Crown Heights residents are getting into the swing of social distancing with outdoor minyanim, sometimes spanning a full block. While some minyanim take place with each person standing on separate porches, others get together outside a shul and stand on a sidewalk.
After every first Friday of the month, hundreds of guests pack the gallery to take part in JAC’s “Taste of Shabbos.” Surrounded by ambient lighting and eclectic artwork, visitors enjoy a free, full-course traditional Jewish meal of gefilte fish, salads, chicken, and hot soup.
With schools closing across the country, the education of thousands of students depends largely on their own self-motivation—and the available content out there, Rabbi Wolosow’s Torah Recordings Website becomes a valuable resource.
With new restrictions on restaurants and the need to keep social distance as much as possible, SauceNCheese in Crown Heights is moving is Pesach Cleaning Special outdoors, and streamlining its ordering process.
Friends and supporters gathered for the nineteenth time to benefit the Gemachs of the FSU, under the auspices of Russia’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar.
Crown Heights Shomrim has published an advisory for the Crown Heights Jewish community.
In little more than 24 hours since schools nationwide announced their abrupt closure due to COVID-19, Rabbi Zalmy Loewenthal, director of the Chabad Children’s Network (CKids), assembled a team of veteran educators to ensure that Hebrew School education for Jewish children would continue uninterrupted.
While practicing health precautions amid the start of the coronavirus crises in New York, over 120 community members gathered to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim at Chabad’s ‘Purim in Israel’ community party on March 10th. The event, led by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, was held at the Town of Monroe Senior Center.
While the Governor of Ohio – Mr. Mark DeWine – temporarily closed all schools, he made sure to sign a special proclamation declaring the upcoming 11 Nissan as “Education and Sharing Day” in the entire state of Ohio.
We present a gallery from Purim celebrations in Moscow as hundreds of Jews joined together to celebrate with food, drink, song and dance.
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.
The Rabbinical Council of Bergen County, New Jersey, is closing all synagogues, forbidding public celebrations, and recommending against home minyans, shiva visits and large gatherings for Shabbat meals over a surge in Coronavirus cases in their community.
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.
Coronavirus has changed the world a lot in the last three weeks. Some schools are switching to distance learning, and Nigri Online School has stepped up to help.
Basketball fans saw their fears come true Wednesday night as the NBA suspended the season until further notice. The reason for the seasons suspension was the news that a Utah Jazz player had tested positive for coronavirus.
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.
