Do you, too, always forget to call your bubbe? Do you find yourself ridden with intense guilt when your bubbe calls you instead, stating in the flat tone reserved for the passive-aggressiveness only good, Jewish grandmothers can muster that she was awaiting news from you to no avail? A new app promises to absolve you of the shame and help keep grandma on your mind.
In the coming days, a historic circumcision ceremony will take place in the new Jewish medical center in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, with the participation of the city’s Chief Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetzki. A 90-year-old member of the community will be circumcised at the center, with the professional assistance of prominent local doctors.
Once again, a Chabad Tefillin stand in Israel was threatened with a fine and shut down by local officials, this time in Tel Aviv. A previous incident in Herzliya caused a firestorm, culminating with a personal apology from the mayor.
A creep who, since Friday, stalked an 8-year-old girl as well as her 12-year-old brother in Crown Heights, has now left the family a frightening note in their mailbox, “Watch out. I am watching you!! Your daughter is cute.”
Update: Sources are reporting that the suspect turned himself in to a police station after seeing his image on news reports. The community can breathe a sigh of relief as he is now in police custody.
Following the tragic death Malky Klein, a troubled young woman who was failed by the system, which shocked the Orthodox-Jewish community to its core, renowned Crown Heights educator Dena Gorkin wrote the following op-ed as a tribute to the young woman, which contains a list of tips that educators and parents should use for raising their children.
JLI presents its unique two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale. This week’s video for Parshas Lech Lecha is titled: Counting the Stars.
After a packed house the past six years, Breslov musician Yosef Karduner is returning to Crown Heights for a Seventh performance, along with other performers, for an event benefiting the friendship circle of Brooklyn.
Shmuli and Dina (nee Bryski) Goldberg (Crown Heights)
The remarkable footage of all the wonderful moments experienced by campers and staff alike this past summer at Gan Yisroel in Upstate New York by videographer Motty Reizes were craftily edited into an entertaining and fun camp video that is now available for order.
“A Taste of Crown Heights” brought foodies to the neighborhood for a ‘crawl’ through some 20 local eateries, in an event aimed at raising funds for NCFJE’s Toys for Hospitalized Children program and hosted together with JMenu.
The Hecht family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, OBM, at 580 Crown St. Apt 707, until Thursday morning. Shachris – 7:00am and 8:30am. Mincha – 5:45pm. Maariv – Bizmano. At the family’s request, please refrain from visiting […]
On Thursday, 19 October, 2017, the first Torah ever to be completed in Australia’s Parliament House had its last letters inscribed before a full house of 150 distinguished guests in the main committee room in what was a landmark occurrence for the Jewish community in Australia.
Motti Wilschanski (Crown Heights) and Yitty Rendler (Crown Heights)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 185, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Why Is It Not Enough to Be a Good Jew At Heart? I Feel So Lonely. What Can I Do About It? How Low Has Our Generation Fallen? What Can We Learn from Hashem’s Change in Perspective? Chabad Variations from The Mainstream: The Third Shabbos Meal.
From her birth in British Mandate Palestine to Breslover parents in 1942, to her passing 75 years later this past Wednesday, Rebbetzin Rivka Korf led a remarkable life, during whichi she spearheaded, along with her husband R’ Avrohom Korf, the renaissance of Jewish life in the state of Florida.
A positive development has been reported regarding the condition of Yehoshua Raphael HaLevi Ben Yocheved, a 31-year-old Crown Heights father of two who was in critical condition and underwent three open heart surgeries after a rare viral infection spread to his heart.
A mentally challenged woman charged with trying to steal a 1-year-old baby girl at 770 during Simchas Torah last week was released without bail because the case did not get to a grand jury before the legal deadline.
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