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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.
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Not the Largest Menorah, But The Largest Friendship Circle Crowd
At the annual Friendship Circle Brooklyn Chanuka party, the Menorah was not the largest. The crowd though, was.
Beverly Hills Celebrates Chanukah with Mayor and Notable Community Members
Over six hundred happy faces were seen on Sunday, the first night of Hanukkah at the Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills (Beverly Canon Gardens), hosted by the JEM Community Center, with a grand setup of a large 10 foot Menorah, music, face painting, photo booths, fruit carts, latkes, and of course the traditional donuts.
Here’s My Story: Higher and Higher Education
Mrs. Rivka Feldman is involved in Jewish outreach and gives Torah classes in New York and New Jersey. She resides with her husband Dovid in Crown Heights where she was interviewed in the My Encounter studio in June of 2020.
Photo Credit: 401(K) 2012
Op-Ed: If The Crash Comes, Is Your Family Ready?
Unfortunately, there’s a very strong possibility that the good times of the last few years may be at an end, at least for a while. If The Crash Comes, Is Your Family Ready?
First Chanukah Lighting at The World’s Largest Menorah in NYC with Eric Adams
This year, on the first night, Mayor Eric Adams addressed the crowd at the World’s Largest Menorah, followed by Israel’s United Nations Ambassador Gilad Erdan who then recited the three blessings on the first light of the menorah and lit the first candle. They were hosted by Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman, director of Lubavitch Youth Organization and joined by real estate developer Rotem Rosen.
A Historic Torah Dedication On The Sunshine Coast
This past weekend, more than three hundred people gathered together in Queensland for a historic Shabbaton and Siyum Sefer Torah.
First Night Menorah to be Lit by NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan
The world’s largest menorah, a New York City icon and one of the world’s premier public menorahs, was erected at its annual home early on Thursday, Dec. 15, and is set to brighten up the city once again when it is lit each night of Chanukah from December 18 to December 26.
The Rise of the Public Art Menorah, 15-Foot-Tall Menorah and Lighting Unveiled at the Ice Rink at the Seaport
On the streets of the “Greatest City on Earth,” and in countless cities across the globe, it is the public menorah which many have come to look to, to set the tone and the spirit of the holiday season. And this year’s “new light” will be a shining public art menorah installation commissioned by The Howard Hughes Corporation for the Seaport, a historic waterfront neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.
1460 Mishneh Torah code of Rabbinic Jewish religious law authored by Maimonides in Sephardic writing. In the chapter Bet HaBechirah, on the laws of temple and its utensils, the menorah is depicted with six straight branches, as described by Maimonides in his commentary on the Mishna. The illustration includes micrographic text annotations for each part of the menorah.
Grant Drives AI Research To Decipher Handwritten Jewish Manuscripts
The newly funded project, called “MIDRASH – Migrations of Textual and Scribal Traditions via Large-Scale Computational Analysis of Medieval Manuscripts in Hebrew Script,” is the first ERC Synergy grant in Jewish studies and the first for computational manuscript studies.
Two Hundred European Teens Find Strength in Being Jewish at Vienna Shabbaton
Jewish teenagers from nineteen countries soaked in Jewish heritage sites, Jewish life, and just plain fun at CTeen International’s Shabbat Across Europe.
Dnipro: New Rabbi Appointed to the Historic ‘Alter Shul’
The ‘Old Synagogue’ on Kotsiubynsky Street, and the ‘Dobre’ JCC of Dnipro, Ukraine, has appointed a new rabbi to serve the thriving and developing community and to enhance its activity and participants: Rabbi Adam Smilyansky.
15 Foot Tall Menorah To Debut This Chanukah
The Seaport will unveil a 15-foot nautical-themed menorah designed by conceptual artist Yitzchok Moully on the Heineken Riverdeck on the north side of Pier 17.
At Minus 28 Degrees Celsius, a new Torah Scroll Inaugurated in Novosibirsk
In a festive event, a new Torah scroll was brought into the city’s “Beit Menachem” synagogue. Taking place at minus 28 degrees Celsius, the inauguration of the new Torah scroll in Novosibirsk can easily enter the Guinness Book of Records for the coldest Torah inauguration ceremony in history.
BESHT: Tes and Yud Kislev – The Mitteler Rebbe
Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon is a noted author on Lubavitch history and a local mechanech. He will be giving this weeks lecture on Tes and Yud Kislev and The Mitteler Rebbe.
Months After CTeen Summer, Hundreds of Teens Remain Connected
Summer may be long gone, but participants of this year’s CTeen Summer trips are still basking in its warmth. It’s months later and tens of young men are still wrapping tefillin, dozens of young women recite the evening Shema and many utilize their afternoons to study Torah.
The Chanukah Magazine That’s Uniting Kids Everywhere
Chabad Houses worldwide are excited to give out a Chanukah magazine perfectly geared to Hebrew School kids.
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