the ambitious goal of eventually replacing or supplementing traditional fire sprinklers • Read More

The U.S. State Department has temporarily paused immigrant visa appointments at U.S. embassies and consulates around the world, citing a new global training initiative for consular officers focused on evaluating whether visa applicants could become dependent on U.S. public benefits • Read More

Over 150 campers and staff from across the UK, Europe, U.S., Israel and South Africa joined for a summer of Chassidishkeit, growth and unforgettable experiences • Read More, Photos

A Chabad Bochur whose IDF enlistment date is still approximately two months away encountered an unusual situation at Ben Gurion Airport while attempting to travel abroad, when border officials confiscated both his Israeli and American passports • Read More

With sons of Shluchim and Anash arriving from 11 countries, Tomchei Temimim Austria-Hungary opened the new school year at its expansive campus, with a sharp increase in enrollment from across Europe, the United Kingdom, and Eretz Yisroel • Read More, Photos

A catastrophic disaster along the Nepal-Tibet border has left hundreds dead and more than 1,400 people missing, with large numbers of foreign tourists and pilgrims among those unaccounted for. Rescue teams are working to reach communities cut off by mud and debris after a massive glacial collapse triggered devastating flash floods across the Himalayan region • Read More

Crown Heights residents gathered Wednesday to accompany Holocaust survivor Mrs. Miriam Slavin OB”M, as her Levayah passed in front of 770, on its way to the Montefiore Cemetery in Queens. Mrs. Slavin, a longtime Crown Heights resident and matriarch of a large Chabad family, passed away at the age of 96 • Read More, Photos

Oholei Torah Preschool and Pre1A opened its doors this week with an atmosphere of joy and excitement as talmidim began a new year filled with discovery, growth, and Chassidishe Chinuch • Read More, Photos

The “Lodging Complex” administration has announced the opening of registration for accommodations for the Bochurim who will be spending the upcoming month of Tishrei in the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach’s Daled Amos • Full report

Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader cameras are rapidly expanding across the United States, giving police a powerful tool to locate stolen vehicles, identify vehicles connected to crimes and find missing people. But the technology is also generating growing concerns over privacy, data sharing and the possibility of government agencies effectively tracking people’s movements • Read More

Rabbi Mendel and Mushka Dubrowski and family are setting out on the Rebbe’s Shlichus to establish a new Chabad House in West Philadelphia, serving the area’s growing Jewish population and building a new center of Jewish life in the historic community • Read More

Ahead of Tishrei: The two aging central AC units in 770, which served the mispallelim for approximately 30 and 50 years, are being replaced in a $250,000 project ahead of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur • Read More, Photos

After a long flight, the first group of Kvutza 5787 Bochurim landed at JFK Airport in New York, with dozens of graduates of Chabad yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel making their way to Beis Chayeinu, 770 • Photos

The halls of Oholei Torah came alive as over 1,100 talmidim began a new Shnas Halimudim across the Cheder and Mechina divisions, filling the classrooms with the vibrant sounds of Torah and tefillah • Read More, Photos

In a festive and dignified ceremony held in Eilat, Rabbi Yair Hadaiya was formally inaugurated as the city’s Sephardic rabbi. The event was attended by Rabbanim, Chabad Shluchim, public officials and hundreds of local residents • Full Story, Photos