For more than two years, a movement in Hasidic Orthodox Judaism known as Chabad has been expanding in Bayonne. Knowing that many modern Jews living in the area are unaffiliated and the traditional synagogues are struggling to survive, Chabad goes into the community and performs outreach. Article courtesy of NJ.com • Full Story

With great sadness, we regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yisroel Rapoport, OB”M, a Shliach in New Jersey. He passed away Wednesday night, the night of Chof Beis Shvat • Full Story

The Governor and First Lady of New Jersey hosted a unique state wide celebration on the eighth night of Chanukah. Hundreds of state residents and community leaders joined via “zoom” and participated in the lighting of the Menorah, words of inspiration and Chanukah music • Full Story

Chabad of Central NJ held the Annual NJ State Police Menorah Lighting at NJ State Police HQ in Trenton, NJ. In attendance were Shluchim Rabbi Yosef Carlebach, Rabbi Mendy Carlebach, NJ State Police Superintendent Pat Callahan, Lt. Col. Geoffrey Noble and Executive Director of the NJ Israel Commission Andrew Gross • Photos

More than 100 vehicles will be gathering this evening to parade through neighborhoods in the Jersey Shore area blasting Chanukah Holiday music, and with unique Chanukah Menorahs displayed on their rooftops. The parade, organized by Chabad of Greater Monmouth County and Congregation Sons of Israel of Ocean Township, will slowly pass through areas in Ocean, Asbury Park, Deal, and Eatontown • Full Story

With great sadness, we regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Estelle Chazan, of New Jersey. She passed away on Friday, Yud Alef Kislev. She was 86-years-old • Full Story

The Shliach of Central New Jersey, Rabbi Mendy Carlebach visited the new Israel Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, to blow Shofar for him on the last possible day of Elul 5780 • Full Photo

A northern New Jersey town has reached an agreement in a federal lawsuit that accused it of illegally denying an Orthodox Jewish group’s attempt to expand its footprint, the U.S. attorney’s office for New Jersey announced Tuesday • Full Story

On a typical Friday night in the dead of New Jersey winter, strolling through a narrow street off University Place and just short of Nassau, one might find an unusual scene: as many as 100 students celebrating Shabbat, the weekly Jewish day of rest, by dining outdoors in a tent adjacent to a small house • Full Story

On Friday, a special memorial took place at the Newark International Airport in New Jersey to commemorate the 9/11 attacks that took place on that day during which a Shliach blew the Shofar for those assembled there • Full Story, Photos

Chabad of SE Morris County volunteers have recently prepared and distributed thousands of masks and gifts of chocolate to healthcare workers, and has delivered pallets of surplus food and hundreds of quarts of chicken soup to homebound and isolated seniors in the community • Full Story

New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will require visitors from states with high infection rates to quarantine for 14 days, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday • Full Story

With great sadness we regret to inform you of the passing of R’  Avrohom Ahron (Aharele) Brook, OB”M, a Lubavitch resident of Lakewood. He passed away Tuesday, Erev Pessach, the 14th of Nissan. He was 75-years-old • Full Story

Rabbi Shimon Galai, Rosh Kollel Kesser Torah in Bnei Brak, visited Chabad of Princeton, New Jersey, where he met with the Shliach, Rabbi Dovid Dubov • Full Story, Photos

Shliach of the Rebbe and Chabad House at Rutgers’ Executive Director, Rabbi Yosef Carlebach was seen accompanying Governor Phil Murphy, the Governor of New Jersey. They were seen at the Siyum HaShas which is taking place today in New Jersey • Full Story, Photos

Chabad House at Rutgers was the site chosen for a unique meeting that brought together many varied members and leaders of the Central New Jersey Jewish community and the leaders of law enforcement in the state • Full Story, Photos

Yossi Kanelsky, a Shliach in Marlboro, New Jersey, stood together with the Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, near the Menorah at the State House in Trenton.

Chabad House at Rutgers’ Executive Director, Rabbi Yosef Carlebach and its Administrator, Rabbi Mendy Carlebach, participated in a prayer ceremony at the site of the shooting in Jersey City. The Chabad Rabbis joined with Governor Phil Murphy and Israeli Ambassador Dani Dayan in a candle lighting service • Full Story, Photos

Persistent, driven and tenacious were just a few of the words used to describe Rabbi Avi Richler on Sunday afternoon. Those qualities helped Richler and the area’s Jewish community come together in celebration of a major milestone year in the making • Full Story, Photos

Bris Avrohom directed by Rabbi Mordecai Kanelsky celebrated the annual simchas beis hashoeiva on Thursday which started with an interactive exciting magic show while the participants enjoyed pizza in the sukkah which was followed by live music from Sandy shmueli accompanied with the bochurim from crown heights which uplifted all in spirit. Special thanks to the youth director Rabbi Avremy Kanelsky for making this event a reality. Photos by Mendy Kurant • Photos

Sunday afternoon, Bris Avrohom held their 40th annual dinner. This milestone was celebrated along with a 34th annual mass wedding. During the evening, great joy and excitement filled the room, with Avraham Fried entertaining the crowd • Photos

It was a frigid day in Communist Russia when ten-year-old Mordechai Kanelsky heard the good news. After seven years of being refuseniks, his family received word that the Soviet government had granted approval for them to leave the country • Full Article

Several New York City bridges are going to start charging more starting Sunday and one will become the most expensive in the nation. The Verrazano-Narrow Bridge will be $19 • Full Story