Oholei Torah has announced that they will be preparing breakfast and lunch for their students who are stuck at home due to closed school. Pickup for the meals will be each morning between 11:00am and 12:00pm in the Oholei Torah Ddining room at 667 Eastern Parkway.
The schools of Crown Heights have joined together to provide online schooling for all the children of the community. The online classes will roll out at CHYeshiva.com, allowing everyone to join.
Nestled between a barbershop and taxi storefront, a Jewish owned dry cleaners comes back to life. PLG Cleaners located on New York Ave near Midwood Street, was recently purchased by Betzalel Scheinfeld, A Crown Heightser with a vision and a plan.
With new restrictions on the amount of people able to congregate in one place, the Gabboim of 770 have limited the participation in 770 to 500 people. The gabboim made the request following the limit enacted by Governor Andrew Cuomo on the amount of people allowed to congregate.
In an about face, just hours after saying that schools will remain open, the principals notified parents that as of Friday at 12:00pm, all Crown Heights Schools will be closed until further notice.
In an email sent to school parents, the principals of the Crown Heights schools assureds that they were closely monitored the spreading pandemic, and the decision made was that all schools would continue to remain open for now.
Each year, children across the globe look forward to coming to Crown Heights for the Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos Shabbaton. Unfortunately, due to the spread of the Coronavirus, the Shabbaton has been cancelled.
s hundreds of girls had off of school over Purim break, Bais Rivkah took the opportunity to sanitize and disinfect the school buildings in preparation for the girls return to class. The school also implemented additional cleaning measures of frequently of often-touched surfaces such as door handles, restrooms and railings.
The first Crown Heights School cancellation due to Coronavirus was announced in the early hours of Thursday morning. Kita Gimmel-Daled of Oholei Torah, the classes of Rabbi Shpeigelman and Rabbi Zaltzman, were cancelled through Monday.
Baruch Hashem, after more than two months of daily learning, participants at the Shain Shul Daf Yomi Shiur were excited to celebrate a grand Siyum on Maseches Brochos. Harav Yaakov Schwei of the Crown Heights Beis Din inspired the assembled crowd with words of Bracha and encouragement to complete many more Masechtos.
So what would you do if you accidentally bumped another car in the brutal Crown Heights Purim traffic? This chevraman shook the mans hand after exchanging pleasantries, then handed over some Shalach Manos.
The Oholei Torah Eighth Grade will be putting on their annual Shushan Purim Carnival for boys on Wednesday at the Oholei Menachem Ballroom. Come and enjoy!
One of the customs observed during the Fast of Esther is the Mitzvah of Machtzis Hashekel which is given around Mincha time. Support Keren Simchas Chosson V’kallah through this special mitzvah and help a Chosson and Kallah have a beautiful wedding.
Another car was discovered vandalized in Crown Heights Sunday, in a rather vulgar display. The car had its gas tank cover ripped off, mirror broken, and had been keyed across one side of the vehicle with a vulgar word, apparently expressing the anonymous vandals feelings.
Chevra Hatzalah, the parent body of New York City’s Hatzalah organizations, has released a community memo concerning Coronavirus (COVID-19) for the New York City Jewish community. The memo summarizes what we know about the virus, cautions against panic, and gives advice on how to protect yourself against the virus.
Five boys wanted for the brutal beating and theft on a fifteen year old girl last Thursday, have turned themselves in to the 77th precinct. The five had instigated the assault as part of a larger group of teenagers roving the area of Eastern Parkway and Utica Ave.
In another head scratching vandalism in Crown Heights, a car parked on Crown Street was targeted over shabbos, leaving tires slashed and damage to the vehicle.
