CTeen Summer Opens New Staff Positions To Meet Growing Program
To meet the growing number of teens registered and the launch of new trips, CTeen is expanding its staff opportunities for this summer.
With Record Number of Young Professionals Expected In Crown Heights This Weekend, CYP Seeks More Hosts
An unprecedented number of Young Professionals are expected at the Encounter Crown Heights this week and CYP International is seeking even more families willing to host young Jewish professionals in their homes.
Baby Girl!
Mendel and Mushkie (nee Korf) Lebovics from S. Petersburg, FL had a baby girl!
1401 President Street, $40,000 to $7,000,000
Let’s take a look at 1401 President street. Just off of Kingston Ave. A beloved neighborhood physician, Doctor Feldman, had his home and office there until he tragically passed away one year ago.
Chai Lifeline Ramps Up Crisis and Trauma Response Volunteer Recruitment
In the wake of recent tragic events, Chai Lifeline has been working closely with Jewish communities across the U.S. and around the world to train and recruit local volunteers in crisis and trauma response.
Op-Ed: Package Theft Plague in Crown Heights, What You Can Do to Help
As a member of the Crown Heights Jewish community, I am concerned about the recent spate of package theft that has occurred over the past couple of weeks. These crimes, which have caused significant inconvenience and financial hardship for the victims, must be brought to an immediate end. Op-Ed by Moshe Hertz
A Jewish Community Life Sprouts in Elk Grove, California
Rabbi Chaim and Raizel Groner moved to Sacramento’s fastest-growing suburb in September to connect local Jews and build the city’s first Jewish community.
Crown Heights History: Chabad Youth Army or Doctors Office?
In this 1940 picture you can imagine a beautiful mansion were Dr. Berman lived, with his family, and saw his patients downstairs. Along comes a Chabad organization Machneh Yisroel run by Rabbi Leibel Alevsky, and he wanted to to buy the building for “offices” and “programs”.
The Yeka Girls camp in Ukraine has been on the road over the past month, making smaller camps in various locations where their campers had been spread out, including Hungary, Poland, Israel and now, for the first time, back in Ukraine. Photo by Chaya Mushka Katz
Jewish Girls From Ukraine Find Inspiration and Joy at Roving Winter Camp
While war grinds on in Ukraine and people of all ages contend with cold, darkness and danger, there is one small corner of the country where you’ll hear the sweet sounds of children singing and dancing. Up in the Carpathian Mountains, “Camp Yeka Girls” is in full session.
Massive New Housing Development Takes Away Parking Spots and Brings More Homeless
NYS Empire State Development (“ESD”) is in the process of bringing affordable housing to the Crown Heights Community, at 681 Clarkson Ave (NE Corner of Albany and Clarkson). The project includes the creation of 764 units of general housing, and ZERO parking spots.
Agudath Israel Helps Stop Permanent “Daylight Saving” Bill, Exceedingly Disruptive to Orthodox Jewish Life
The effort in the 117th Congress to permanently extend “daylight saving time” (DST) came to a sputtering end, as the House of Representatives refused to act on the measure. This was due, in large part, by the efforts of Agudath Israel of America
REPLAY Part #2: Learn Why We Want to Expand 770, Learn Kuntres Beis Rabbeinu
Tonight, Sunday 16 Teves (1/8/23), at 9:30pm 770time (EST) join on zoom as Expand770 continues part #2 of their shiur in learning the Kuntres Beis Rabbeinu, so we remember why we want to Expand 770!
Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin, Broadcasting The Rebbe’s Legacy
Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin is the executive director of Jewish Educational Media (JEM), a multi-faceted organization dedicated to archival preservation and video presentation of the life and times of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. He sat down with the Meaningful People Podcast for an interview.
New Engagement!
Schneur Zalman Notik (Riverwoods, IL) to Yasmin Triester (Tzfas, EY)
Picture of the Day
Hello Crown Heights 1890. The neighborhood was either referred to as Crow Hill, Eastern Parkway District, Saint Marks District, Weeksville or Pigtown. Read more about this map of Crown Heights in the extended article.
Improving the Parent-Children Relationship
Rabbi Gershon Avtzon of Cincinnati, OH, answers a weekly question pertaining to relevant issues in the Chabad community.
Construction Begins On New Cooper City Mikvah
Rabbi Pinny Andrusier of Chabad of Southwest Broward published the first images of construction of what will soon be Cooper City’s newest Jewish institution, a Men’s and Women’s Mikvah.
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