New Engagement!
Avrohom Yitzchok Abrahams (Crown Heights) to Sara Stock (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
INBOX: Why I Will Never Shame A Child
My father was frightened that I might grow up being more husky than he had envisioned. In an attempt to scare me into losing weight, he told me that I would eventually have to buy two seats on an airplane. I don’t think he intended to hurt me. He was worried about me. He wanted what he thought was best for his child. But good intentions don’t always prevent us from hurting someone.
Powerball Edges Closer to $1 Billion — The Biggest of the Year
The Powerball jackpot edged closer to $1 billion, the largest prize of the year, after no one won Monday night’s lottery drawing.
Baby Girl!
Yossi and Chaya Lebovic from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Gan Menachem Montreal Boys Excel in Special Beis Habechirah Program
In honor of 50 years since the Rebbe introduced the special initiative to learn Hilchos Beis Habechirah during the Three Weeks, a special Beis Habechirah program was launched this summer for boys ages eight and up.
New Engagement!
Noach Evers (Amsterdam, Netherlands) to Miri Liberow (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Chevra Ahavas Yisroel
Outskirts Of Crown Heights Gets Relief From Alternate Side Parking — What About The Jewish Section Of The Neighborhood?
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has launched a seven-week Alternate Side Parking (ASP) pilot program in portions of North/West Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, a predominantly white neighborhood, reducing street cleaning regulations from twice a week to only once a week on participating streets. The choice of location is very questionable.
Threat Prompts Evacuation of Chabad at the Shore in Ventnor
Chabad at the Shore in Ventnor was evacuated Monday after the Chabad building received a threatening message, prompting an immediate response from local law enforcement.
Baby Girl!
Yosef Yitzchok and Rivka (nee Namirovski) Shaingarten from Panama City, Panama had a baby girl!
Information to be Menachem Avel Mendel Meijers
Mendel Meijers will be sitting Shiva in Crown Heights following the passing of his mother Mrs. Miriam Meijers OBM. Times and location in the extended article.
YEKA Boys’ Jewish Summer Camp Marks Its Largest and Longest Season Yet
This year’s YEKA Jewish summer program for boys brought together more than 160 children from over 20 cities and villages across Ukraine for 21 days of learning, friendship and adventure in the Carpathian Mountains.
How to Reduce Kids’ Screen Time Without the Tears
It’s 6:15 pm on a Tuesday. Dinner’s on the stove, your phone is buzzing with a message from your sister, and your six-year-old is curled into the couch cushions, eyes locked on a tablet, completely somewhere else. You call her name once. Twice. Nothing. On the third try, you finally reach over and turn it off, and the sound that comes out of her could wake the whole block. If you know this moment, you are not failing. You are parenting in 2026.
Baby Girl!
Levi and Mushka (nee Tenenbaum) Krinsky from Libertyville, IL had a baby girl.
Baby Boy!
Mendel and Miriam (nee Katz) Greenberg from Schaumburg, IL had a baby boy!
Op-Ed: Private Struggle, Public Assault – Protecting Torah Life in the Digital Age
People are shaped by the attitudes, language, and examples around them. A single public voice can attract others; a group can make an idea seem normal; and eventually, what was once seen as destructive can be presented as admirable.
INBOX: 13-Story Development Planned for Crown Heights – But Who Will this Housing Serve?
A major new development planned at the corner of Troy Avenue and East New York Avenue is raising concerns among Crown Heights residents about the direction of development in the neighborhood.
Camp L’man Achai Releases New Theme Song
As another incredible summer at Camp L’man Achai comes to a close, the camp celebrates the fun, growth, and Jewish pride created throughout the summer with the release of a brand-new original song, ‘Where I Belong.’
