It was a busy day in New Jersey this past Thursday, Ches Shevat, as busloads of children from New Jersey, Philadelphia, Connecticut and Wilkes-Barre assembled together for the 6th annual Kinus HaChadorim. This was no ordinary Kinus, as its participants are all Tzeirei HaShluchim and Anash of small Jewish communities – children who daily epitomize dedication and commitment to Chassidishe Chinuch.
The bochurim at YNS – AKA ‘Rabbi O’s yeshiva’ – in New Jersey worked very hard with their preparations for Yud Shevat.
In a shocking video obtained exclusively by CrownHeights.info, a young Borough Park boy can be seen wandering into a busy street, with no adult in sight.
“I have seen a true Ohev Yisroel!” is the title of a letter we received from one of our readers, who wishes to share with the community the kindness he experienced from a modern-day Baal Shem Tov in our community.
In anticipation of today’s Kinus marking the 100th Yahrtzeit of their school’s namesake, Rebbetzin Rivkah, the students of Beis Rivkah were seen busily packing hundreds of nosh bags for their fellow students at the event.
Abe and Dina (nee Feiglin) White (Shanghai, China)
“It’s a great feeling to learn that you must be doing something right,” said Goldy Grossbaum in response to the overwhelming response of applicants received for Camp Gan Israel, Toronto. Indeed on the very first day that registration was opened, the girls session (July) was filled to capacity.
Israeli soldiers at the Central Command Headquarters in Jerusalem were outraged when a shipment of new dishes was opened and discovered to be wrapped in pages from the weekly Dvar Malchus booklets.
Rabbi Michoel Harari’s 7th and 8th grade American history class at United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Ocean Parkway wanted to bring post Revolutionary war America to life by reliving some of the tasks of early Native Americans and frontier settlers.
Police have found the Dodge Caravan used in the abduction and murder of Brooklyn landlord Menachem Stark.
Congregation Shaarei Tefila of Los Angeles, California hosted a community wide Farbrengen celebrating Yud Shvat. In attendance were 250 men and women who came from all over Los Angeles, including many local Shluchim.
This Thursday, the 15th of Shvat (January 16), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12. Buses will leave 770 at 5:00pm and return at 7:30pm. Transportation will cost $3.
Crown Heights’ streets have been ranked the dirtiest in Brooklyn, in ratings released by the office of Mayor Bill de Blasio. It is followed closely by neighboring Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Seemingly failing to understand the concept of a Chinese Auction, Jewish singing superstar Mordechai Ben David tries to purchase a $20 flight to Israel and other discounted items from Devorah Benjamin at Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah.
Pictures from the L’chaim of Shmuly Perlstein (Chicago, IL) and Goldie Kotlarsky (Crown Heights), which took place Monday evening at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights.
If you entered Beis Chaya Mushka in Monsey during the past two weeks, you would have noticed clusters of girls gathered during every recess and break, learning.
They say that educating a child properly takes 50% skill, 50% prayers and 50% tears. This equation expresses two things: Firstly, my life-long frustration with all things math-related. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, the difficulty and struggles that go along with trying to mold a living being into a mentsch.
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