An armed home invader, who forced his way into a Crown Heights home Monday and attacked a Jewish mother with her child, recieved a strong lesson in Crown Heights strength thanks to Syata Dishmaya, a proud father, and the dedicated volunteers of Crown Heights Shomrim.
The Crown Heights community is invited to mark their calendars for an uplifting evening of inspiration and music at the annual Crown Heights Stepping Up for RCCS event, taking place on Tuesday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the backyard of Beis Rivka Lefferts.
New York State Senator Bill Weber, who represents Rockland County—home to a large Jewish population, including many Lubavitcher families in Monsey, Pomona, and the growing Chabad community in New City, NY, made his first visit to Crown Heights gaining a firsthand look at the heart of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
After long months of an intensive study campaign and spiritual preparation, and after successfully passing the rigorous testing, the outstanding students merited to fulfill their ultimate aspiration: an uplifting journey to the court of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
In the 1980s, the building was purchased by United Lubavitcher Yeshiva to serve as a student dormitory. As part of that conversion, the ground-floor stores were removed, returning the building to a non-commercial use and giving it much of the appearance it has today.
As Oholei Torah continues celebrating its Shivim Shana, we are excited to share a remarkable piece of our history: an original radio commercial promoting the Oholei Torah Day Camp from more than fifty years ago.
They have been waiting a long time. Longer than most people realize, because this is not the kind of thing people talk about at a kiddush. The appointments. The procedures. The financial strain. The quiet drive home afterward. It all happens out of view. Then one day, the phone rings, and everything changes.
Rabbi Mendy Hershkop joined the Clappy and Frank Show to speak on his work teaching, and crimefighting.
The Crown Heights Republican Committee (CHRC) welcomed Nassau County Executive and Republican New York gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman for a visit of the Crown Heights neighborhood, the candidate for NY Governor met with local business owners and community members to discuss many of the issues affecting local residents.
The air quality reached unhealthy levels on Wednesday as the smoke from wildfires in Canada made its way to the tri-state region for a second day in a row.
Seventy bochurim in Shiur Daled of Beis Medrash Oholei Torah celebrated an extraordinary accomplishment by completing the entire Meseches Bava Kamma baal peh in less than nine months.
A car fire gutted a vehicle Monday afternoon in the area of Rutland Road and Utica Ave, leaving a large swath of Crown Heights choking on smoke.
The Crown Heights Republican Committee (CHRC) will host New York State Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, for a visit to the Crown Heights neighborhood focused on strengthening ties and addressing issues affecting the Jewish community.
Anyone who has ever planned a Simcha knows the routine: a dozen phone calls to find an available hall, a frantic search for a caterer who can work with your date, texts back and forth with a photographer that somehow never get answered on time, and a growing pile of sticky notes trying to keep it all straight. A new platform, BookBeSimcha.com, was built to change that.
The state-financed affordable housing project that has loomed over the future of one of Crown Heights’s oldest Shuls just got significantly bigger, and taller.
A sharp eyed Crown Heights Shomrim volunteer watched as the man pocketed the merchandise and left the store. He radioed in the theft and within a few minutes the shoplifter was under arrest.
On Monday, July 27, The Arches will fill for the 6th Annual Bonei Olam Chabad Men’s Event. The evening will feature a soulful kumzitz with Eli Levin, prime meats fresh off the fire, an open bar, and cigars shared in good company.
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