Earlier this week CrownHeights.info launched a survey asking a question of the community residences that everyone has been wondering. How are you surviving financially? The statistics are sobering.
The long-awaited day finally arrived on Sunday, September 8th. On this historic day in Lawrence, Kansas, Rabbi Zalman and Rebbetzin Nechama Teichtel broke ground for the new Chabad Center, which will serve both the students of Kansas University and the greater community.
Yanky Herzog is a businessman living in Crown Height, Brooklyn. He was interviewed in September of 2022.
Mottel and Sara (nee Caroline) Zirkind from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Following a model already operating successfully in more than twenty states, H.R. 9462 will provide $5 billion in scholarships to cover expenses facing public and private school children.
Mendel Neubort (Crown Heights) to Pessy Shemtov (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at the JCM
Hundreds of Jewish teenagers joined Israel trips arranged by Merkos 302’s CTeen Network this summer, despite the ongoing war and the troubling rise of antisemitism in school and online. The flagship “Heritage Quest” program takes these young leaders on a journey through Poland and Israel, immersing them in the resilience that has defined the Jewish people throughout history.
American bochurim studying in Tzfas began the new year with a remarkable Seder Sichos.
In preparation to Shnas Halimudim 5784, the Mechanchim of the ‘Ohr Menachem’ continuum gathered to gear up, refresh and grow their Chinuch repertoire.
Chaplain (Col) Jacob Goldstein, Senior Chaplain at “Ground Zero” for all military branches assigned to the World Trade Center, tells his story of courage and purpose.
20 years after the tragedy that occurred on September 11th, 2001, we present a gallery of rare photos from that terrible day, as well as the days immediately following.
On the following day of the horror of September 11th, 2001 a Hatzalah volunteer, who responded to the World Trade Center as the towers collapsed, penned this letter to a family member.
On the 14th anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11th Yeshiva World News released exclusive video that had never been published before, of the moments before and after the collapse of the towers.
The number of people who consider themselves atheists has doubled in the last ten years. Why is it so hard for people to see a G-d in the world? And how can we be so sure we always see Him?
Amid the chaos and panic following the airliners slamming into the two World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, many men and woman answered a higher calling – instead of running away, they turned and ran towards the burning buildings in desperate attempts to rescue those trapped in the burning inferno. Among those brave men was a band of Shomrim volunteers from Crown Heights.
It’s a heart-breaking bird’s eye view of New York’s worst tragedy. Years after the 9/11 attacks, the shocking and powerful 17-minute video taken by an NYPD helicopter on that fateful day remains a stark reminder of the events that took place.
In the days following the horror of September 11th, 2001 a Hatzalah volunteer, who was present at ground zero as the towers collapsed, penned the following memoir of the events of that day.
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