This week hundreds of boys in grades 5-8 from all the schools in Crown Heights gathered for an extra hour of learning, from 7:00 to 8:00pm. The Yeshivas Erev program will continue throughout the year, and boys who attend on a daily basis will receive wonderful rewards and prizes.
The High Point Furniture Market is the largest home furnishings industry trade show in the world. But until recently, there were no programs or services addressing the needs of Jewish visitors among the convention’s 80,000 participants.
After over 50 years of not having their own professional sports team to root for – ever since the Dodgers left in 1958 – residents of Brooklyn were overjoyed this year to welcome the Nets as the borough’s very own Basketball team. It is now being reported that the Islanders have decided to relocate from Nassau County to Brooklyn in 2015.
When I heard that the rabbi of a Chabad house on a university campus was in trouble for providing alcohol to students, I assumed that I didn’t need to hear any further details to understand what the story was.
Woody Allen, along with a swarm of Paparazzi, was spotted this morning in Crown Heights. The comedian is acting in a film by producer John Turturro, who chose the President Street home of Eli Wuench as the setting for one of the scenes.
A Brooklyn judge today formally dismissed charges against a man whose beating by police was caught on tape.
For the second time in under two weeks, vandals slashed the tires of several parked cars in Crown Heights last night, this time upping their tally to 15.
As the sun was setting over the horizon, the soft, golden rays were shining onto the Tennessee stone at the entrance to Nashville’s Mikvah Mei Chaya.
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As students settle into another school year, it is an opportune time to reflect on an inconvenient truth: Too many children struggle to read Hebrew.
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From time to time, various neighborhoods are featured in The Jewish Week. This week they covered New York’s Upper East Side, with the lead section profiling Chabad in the area, led by Rabbi Ben Tzion and Chanie Krasniasnki.
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