A great indicator of how powerful a community’s voting block is can be discovered by looking at how much money that community gets in government grants. In the case of Crown Heights, the community is powerful indeed.
Tanya Applied Episode 83 With Rabbi Simon Jacobson. The Tanya Applied radio show is broadcast every Saturday night, 10:00PM–10:30PM EDT.
After rapidly tripling its program last summer to meet the tremendous demand, CTeen Summer has announced a new Moroccan track to their robust lineup of international trips.
Daylight Savings Time comes to an end tonight, Motzei Shabbos. At 2:00am, all clocks should “fall back” to 1:00am, giving everyone a much appreciated extra hour of sleep.
Due to the large Pegisha group attending the Ohel tomorrow, with over 1,500 attendees KA”H expected to visit the Ohel, there will be longer than usual lines between 11:30 am – 3:30 pm.
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.
Haaros HaTmimim V’Anash of Morristown has compiled a short Kovetz about the practice of calling the entire year a “Hakhel year”.
This Shabbos at the BESHT: This weeks shiur will be given by Rabbi Rabbi Michoel Seligson on the Rebbe’s view on Chodesh Cheshvon.
The prize for Saturday’s Powerball drawing has soared to a mind-blowing $1.6 billion — the largest in U.S. lotto history, officials said Friday.
The Irkutsk Jewish Cemetery in Siberia has undergone extensive renovation and the repaving of its internal roads and paths. It was established in the 60s, and has served as Irkutsk’s only Jewish cemetery in the last sixty years, the final resting place for the community’s members.
Contactors from the City of New York spent two nights this week diligently “milling” and removing the upper layer of asphalt from the main street in preparation for repaving.
CitiBike, New York City’s bike share program has arrived in Crown Heights with the first of two bike racks installed on Eastern Parkway. The new rack, which can hold more than twenty bikes, is across from 770 on the north side of Eastern Parkway.
I am posting a story I heard two weeks ago from Reb Gil Hirsch, who spoke about his son Reb Schneur Zalman a”h, whose yahrzeit was that day.
In a letter published on Friday, just days before the election, multiple prominent Crown Heights activists released a surprise endorsement for New York Senator and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
In this weeks Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman brings story to illustrate the importance of “Living with the times”, living with the Parsha of the week.
Watch this weeks Shazak Parsha Production, with its spellbinding audiovisual storytelling of the parsha and Shazak style animations.
At midnight on Tuesday, 8 Cheshvan, Congregation Lubavitch of East Flatbush brought their building campaign to a close. “Our hearts are overflowing with gratitude,” organizers said.
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