Video: The Yiddish Ventriloquist
Ventriloquist Jonathan Geffner performs for a Chasidic boys’ day camp in Brooklyn, NY, in July, 2016.
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Mikvah in Siberian City First in Over a Century
A new Mikvah opened in Omsk, Siberia last Thursday. This is the first Mikvah to function in the city in over 150 years and its construction was community-funded, with more than 1,000 local residents contributing to the success of the project.
There is a heat advisory across New York city's five boroughs, as well as the surrounding tri-state area, until Monday evening. Temperatures will reach a high of 94, with a 'real feel' of about 100.
Heatwave Continues to Grip NYC; Heavy Thunderstorms Possible
There is a heat advisory across New York city’s five boroughs, as well as the surrounding tri-state area, until Monday evening. Temperatures will reach a high of 94, with a ‘real feel’ of about 100.
Photos: Yeshiva Kayitz-Kingston at Six Flags
The bochurim of Yeshiva Kayitz-Kingston enjoyed a full-day trip to Six Flags in Massachusetts this past week.
Shluchim of the UK Gather in Bournemouth
“Excellent,” “Inspiring,” “a chance to meet and catch up” and “every year it just gets better” were some of the comments made by participating shluchim in the annual UK Kinus Hashluchim, which took place this year in the resort city of Bournemouth on the southern coast of England.
Tzaddik of Leningrad’s 70th Birthday Celebrated
One doesn’t easily forget the great joy that was felt thirty years ago when the one who was known as “The Tzaddik from Leningrad” was finally granted exit visas from Russia for himself and his family. The joy was widespread as, after many refusals from the Russian authorities, Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan and his family made Aliya and settled in Yerushalaim.
Twins! Boy and Girl!
Mendy and Chayale (nee Bares) Berkowitz (Kingston, PA)
Baby Girl!
Mendel and Rochie Levin (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
At around 2:00pm on Satuday afternoon, police found the dead body of a 35-year-old woman in Brower Park, located on Kingston Ave. and Park Place in Crown Heights, adjacent to the Brooklyn Children's Museum.
Woman’s Death a Mystery in Crown Heights Park
At around 2:00pm on Satuday afternoon, police found the dead body of a 35-year-old woman in Brower Park, located on Kingston Ave. and Park Place in Crown Heights, adjacent to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.
YSP-Morristown Continues to Grow, Inspire Youth
Yeshivas Summer Program – YSP, located at the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, New Jersey is currently in session, boasting its bigger attendance ever – 220 8th grader graduates from around the world joining its seven week program, with the aim of preparing them for their upcoming Mesivta year.
8:00pm: How Can I Overcome My Jealousy of Others?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 124, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Can I Overcome My Jealousy of Others? Can My Soulmate be a Non-Jew? Is Shiva Asar B’Taamuz Only a Commemoration? Can People Honestly Change?
Baby Boy!
Avraham Yosef and Simcha Baez (Crown Heights)
Siberian Jews Energized by Israeli Diplomat’s Visit
Jews in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, along with their spiritual leader Rabbi Binyomin Wagner, were excited to meet Mr. Zvi Hefetz, the Israeli Ambassador to Russia.
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Op-Ed: Opportunities in Political In-Correctness
“When Dr. Ben Carson spoke at the Republican National Convention, I thought he was about to call for a Moment of Silence in our schools,” writes Aliza Bas Menachem in this powerful op-ed reflecting on the current tensions and racial strife affecting the country. Unfortunately, he didn’t.
Crown Heights Eruv Feud Gets Its Dr. Seuss Moment
A tense religious dispute between Orthodox Jews in Crown Heights over a new eruv is now getting it’s first literary treatment — as a Dr. Seuss-style poem.
Hillary Clinton Picks Sen. Tim Kaine as Running Mate
Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has named Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate Friday, adding a centrist former governor of a crucial battleground state to the Democratic ticket.
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