Parsha Comes Alive in Beis Rivkah Head Start

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Parshas Chaye Sarah came to life in the classrooms of Beis Rivkah. The children were engaged in various different creative and educational activities that captured their excitement of discovering new concepts.

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Early Morning Minyan Celebrates Siyum Sefer Torah

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Mispalelim of the early Minyans in 770 celebrated the completion and dedication of a new Sefer Torah last night in honor of the Rebbe Rashabs 150th Birthday. The Torah was sponsored by the mispallalim of the 7:30am Minyan in 770, fondly known as the “Happy Minyan”, and mispallalim of the 7:15am Minyan.

Binghamton Alumni Pack Ballroom for Jewish Center’s 25th Anniversary

by Sarah Fecht – Chabad.edu

Binghamton University alumni Naomi and Ari Rosenfeld, from the Classes of 1995 and 1997 respectively, were among the honorees at an Oct. 17 dinner celebrating 25 years since Rabbi Aaron and Rivkah Slonim opened Chabad-Lubavitch of Binghamton. (Photo: Levi Stein)

Hundreds of candles glinted off wine glasses while a burnished chandelier hanging from a 70-foot-high ceiling cast a rosy glow over the packed marble-clad ballroom of New York City’s Gotham Hall.

Jewish Patrol Still Sparks Controversy in CH

by Alex Alper – The Brooklyn Ink

Gadi Hershkop, a shomrim member, patrolled the streets of the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights on Tuesday night. (Photo: Alex Alper)

Last month, four men allegedly surrounded an Israeli man who was visiting Crown Heights for the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur and punched him in the face. The man, 36, knocked on the door of a nearby Jewish home at midnight. The residents called Shomrim, a group of orthodox Jewish men who patrol the neighborhood. The Shomrim arrived at the scene and called police, who are investigating it as a possible hate crime. All four assailants were black.