Cheder at the Ohel has announced that a ‘Mechina’ class will be opening this fall for boys ages 13-14. The location for this class will be near the Ohel, with transportation provided to and from Crown Heights.
A mutual acquaintance of mine who was once employed at the Pentagon cafeteria, overheard very high ranking military men conversing over lunch and mockingly refer to the active troops as “fodder”. They were high and mighty luxury-office-suite- commanders and the little poor men who were under their command were merely their fodder.
The Kuperman family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Chaim Aaron, OBM, at 591 Lefferts Ave. [Between Kingston and Albany Aves.]. Shachris: 7:30 & 8:30. Mincha: 7:30 & 7:45. Maariv: Bizmana. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar […]
In a leafy neighborhood in Montreal, Canada, 10 Jewish young adults just completed a two-week shot in the arm of Judaism that included guest lectures, daily prayers, one-on-one Talmud study and a weekend trip to New York.
Campers and counselors at Camp Gan Israel-Montreal enjoyed an exciting and fun trip to La Ronde, a Quebec amusement park, where they spent the day riding roller coasters and enjoying other rides and games.
The bunk of counselor Aron Wolf (today a Chabad rabbi and Sofer in Chicago) poses for a group portrait at Camp Gan Yisroel-Montreal in the summer of 1975. Can you identify any of the campers?
Jews are the most warmly regarded religious group in America, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
Beneath a banner proclaiming “should your brothers go to war while you sit idly here?” dozens of Jews gathered Sunday at the Marina Roscha synagogue in Moscow for an evening of prayer for the safety of the Jewish people and IDF soldiers in the Holy Land.
On Sunday, campers and their parents enjoyed an exciting and fun-filled visiting day together at Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ.
A rally in support of Israel was held Sunday in Louisville, Kentucky. Local Chabad Shluchim Rabbi Chaim Litvin and his brother Shmully set up a booth at the event and helped many Jewish men put on Tefilin and gave Jewish women Shabbos candle sets.
A small group of pro-Israel demonstrators was violently attacked by their pro-Palestinian counterparts in front of the Calgary city hall in Alberta, Canada this weekend. The pro-Israel demonstrators were overwhelmingly outnumbered, and had to be rescued by police, but not before they were savagely beaten by the mob.
Some 3,000 gathered at the ‘crossroads of the world’, Times Square in Manhattan for a rally and show of solidarity in support of Israel. Hundreds of Israeli and American flags served as the backdrop of chants “we are Jews and we are not afraid.”
Since Friday, the Jewish community in the Ukrainian city of Lugansk has been in mourning following the death of a mother and daughter who were killed during an exchange between Ukrainian security forces and Russian separatists.
The Jewish community of South Padre Island, Texas, is mourning the loss of native-born Sgt. Sean Carmeli, one of thirteen soldiers from the Golani brigade who died in battle overnight in the Shejaiyah section of Gaza City.
Mrs. Ruth Newfield, an educator, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away Sunday morning in San Francisco, California.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 26, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will explain his decision to tackle a number of controversial topics in recent episodes, and why some things can’t be brushed under the carpet.
A fire destroyed two residential units in the Nahariah – Happy Acres bungalow colony in the Catskill Mountains. Severe damage was caused to the units.
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