The large spike in the populations of Ramapo’s Orthodox and Hasidic communities fueled a townwide increase of more than 16 percent, according to the latest census figures.
In response to the recent debate about bringing an outsider to lecture Crown Heights on educating our Mechachim, we present the follwoing video of Mrs. Sharfstein talking about a Yechidus in which she asked the Rebbe about the Montessori method of education.
The streets were buried in snow, and these guys really cleaned up. Department of Sanitation workers shoveled in the OT in the week after the Christmas blizzard, some earning more than $5,000 in extra pay, according to city records obtained by The Post.
There will be a Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive Today, Sunday March 27th, starting at 3:00pm until 9:00pm at the Ahavas Chesed Center located at 271 Kingston Ave, between Lincoln Place and St Johns Place.
Rabbi Menachem Ofen, a Shliach who is the head of ‘Ohr Lachayal’ and a volunteer in the ‘organization for the soldiers’ arranged unprecedented Purim celebrations on Israeli Defense Force bases.
Pashkevilim against education guru Rick Lavoie were put out in Crown Heights shuls, prompting a heated debate. Yehuda Adelist wrote a response.
Tonight, Tzivos Hashem will hold their 30th Anniversary celebration concert starring Avraham Fried and Lipa Schmeltzer, along with the finalists of the ‘Jewish Kids Got Talent’ Contest. Few seats remain for the first Jewish event at the historic BAM theater.
This past Motzai Shabbos Kodesh, a hugely successful Purim bash was held at the Bais Menachem shul in Miami Beach. Attendance went far beyond expectations as over 250 people in total were present at different points throughout the evening.
WILKES-BARRE, PA — Costumed revelers were out in force on Sunday afternoon at the Woodlands Inn & Resort in Plains Township. It wasn’t Halloween, of course, but a celebration of the Jewish holiday known as Purim, put on by The Parent-Teacher Association at the United Hebrew Institute in Kingston.
Three members of the Zablo Beis Din have ruled that new arguments not previously addressed in the existing Psak may be brought before a new Beis Din.
In the Shuls of the Rabbeim of the many Chassidusim they mark the Purim Tish with an amusing show, with the Rebbes and their Chassidim in attendance. At the Tish of one of the branches of Satmar Chassidim they choose to display a show with particularly bad taste, with one of the Chassidim getting up – before the Rebbe – imitating and mocking the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Each believing he has the toughest job, a real life Rabbi and Physician switch places for a day. Starring Rabbi Chaim Hanoka and Gala Banquet 2011 Honoree, Dr. Afshin Akhavan. Filmed in one evening and one afternoon; no script, no prep, no actors, all improv. Screened at the Chabad of Pasedena Gala Banquet 2011.
Don’t count out Brooklyn! Borough leaders were slamming the US Census Bureau on Thursday after the agency claimed that Brooklyn grew by only 40,000 people over the past decade.
A mosaic made up of hand painted tiles went up off Kingston Avenue today, marking the culmination of a yearlong project! The mosaic is the collective work of children getting involved in raising awareness for Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights.
In yet another twist, a third Beis Din just weighed in on the Rabbanite dispute in Crown Heights at the request of the Vaad Hakohol chairman Zaki Tamir, and his ruling states that a second Beis Din has no right to mix in. This ruling would seemingly clear the way for Rabbi Yosef Braun to take up his position on the Crown Heights Beis Din.
CrownHeights.info scored an exclusive peek behind the scenes of the Sunday Jewish Kids Got Talent concert celebrating the power of Jewish children in honor of Tzivos Hashmes 30th anniversary.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a photo of the Rebbe leaving 770 right before a wedding ceremony. With special thanks to the Schildkraut and Schreiber families.
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