Crown Heights Jewish Baseball League Launching This Summer
The first professional Jewish Baseball League will be opening up this summer in Crown Heights, featuring nine-inning Games, overhand pitching, and base stealing.
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Chabad Early Childhood Releases New, Innovative Preschool Curriculum
Chabad Early Childhood of the Shluchim Office releases a new, innovative curriculum for preschools focused on the Jewish calendar through character development and revealing the power that lies within each student.
Picture of the Day
Rabbi Shmuel Bistritzky, the Rebbes Shliach and Rabbi of Savyon, is presently in his reserve military service. He was captured in a photo as he visited the largest Aron Kodesh in the world, where there are 430 Sifrei Torah intended for each battalion that goes out for IDF operational activities.
Video of the Day
Why Voting Matters? This video, published in 2021 by Crown Heights United, is very relevant today as the community prepares to head out once again to vote in the June 28th primary.
Baby Boy!
Shmuel and Chana (nee Raskin) Karasik from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Project Yedid Delivers Joy with Summer-in-a-Box to Yesomim in the Crown Heights Community
Project Yedid of Misaskim delivered an exciting summer package to children in over 10 neighborhoods, and over 50 yesomim under the age of 15 in Crown Heights alone—complete with chalk, bubbles, a 3D pen, and a ball with a pump.
Rent Increase Approved for Regulated Apartments in NYC After Vote
With inflation hitting New Yorkers hard, the Rent Guidelines Board approved a rent increase for regulated units.
A Chaya Aydel Seminary Student Shines At Graduation
This speech was given by a Chaya Aydel Seminary student at the 20th Annual CAS graduation in Hallandale Beach, Florida, and it shines a light of “fuel” that the seminary provides.
45 Oholei Torah Mechanchim Participate in an Immersive Chinuch Course
Forty five teachers from Oholei Torah successfully completed four months of immersive teacher training given by Rabbanim, Mechanchim, and experts in the field of chinuch and student development.
L’Chaim Gallery: Yossi Altein and Chava Hershkop
The L’Chaim of Yossi Altein (Montreal, Canada) and Chava Hershkop (Crown Heights) took place this week the the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street.
Picture of the Day
As the year draws to an end, Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Queens in Forest Hills, NY posed for a group photo with students and staff.
Two Boys Cross Front Line of Ukraine War to Rejoin Friends
While their friends fled Zhytomyr for Israel, two boys survived for months in a Russian-controlled city in Ukraine’s south. Thanks to a miraculous rescue operation, they’re now safely back with their friends.
ODA Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony At Their New Crown Heights Location
Residents, elected officials, and local activists toured the brand new ODA facility on East New York Ave in Crown Heights Tuesday evening at a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking a new era in Crown Heights healthcare.
The five-story, $7 million dollar Chabad center serves the 100,000 Jewish visitors to Bangkok, Thailand, each year. (Photo: Chatchawan Luangruangtip)
In Bangkok, a New $7 Million Home Away From Home for Jewish Travelers
Amid the hustle of Bangkok’s tourist district, with the exotic smells of street-cooking and the cacophony of languages—past the storefront signs in Hebrew to attract Israeli tourists and the salesmen hawking their suits and ties in English and Hebrew—the five-story Chabad-Lubavitch of Bangkok center looms tall. A five-year project that was the site of an old hotel in 2017, it’s now the newest Chabad center in Southeast Asia.
Vaad Hatemimim Closes On House Near The Ohel To Be Used Exclusively For Bochurim
Recognizing the growing need for a place for Bochurim to stay by the ohel, the Vaad Hatmimim closed today on a house near the Ohel – to be used exclusively for the Bochurim who come to the Ohel for Shabbos and Yom Tov.
Igud Hamelamdim Running Its 8th Gold Star Teachers’ Training Course
This summer, Igud Hamelamdim Lubavitch chinuch organization is running its 8th gold star Teachers’ Training Course, in-person and online.
The 12-story residential building that collapsed in the early-morning hours on June 24 in Surfside, Fla. (Photo: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue)
Honoring the Victims of the Surfside Building Collapse One Year Later
Remembering those whose lives were lost in the tragic events of June 24th in Surfside, Florida.
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