Cold enough for you? Bone-chilling cold is prompting some schools around the area to delay openings and some to cancel classes all together as meteorologists warn residents in some parts of New York to stay inside as a blast of arctic weather takes aim at the Northeast.
Red carpet events, V.I.P. cards, flashing paparazzi lights and… Crown Heights? On Friday, February 4, more than 300 teenagers from across the country will gather at the annual National CTeen Shabbaton, where they will enjoy a glamorous V.I.P. weekend complete with a celebrity appearance and a black-tie NYC river cruise.
Alternate Side Parking (street cleaning) rules will be suspended citywide on Monday, January 24 for snow removal. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect.
A letter from Rabbi Amram Klein of Ungvar revealed a troubling behind the scenes look at the ‘installation ceremony’ of Rabbi Yosef Braun last week. The letter was addressed to Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, who boycotted the event, apologizing to him for his attendance at the ceremony, saying he was duped into it.
Pregnancy may soon have its privileges. A City Councilman has a proposal that might turn the swollen feet, achy back and raging indigestion of a difficult pregnancy into a pretty sweet perk: free parking.
Winnipeg’s new Jewish Learning Centre, smack dab in the middle of Canada, may be the only yeshiva ever built between Vancouver and Toronto. But for the Jewish families who live in the Manitoba capital, the facility is so much more than a place to train future rabbis: It’s their spiritual home.
Get ready for an even bigger chill, New York – and maybe even more snow. National Weather Service forecasters were predicting dangerous wind chills of -1 to -5 degrees from Sunday night into early Monday morning.
Talmidim of Rabbi Soble’s 8th grade Gemara class made a Siyum on a Perek, and celebrated it.
Leib Chaim Goldfarb (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Leah Shaindel Lieberman (Riverdale, NY)
L’Chaim at Orchidea
4815 12th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: In honor of 22 of Shvat, the Yahrzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, we are presenting a rare audio file from 24 Shevat 5748, when the New York State Assemblyman Mr Dov Hikind came to the Rebbe’s House to console the Rebbe during the shiva.
With the return of its raffle winners, student shluchim, and yeshiva mashpia from Beis Chayeinu, Yeshivat Tzeirei Shluchim’s dynamic Yud Shevat programs drew to a close this week.
Tucked behind a rambling, wooded driveway in South Euclid is an old stone building. Years ago it was the address of Cleveland’s Chabad synagogue; now it serves as Cleveland’s kosher pantry.
Dov and Rachel Greenberg (Palo Alto, CA)
Now playing, exclusively on CrownHeights.info, the Jewish Kids Radio! Kids of all ages can now tune in to a meaningful program which includes a few chances to win great prizes, a few special storys connected, and more!
NEW YORK [AP] — It was a miserable morning in New York, rain falling heavily and a 30 mph wind that made holding an umbrella difficult. Yet a man walked briskly up Fifth Avenue, balancing his umbrella and dodging pedestrians as he texted from his smart phone.
Oholei Torah Eighth Grade program run by Rabbi Yossi Bryski, presented over 30 kinds of exotic fruit to the 5-8th grade classes in honor of Tu’Bshvat. The students learnt about the various fruits, the halochas of making a shehechiyonu and ate from the fruits presented.
Sending your kids to your local cheder or girls school is great—if you have a local cheder or girls school, that is.
But what if you’re on shlichus, and the only thing remotely resembling a cheder or girls school is your own Chabad center or home?
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