Henny Karniel is a veteran educator living in Kfar Chabad, Israel. In 1975, as she was about to return to work after taking time off on maternity leave, she was approached with a particularly challenging job offer. After the Rebbe encouraged her to go ahead, she accepted the position.
As the CTeen Shabbaton weekend draws to a close, witness the grand finale, a live event featuring the stories of courageous and resilient Jewish teens across the globe.
Why are the trains empty? Watch this video as Crown Heights musician Chony Milecki tackles this question, and accompanies the teenagers from CTeen as they head to Times Square Motzei Shabbos.
In a small city in the north of Brazil lies an isolated Jewish community. While many similar communities have disappeared, this one has made its mark on the map.
President Street will be closed Sunday from 7:00am through 10:00am from Troy Ave to Kingston Ave, and Carroll Street and Montgomery Street will be closed from Brooklyn Ave to Kingston Ave from 8:30am through 10:00am. This closure in in connection with the CTeen Shabbaton.
With the launch of CrownHeights.info’s second ever Pre-Purim “Satire Challenge”, challenging you – our readers – to make other people laugh, we have partnered with three of the Orthodox Jewish world’s most well known Comedic Influencers. Let us introduce our judges.
Just as Shabbos was arriving in Coral Springs, FL, Rabbi Yankie Denburg posted a message to his community following the discovery of a letter the Rebbe sent to Rabbi Chaim Shmuel Rabin OBM 51 years ago.
Tonight at 8:30pm EST watch live as Times Square will come alive with a global celebration of Jewish Identity, featuring Gad Elbaz and other renowned Jewish performers. The greatest display of Jewish pride and solidarity, will feature musical performances by Gad Elbaz, as well as prayers for the immediate release of the hostages.
The community is invited to join Ohel Nosson for a Siyum and Hachnasas Sefer Torah taking place Sunday in Crown Heights.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
A well used playground located on the grounds of the Coral Springs Chabad is slated to see a major expansion, doubling its size as the community sees unprecedented growth.
This year’s International CTeen Shabbaton brings together the largest network of Jewish teens for a weekend of solidarity and Jewish pride against the backdrop of rising antisemitism. For many teens, the annual cacophony of languages echoing throughout the Oholei Torah hall last night at registration was ever more powerful due to the current challenges facing Jewish teens worldwide.
Yakov and Mushky Gershon from Chicago, IL had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 8:30pm at 6338 N Sacramento Ave
Levi Yarmove (Chicago, IL) to Mushka Chakoff (Monsey, NY)
Moshe and Esther Betesh from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 1503 Union Street between Kingston Ave and Albany Ave
This picture was taken on Purim Koton at the Morristown yeshiva in the year 1981. Can you identify who is in this picture? Please let us know who they are in the comments below.
Since this past Wednesday, the 12th of Adar Rishon is the yahrzeit of my father-in-law’s mother, Chana bas Reb Avrohom, I decided to share a story that my father-in-law, Reb Moshe Pesach ben Chana, may he have a refuah Shleima, relates often about her. It’s a perspective that we all can learn from.
