Rabbi Eliezer Gold Comes Home
Rabbi Eliezer Gold, a Crown Heights resident, returned home Thursday after a nearly month long stay in the hospital.
Here’s My Story: In Mint Condition
For nearly four decades, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky served as the Rebbe’s secretary. He continues to serve as the chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch and Machne Israel, and secretary of Agudas Chasidei Chabad. He was interviewed by JEM five times between 2009 and 2018.
Camp Chomesh Announces Plans To Open, New York Camps Still In Limbo
Camp Chomesh has announced that its plans to open for the 2020 summer have been approved, marking it the first Lubavitch camp to have firm plans for opening. New York State camps remain in limbo.
Home Based Rehab In Crown Heights Seeking Volunteers
As many of Crown Heights’s residents return from long stays in the hospital, they will require intensive rehabilitation, and the Crown Heights community has come together to provide home based community rehab. To make the initiative work, the rehab is seeking volunteers from the community to join.
Shloshim For Rabbi Yehuda Leib Groner OBM
Everyone is invited to take part in a Chassidishe Farbrengen marking the Shloshim of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Groner OBM. The Shloshim event will be streamed live here on CrownHeights.info.
PSA: Aliya Giving Free Masks At Tefillin Booth
Thanks to some very generous Aliya donors, Aliya will be handing out free KN95 – 3 ply masks today, Thursday, from 5:00pm at the Aliya Tefillin booth on the corner of Crown Street and Kingston Ave. As many as you need – No questions asked.
Russian Jewry Prepares for Lag B’omer Celebrations
This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Jewish communities across the former Soviet Union are coming up with new, creative and original ideas for Lag B’Omer so that families can celebrate from the comfort of their own homes.
Hatzalah-Thon: A Message From Maimonidies Medical Center CEO
CEO of Maimonides Medical Center, Mr. Ken Gibbs, has a message for the Jewish community regarding the upcoming Hatzalah-Thon event scheduled to take place on Lag B’Omer. Come join the tens of thousands who will be unifying and donating to Hatzalah’s precious work.
Video of the Day
A special thank you to Hatzalah volunteers lit up the facade of an apartment building in Crown Heights. Thanked by name for their lifesaving work were Dr. Eli Rosen, Yingi Bistritzky, JJ Katz, and Menachem Freeman.
PSA: The Kingston Bake Shop Reopens With Limited Hours
After being closed for weeks, the Kingston Bake Shop has reopened for the Crown Heights community. The store will be open with limited hours of 6:00am-2:00pm.
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Chani (nee Demercur) Brennan (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Sholom and Rivka (nee Vorst) Galperin (Windsor Ontario)
26 Years: 7 Week Learning Program
In honor of twenty six years since Gimmel Tammuz, a weekly Sunday learning program will launch over the zoom platform. The shiur will start this coming Sunday, the 10th of May, and will continue for seven weeks.
Rav Schwei – A Shliach
Rabbi Yossi Turk, Shliach in Cordoba, Argentina, tells of another less known chapter of the life of his father in law, Rabbi Ahron Yaakov Schwei OBM.
BDE: Rabbi Pinchus Zev Wolf Marasow, 84, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Pinchus Zev Wolf (Velvel) Marasow OBM, an elder Chossid and resident of Crown Heights. He passed away on the 13th of Iyar, 5780.
COVID-19 Update for the Crown Heights Community #27
A twenty seventh update from the Gedaliah Society has been released, updating the community with statistics from recent testing and surveys. The update also reports the good news as the virus weakens its hold on the community.
Seven Cars Involved In Crash on New York Ave In Crown Heights
Seven vehicles were involved in a large crash that spread crumpled up cars and debris across an entire Crown Heights block Wednesday night. The accident occurred around 10:15pm on New York Ave between East New York Ave and Lefferts Ave in Crown Heights.
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