CGI-NY Campers Enjoy Water Rides
Monday was a very exciting day in Gan Yisroel-NY: a special activity was arranged for the nine days – water bounce rides.
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Cheder Chabad Girls of LI Completes First Year with Celebration
It has been an amazing first year for Cheder Chabad Girls of Long Island. The first Pre-1A class celebrated the completion of their first year with a lovely performance.
$2.4 Million Building Planned for Jacksonville Campus
In 2006 Rabbi Shmuli Novack and his wife, Chana Novack, founded what they hoped would become a cultural and religious center for Jacksonville’s Southside Jewish community and a “home away from home” for Jewish students at the University of North Florida and other area colleges.
The second permanent exhibit at the Alaska Jewish Museum, titled “Jewish Movers and Shakers in Early Anchorage,” displays the lives of six families who lived in Anchorage in the early 1900s and jump-started the Jewish community there.
With a Jewish Mayor and Thriving Community, Anchorage Explores Its Roots
Summer means a few things in Alaska: the earth peaks out beneath the snow, the days become extremely long, and cruise ship after cruise ship arrives with tourists from around the world for seasonal, historical and nature-related trips.
Photo: Lubavitch Archives.
From Days Gone By: Fort Bragg, Summer of ’68
A group of Bochurim on Merkos Shlichus visit Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army base in North Carolina, in the summer of 1968. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Cops Seek Man Who Threw Lit Cigarette at Child
A child was struck by a lit cigarette last month at a Crown Heights subway station and now the authorities are hoping the police can help them find the man who did it.
Crown Heights Firehouse is Most Diverse in NYC
Engine 234 in Crown Heights is currently the only majority black FDNY company in the city — a record no firehouse has come close to reaching since the 1970s, the Daily News reported.
Parents Turn to Community to Help Son Walk Again
When Mendel Sebag was eight years old, he and his family went on vacation for the month of August to the French Alps. While playing with a ball and trying to catch it, Mendel fell down a 45 foot drop.
Beer Truck Overturns on BQE, Causing Delays
A tractor-trailer hauling beer has overturned on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, causing delays for the morning commute.
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Shur Family
The Shur family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Yosef Yitzchok, OBM, at 645 Lefferts Ave. Apt. #3B [corner Albany Ave.]. Davening times are as follows: Shachris – 2 Minyanim: 7:30 AM Shachris – 2 Minyanim: 8:30 AM […]
Young Family of Deceased Shlucha Needs Our Help
With broken hearts over the passing of the Shluchah to S. Paulo, Brazil, Mrs. Chaya Mushkah Stiefelmann, OBM, her family is reaching out to the broader community for help.
A Miracle in the South Bay
“On Tuesday I witnessed a miracle,” Rabbi Yosef Levin, Director at Chabad of South Bay in California wrote to his community. “I remember when we had only 35 children in our camp, and we were hoping that one day we would be able to expand. Seeing 500 Jewish kids from the Bay area unite to celebrate their Judaism was the most amazing sight I have ever seen”.
Ground Broken on First Mikvah in Ulster County
Chabad of Ulster County, NY, under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchak Hecht, has begun digging the foundation for a brand new Mikvah, the county’s first ever.
8:00pm: Is It Possible that This Generation Won’t Bring Moshiach?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 126, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is It Possible, G-d Forbid, That This Generation Won’t Bring Moshiach? Can a Dirah B’tachtonim Be Created at the Office? Why is Childbirth So Difficult? How Can One Move Past Fear of What Others Think? What is the Significance of Shabbas Chazon?
9 Inspiring Videos for the 9 Days
Torah Café, a project of the Jewish Learning Institute, has compiled a series of nine video lectures on the two Holy Temples, their destruction, and the third one which will soon be rebuilt. Each video corresponds to one of the nine days of mourning between Rosh Chodesh Av and Tisha B’Av.
Photos: Erev Shabbos in Gan Yisroel
Cleaning up the bunkhouses, showering, white shirts, phone calls and letters home: Camp Gan Yisroel-NY was abuzz on Friday preparing for the day of rest.
Location of the accident
15-Year-Old Critically Injured by Car in Crown Heights
A car driven by a Jewish member of the Crown Heights community struck a 15-year-old African-American teenager on Thursday, critically injuring him.
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