Crown Heights businessman and activist Avi Lesches joins the Crown Heights Insider podcast to discuss the upcoming election for Vaad Hakohol of Crown Heights, and takes questions on the process and decisions made.
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It was just as sandy and hot as most southern bases this time of year, but first of all, it wasn’t an actual base. It was a small company of soldiers staying in a home at the outskirts of a tiny border town. But what we definitely hadn’t seen anywhere else, was the neatly organized parking spots for the IDF Jeeps, with improvised poles and ropes set up to mark each vehicle’s space.
This past weekend, the serene town of Bushkill, Pennsylvania, played host to Darchai Menachem’s second annual Shabbaton, a truly memorable and enriching experience for all attendees. Over 35 families, comprising the dedicated teachers, their spouses, and children gathered for a weekend filled with inspiration, learning, and “Sheves Achim Gam Yachad”.
During an arrest operation in Kafr Si’ir near Hebron, the IDF soldiers arrived at a 2,000-year-old fort in the village. The ancient fort dates back to when the town was Jewish, during the Talmudic era. On its walls, the soldiers found engraved menorahs.
Subsidized bus service to and from the Ohel will be expanded in honor of Lag B’Omer on Motzei Shabbos, the 17th of Iyar and Sunday, the 18th of Iyar.
The Levaya for Hatomim Yisroel Yudkin HY”D, a Chabad Chossid from Kfar Chabad who was killed while fighting in Gaza, took place today in Eretz Yisroel.
Joseph Dream Burger is “mading kiddush affordable again” with a new catering option for kiddushim at all shuls. “We are excited to offer the lowest prices in town while maintaining our commitment to top-quality food.”
A new, three month plan to replace gas mains in Crown Heights will get underway in the coming weeks, with National Grid digging up and replacing aging gas mains on Crown, Brooklyn, Kingston, New York, and Albany Aves.
A financial crisis is rocking the chinuch system, with boys and girls schools – including elementary schools, high schools, mesivtos, and batei medrashim – feeling a serious cash crunch.
Writer Paulette Ruth Fein Lieberman submitted an article to the Jewish Press on the topic of a Bar Mitzvah that had taken place, but received a complaint in return.
Please say Tehillim for Michal Leah bas Nechama, a 4-year-old girl in need of refuah. Please say Kapital Chof and Hey.
Since 1990, Rabbi Sholom Raichik has been serving as the Chabad representative in Upper Montgomery County, Maryland. He was interviewed in February 2024.
At long last Season #2 of The Crown Heights Insider Podcast is here, and we are excited! Before starting off the new season, lets recap what was covered in Season #1 and hear from some of our previous guests as they answer follow up questions to their podcasts.
Two men wanted for planting skimmers in Jewish stores, including multiple stores in Crown Heights, have been caught and arrested after they were spotted in Flatbush Tuesday.
Leib Dashevsky (Crown Heights) to Menucha Avtzon (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Vice Chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch encourages Shluchim to unite to say thank you to Crown Heights Hatzalah.
Bar and Bat Mitzvah boys and girls worldwide are using their special milestone to inspire others by launching Mitzvah Campaigns using the new Bar and Bat Mitzvah Campaign Package developed by Merkos 302’s OneMitzvah and CKids in partnership with Tzivos Hashem.
