The Rebbe illuminates the name “Oholei Torah” as being predicated upon and an extension of the original “tents of Torah” of Shem and Ever. As its name hints, INTENTION is a monthly glimpse into the tents of Torah of Oholei Torah.
When R. was a junior at Bais Rivkah high school, one of her classmates, a girl she didn’t know well, confided in R. that she was thinking of killing herself. R. didn’t know what to do. In an effort to combat this serious issue, Bais Rivkah High School in Crown Heights partnered with the Gelt Charitable Foundation to offer suicide prevention education to their entire school community
You see them every day of the week – including Shabbos and Yom Tov, and at all times of the day and night, dashing out of their homes, businesses, and shuls to perform acts of chesed. With history about to be made, Crown Heights Hatzalah is asking YOU to join the campaign.
It may sound comical, but did you know that we have at least 40 different words just to describe shades of the color red?
Urgent call for all healthy donors (men and women) as blood supply drops to dangerously low levels. New York Blood Center (NYBC) is partnering with local organizations and they need our help now! Join in this mitzva and save up to 3 lives!
Do you recognize this man? Less than an hour after USPS dropped off a large Amazon box on the stoop of a Jewish Crown Heights home, this man with a distinct disabled hand showed up, pretending to be on the phone as he swiped the package.
Speeding kills, as apparently so do speeding cameras. An MTA bus driver accidently caused a chain of events that led to the death of a Prospect Lefferts Gardens man in Crown Heights last Thursday.
In the spirit of שבת אחים גם יחד, the principals of the local Yeshivas and schools initiated a meeting on Monday with Rabbi Shimon Hecht and the NCFJE to clarify and finalize the plans for this year’s Lag B’Omer rally.
For the next four Tuesdays, Operation Survival, a department of the NCFJE, will present a lecture series for parents and educators addressing hot topics in the area of teen mental health. The lectures will be hosted at 8:30pm on the following days April 13th, April 20th. April 27th, and May 4th, and can be viewed via Zoom, or through tuning in on CrownHeights.info.
Close to 40 people gathered to celebrate a grand Siyum on Maseches Shkolim at Shain Shul, the iconic Kingston Avenue Beis Medrash that is celebrating 40 years of Torah and Tefilah under the dedicated leadership of Rabbi Eliyahu Shain.
As fifty-six Hatzalah chapters across the world gear up for this year’s Hatzalah-Thon, Crown Heights Hatzalah is preparing to make history. Make sure you are following the Crown Heights Hatzalah and CrownHeights.info social media pages to get the breaking updates.
In the wake of the pandemic and economic recession, many have lost their jobs. In Crown Heights, one of the hardest hit neighborhoods in New York City, many people have been forced to enter or re-enter the job market while others are considering a career change. Luckily, Jobmap, a new job-finding program in Crown Heights, is helping hundreds of men and women find jobs that are fulfilling and also pay the bills.
Crown Heights activist and Community Board 9 member Yaacov Behrman slams down Community Council President Colin Cohen after he claimed that others should not be able to question him due to his many years of serving the community, including being the go-between for the Jewish and black communities and the police department.
A man has been shot on St Johns in Crown Heights, and was rushed to the hospital in life threatening condition Sunday afternoon.
CrownHeights.info presents a gallery of photos with the streets and views of Crown Heights Erev Shabbos. This gallery is courtesy of MendelsPhotogrophy.
A man was shot just outside a Jewish business in Crown Heights just minutes before Shabbos this week, sparking a search for the group responsible. The victim was transported to the hospital by city EMS.
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Shemini, Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Iyar:
