Kalfon, 27, was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023, and endured two years of starvation, beatings, and psychological torture in Hamas captivity before being freed on October 13, 2025.
Alter Seewald (Crown Heights) to Sara Zalmanov (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, Feb. 26th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
A pervert who exposed himself to multiple women on a Crown Heights Street was quickly arrested Tuesday after the victims called Crown Heights Shomrim for help.
With great sadness we announce the untimely and sudden passing of Menachem Mendel Jaffe, a Tomim and a beloved son, brother, uncle and friend.
Upon arriving in Moscow for the historic Rambam Siyum attended by thousands, renowned Chasidic singer R’ Avraham Fried expressed a heartfelt desire to visit the city’s Jewish orphanage – to personally encourage the children, uplift their spirits, and bring them joy and comfort.
The soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Ofri Yafe, 21, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit, from HaYogev.
Attention Crown Heights Resident’s, Our Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who we all Voted for in the Democratic Primary will be holding a Community Listening Session Thursday, February 19, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Brooklyn Public Library – Central Branch, located at 10 Grand Army Plaza.
The Merkos Chinuch Office, in collaboration with the Menachem Education Foundation, recently concluded a two-part AI training series for educators that left participants equipped with practical tools to elevate their Chinuch work.
Home is usually where teens feel safest letting that guard down. It’s where emotions spill out because they trust, often unconsciously, that the relationship can hold it.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has proposed increasing property taxes by 9.5% in New York City to close a major budget gap.
Noam, a young Jewish teen from Perth, Australia, will embark on a 30-hour journey this week, traveling 11,620 miles to reach New York City. He’ll be the furthest-traveling teen ever to join CTeen’s International Shabbaton.
Simcha Fisch (Los Angeles, CA) to Mushky Zwiebel (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, Feb. 18th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street Small Hall
Sholom Oirechman (Tallahassee, FL) to Bryna Brownstein (Wynnewood, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
A large stone vessel production facility from the Second Temple Period was found in Jerusalem during the arrest of antiquities thieves.
The Interior Ministry has now announced that the accommodation will remain in place through September 30, 2026. Dual citizens will therefore continue to be permitted to enter and depart Israel using a valid foreign passport during this period.
Hosted by the Aleph Institute, the primary organization providing spiritual, emotional and practical support for the approximately 15,000 Jews serving in the U.S. military, the conference provided professional training and community building for Jewish service members and their families.
The building was returned to the local Jewish community, thanks to Mr. Putins’s personal involvement, in light of a request from the Chief Rabbi of Russia, HaGaon Rabbi Berel Lazar Shlita, at one of their meetings in the Kremlin in Moscow.
