Friendship Circle of Brooklyn has partnered with CG Blooms to start a new community initiative to benefit moms of children with special needs. Bouquet of flowers are available for purchase through Flowers of Friendship.
Jewish History Soundbites With Yehuda Geberer profiled Jewish Crown Heights in their latest episode published on Lag B’Omer. The podcast included a robust coverage of the Chabad-Lubavitch community that are now the almost exclusive Jewish residents of the neighborhood.
Each home, each family, and each person has had their own experience with the volunteers of Crown Heights Hatzalah. With the Hatzalah-Thon ongoing, lets not forget to thank the individual volunteers for sacrificing their time, lending their heart, and providing each person with the personal and caring touch of a family member.
Another group of Crown Heights plasma donors made their way to a blood bank Lag B’Omer to have their plasma extracted. The convalescent plasma has been shown to help those in critical condition with the COVID-19 virus.
Live at 12:00pm: Watch and join in the NCFJE Lag B’Omer Parade and Celebration as it travels the streets of Crown Heights.
As the clock turned to midnight and the music stretched into the early hour of the morning, Hatzalah of Crown Heights blew past their halfway point to fundraising their $1 Million goal.
A twenty eighth update from the Gedaliah Society has been released, updating the community with statistics from recent testing and surveys. The update also sets the stage for what is hoping to be a gradual opening of the community.
A fire broke out in a junk filled lot on East New York Ave and Kingston Ave Monday night, as Jewish people across the globe celebrate Lag B’Omer. There were no injuries from the fire, and damage minimal.
The entire Crown Heights community is invited to come out and celebrate the Bar Mitzva of eight boys, who had their Simcha plans canceled due to Covid-19. The parade will begin at 1:00 pm IY’H and pass through the streets of Crown Heights.
In a last-minute effort, NCFJE was successful in arranging floats to drive through the streets of Crown Heights and bring the feeling and joy of Lag B’Omer to everyone.
Crown Heights doctor and Hatzalah physician Dr. Eli Rosen shares a personal message on the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic had on him, and how the members of Hatzalah surpassed what could be called normal.
Crown Heights Hatzalah has published its official promotional video for 2020-5780. Join in the Hatzalah-Thon airing this Lag B’Omer, and donate to Crown Heights Hatzalah to become a partner in saving lives.
Nickalus Thompson, a 21 year old rapper and musician, was found unresponsive after being shot multiple times on a Crown Heights area street. He was rushed to Kings County Hospital just a few blocks away, where he was pronounced dead.
Crown Heights Hatzalah has done it again. Having paired with individuals involved in the wellbeing of the community and local physicians, they have developed a day-hab facility where patients will be able to get all the therapy they need and yet live at home. Families will be connected again.
On Tuesday evening, Bnos Chomesh Academy held a Staff Appreciation Evening. Realizing that an online event needed to be something spectacular, a few staff members went to work gathering prizes for a virtual Chinese Auction/Raffle.
The family of Shloime Freundlich invites the Crown Heights community to join in a virtual Shloshim memorial event to honor their brother.Join at 8:00pm over zoom.
Crown Heights Shomrim is advising the community of an old scam that has returned to Crown Heights, fooling people into giving money for “breaking” someones expensive bottle of booze. Please be aware of this scam. Don’t fall for it.
