Eastern Parkway and Kingston Ave has always been a major highway for Lubavitchers, many times spilling into the streets and overfilling into the surrounding areas. With grant money allocated to place surveillance cameras on Crown Heights intersections, the NYPD has finally placed one on the hotbed corner.
The old St Mary’s Hospital on Buffalo Ave in Crown Heights has been shuttered since 2005, and is now being resurrected as a COVID-19 facility.
A copy of a mafteiach of the maamarim of the first four Rebbeim on the 5 Meggilos, Teffilah, Yomim Tovim, and Gemora, was recently discovered. The discovery appears to have been written by either the Rebbe Maharash, or the Rebbe Rashab, with additions written by the Friederker Rebbe.
With great sadness we report the passing of Reb Moshe Shmiel Klein OBM, a resident of Williamsburg who owned Klein’s Grocery in Crown Heights. He passed away over shabbos, the 10th of Nissan, 5780.
Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, President Donald Trump proclaimed Yud Aleph Nissan to be Education and Sharing Day, 2020.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Golda Miriam (Goldie) Shifrin OBM, a Crown Heights resident active in helping those in the community. She passed away Motzei Shabbos, the 11th of Nisssan, 5780.
As COVID-19 sweeps through Jewish communities worldwide, each and every person asks themselves, “How can I help?” Rabbi Mordechai Hecht asked himself this question, and found the answer in his tie collection. It was time to pass on the goodness.
With great sadness we report the passing of R’ Shalom Gurewicz OBM, a Lubavitcher from Australia who recently moved to Pomona, NY. He passed away over shabbos, the 10th of Nissan, 5780.
With Hebrew Schools going virtual amid the coronavirus outbreak, Ckids uses the opportunity to produce a cutting-edge Pesach experience unifying kids from around the world.
A seventeenth update of guidelines for the Crown Heights Jewish community has been published by the Gedaliah Society, with an update on social support services for the Crown Heights Jewish community.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Rivkah Karp OBM, a matriarch of a large Lubavitch family. She passed away Motzei Shabbos, the 11th of Nissan, 5780.
Crown Heights Hatzalah made an extra stop Thursday with lunch for the staff at the Kingsbrook Jewish Hospital Emergency Room. The pre-made lunches from Holesome Bagels were donated by SGM Socher, and delivered by Crown Heights Hatzalah volunteers.
Russian officials stopped all incoming and outbound international flights starting at midnight on Friday to slow the spread of the coronavirus, widening the international flight restrictions implemented on March 27.
Brooklyn landlord Mario Salerno cancelled rent for approximately 300 tenants in his 18 apartment building complex in a gesture of goodwill following the spread of COVID-19 in the borough.
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Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Two people were killed and four injured Saturday in a stabbing attack in southeastern town of Romans-sur-Isère, about 20km north of Valence. According to the mayor of the French town, a man armed with a knife attacked people shopping in town, killing two of them and wounding an additional five.
