As the Vaad Hakohol and CHJCC Board marks 100 days of dedicated service, we are excited to share an update on the progress and key initiatives we’ve been working on to support and strengthen the Crown Heights community.
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At 885 Eastern Parkway stands a majestic neoclassical building, which is currently home to The United Lubavitcher Yeshiva Mesivta and Zal. The building has a rich history spanning over 100 years, beginning in the early 20th century, so let’s delve into its story.
With great sadness we report the passing of Dr. Doug Behrman OBM, a longtime physician and resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the brother of Baila Behrman and Yaacov Behrman of Crown Heights.
Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Wenger (née Wolvovsky) were announced as the newest Chabad Shluchim to California who will be establishing Chabad of Sonoma Valley, in the heart of California’s Wine Country.
In Episode 48 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Yossi and Rebbetzin Dalia Kulek, Chabad shluchim at the University of Hartford. Though their unique ethnic backgrounds greatly help them empathize with and support a diverse range of Jewish students, their identities have sometimes been the target of racism.
It’s hard to be do enough damage in a community to be termed a “Menace”, but one person richly deserving the name is now facing a reckoning after Crown Heights Shomrim facilitated his arrest Sunday.
Dr. Yehudah Pryce, DSW, MSW, is the senior director of national mental health and well-being programs at Defy Ventures and a psychotherapist at Beit T’Shuvah in Los Angeles, California. Raised in Los Angeles, he served 16 years for a teenage non-violent robbery. Since his release in 2018, he converted to Judaism, earned a master’s in social work from the University of Southern California, and works as a psychotherapist.
For the women of Crown Heights and beyond, there is: the Systematic Avodah Initiative (SAI), run by local women’s organization Living Chassidus. Participating in SAI is simple but impactful:.
With the participation of the Chief Rabbi of Russia, this new addition joins the dozen active synagogues in Russian prisons, aiming to bring light to the inmates and sever their chains.
A major step forward for the East Flatbush Lubavitch community today with the groundbreaking of their future shul and Mikvah on Albany Ave.
One of the unique items in the display is a beautiful conical glass vessel, made of colorless translucent glass, decorated with blue glass drops. This vessel, found years ago during an excavation in the Western Galilee, dates to the 4th century CE, the late Roman period and the beginning of the Byzantine period in the land.
Road milling and paving will take place at multiple locations around Crown Heights this week, bringing with it expected traffic and noise disturbances.
Encampments, protests, and antisemitic rhetoric may be ramping up as students return to campus this fall, but something else is coming, too: A Jewish pride tour will hit colleges and universities across more than forty states and Canada, courtesy of Chabad on Campus.
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that $36 million has been awarded to five projects across New York State. Breaking Ground II Housing Development Corporation was awarded $15 million to develop 117 units of permanent supportive housing in Brooklyn for chronically homeless individuals and others
Eli Tuvel (Sydney, Australia) and Tammy Sologub (Sydney, Australia)
In a newly released The Alef in Conversation Podcast, a project of Merkos 302’s Moshiach Office, Rabbi Dov Yonah Korn of Chabad House Bowery, shares his experiences for an enlightening twist on the concept of Teshuva, in a refreshing and empowering conversation.
MyShliach at Merkos 302 kicks off the new school year by launching a brand-new platform, designed to engage the 5,500 young shluchim it serves, amplify their sense of community, and provide a unified platform for both parents and children.
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