New Engagement!
Shloimy Dalfin (Crown Heights) and Mussie Rosenblum (Montreal, Canada)
L’chaim will be Sunday at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
A group of preschoolers at Shaloh House Preschool & Kindergarten welcomed the spring season this year with the help of Mr. Mal Jacobs. The children learned how to properly care for the peach tree in the school's backyard.
Preschoolers Garden and Grow Their Own Snacks
A group of preschoolers at Shaloh House Preschool & Kindergarten welcomed the spring season this year with the help of Mr. Mal Jacobs. The children learned how to properly care for the peach tree in the school’s backyard.
Photos: Lag Ba’omer Rally in Front of 770
Over a thousand children gathered in front of 770 for a rally marking Lag Ba’omer. Children from the schools in Crown Heights, as well as the surrounding neighborhoods, enjoyed music and nosh, gave Tzedakkah and recited the twelve pesukim. The rally concluded with a special show with children’s favorite uncle, Uncle Moishy.
Recognizing the negative effect it has on the crime rate, police have been actively cracking down of the practice of 'Playing hooky,' by local teens who belong in High School. One such delinquent, who was loitering around 770 during the children's parade this morning, was picked up and taken back to school by the police.
Police Cracking Down on Teens Skipping School
Recognizing the negative effect it has on the crime rate, police have been actively cracking down of the practice of ‘Playing hooky,’ by local teens who belong in High School. One such delinquent, who was loitering around 770 during the children’s parade this morning, was picked up and taken back to school by the police.
Students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France, celebrated Lag Ba'omer with the traditional bonfire, accompanied by singing and dancing - and a 'Kumzitz.' The following morning, the students organized a grand Lag Ba'omer parade for Jewish children throughout Paris.
Photos: Lag Ba’omer Celebration in Brunoy, France
Students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France, celebrated Lag Ba’omer with the traditional bonfire, accompanied by singing and dancing – and a ‘Kumzitz.’ The following morning, the students organized a grand Lag Ba’omer parade for Jewish children throughout Paris.
Crown Heights’ New Police Captain Means Business
This morning at around 9:00, Sholom Meir Hecht was walking near his home on Union St. between Kingston and Albany Ave., when he was accosted by three African-American teenagers who demanded – and received – his cell phone.
Photos: Lag Ba’omer Parade in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Pictures from the Lag Ba’omer children’s parade, which took place in Kiryat Gat, Israel.
‘Dollar Cab’ Runs Red Light, Strikes Jewish Bicyclist
A Jewish man riding a bicycle was run over this morning by a “dollar cab” which ran a red light. The driver then fled the scene of the accident.
Photos: Beis Rivka Celebrates Lag Ba’omer
Girls from Beis Rivka High School had a special Lag Ba’omer evening, which included a bonfire as well as a barbeque, arranged by the school administration. The event included meaningful programing for the girls, ensuring that the evening was celebrated appropriately.
Friends of Nosson Deitch Gather to Mark Yahrtzeit
Friends of Nosson Deitch, OBM, who died on Lag Ba’omer two years ago in a tragic accident in Florida, gathered in Nosson’s Shul on Empire Blvd. to share memories and discuss developments of the Shul which was dedicated in his memory.
A Lag Ba'omer bonfire and celebration took place for the 28th year on Empire Boulevard in the backyard of the Horowitz family. Together, Rabbi Sholom Horowitz and Rabbi Nachman Twerskei held their annual ‘Hadlokoh’ of a Bonfire in honor of Reb Shimon Bar Yochai.
Photos: Simcha and Chayus at the Empire Bonfire!
A Lag Ba’omer bonfire and celebration took place for the 28th year on Empire Boulevard in the backyard of the Horowitz family. Together, Rabbi Sholom Horowitz and Rabbi Nachman Twerskei held their annual ‘Hadlokoh’ of a Bonfire in honor of Reb Shimon Bar Yochai.
Students Release Butterflies at Chabad Preschool
It was the day everyone’s been waiting for at the Jewish Preschool of Lexington at the Chabad Center. Twenty-two students, ranging in age from 3 to 5, released the butterflies they raised from caterpillars into a flower bush in front of the school.
New Fine Art Gallery Opening in Crown Heights
The Betzalel Gallery, a new fine art gallery in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, demands attention. Its chic exterior – like that of a trendy Soho gallery – sits sandwiched between an aging Laundromat and a bland, pre-war brownstone apartment building. Specializing in Hassidic Art, the gallery stands as a symbol of the continued revival of Crown Heights and the remarkable emergence of this art form.
Baby Girl!
Avremi and Channy (nee Seldowitz) Lapine (Columbia, MO)
Photos: Barbecue and Drum Circle in Brooklyn Heights
Over one hundred people enjoyed a Lag Ba’omer Barbecue and Drum circle at Chabad of Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday night. The atmosphere was magical, as a busy street in Downtown Brooklyn was blocked off with the sounds of laughter and Drumming.
Baby Boy!
Mordechai and Nechama Leah (nee Epstein) Huber (Jacksonville, FL)
Tens of thousands of people have flocked to Meron to honor Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai for the traditional Lag Ba'Omer bonfire lighting.
Tens of Thousands Celebrate Lag Ba’Omer in Meron
Tens of thousands of people have flocked to Meron to honor Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai for the traditional Lag Ba’Omer bonfire lighting.
