Keter, a popular Kippah manufacturer, opened a trendy Judaica outlet on Crown Heights’ Kingston Avenue, and quickly became a neighborhood staple, frequented by bargain-hunters and style-seekers alike.
Rabbi Nachman Simon, Shliach to Delmar, a suburb of Albany, interviewed New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton, who represents Crown Heights in the New York Senate, for a TV talk show called ‘The Jewish View,’ which he co-hosts with Marc Gronich.
A Jewish man was attacked by an ax-wielding assailant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk, which was the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s hometown and boasts a sizable and active Jewish population. The victim is listed in critical condition.
A delegation of Rabbis and activists visited the Vatican on Monday morning, and spent 45 minutes in a private meeting with the pope. Among the delegation was a Chabad Shliach from Brooklyn.
A possible end to the teachers’ strike in Bais Rivkah seems to be in sight, this according to sources within the administration, board and teachers group. The strike has left students of 18 classes without a proper school schedule since before Pesach.
Lag B`omer, 1987 will forever be remembered as one of the most exciting and inspirational Lag B`omer celebrations in Jewish history. With hundreds of thousands of children around the world marching in parades sponsored by Chabad-Lubavitch.
A proposal by Beth Rivkah parents to redirect their tuition checks to pay striking teachers directly was appreciated – yet rejected, and some involved said that in all likelihood school for grades 1 to 3 will not resume this year.
With its popular Omer Counter app now in its third year and the number of users continuing to climb, Chabad.org encourages more and more people to count the Omer and to inspire others to do the same.
In a letter to parents, Beis Rivkah Primary Teachers in grades 1 through 3 write that they are forced to continue a work strike, which began before Pesach. Representatives for the striking teachers alleged that the administration was actively preventing the teachers from being paid by the board, a charge which was vehemently denied by a source close to the administration, who told CrownHeights.info that “nothing has changed.”
A pair of thieves broke into a Chabad synagogue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and while searching for valuables they happened upon the caretaker, whom they beat and robbed – even forcing him to open the safe of the Aron Kodesh. Update: $6,000 reward posted for information leading to arrests.
Sometimes we know people who seem to be like a living example of a sefer. Yosef Chaim Paley, OBM, was a walking sefer on Ahavas Yisroel. He had a smile that would like up a room and a gentle, friendly personality that made him so pleasant to be around. Yossi was the child who loved everyone and whom everyone loved back. He was the kid who went over to the new child with a smile to make them feel welcome. Yossi always made sure that no one was excluded at recess.
Brian Weinberger, an attorney, had been addicted to alcohol and pills for more than a decade until his wife learned of his problem. “The things that I had been hiding came out, and that caused a tremendous upheaval in my family and personally,” said Weinberger, 55, who lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., and has five children.
Preparation for The Great Lag B’Omer Parade is in high gear. It’s been three long years since the last parade, and Lag B’Omer won’t be on Sunday again until 5784 (2024)! The Parade committee is working overtime to make this parade one that will be remembered for years to come, with many special surprises on the way – including a performance by Jewish singing superstar Benny Friedman, and a special live show by children’s favorite “Mitzvah Boulevard” along with Chaim Fogelman.
Customers seeking to buy Challahs for Shabbos were shocked to discover that the popular Gombo’s Bakery on Kingston Avenue was closed, and a “Marshal’s Legal Possession” notice was posted on the front door.
“How many people can rent out Times Square and have a mad Jewish party there?” asks Koby Lerner, rhetorically. The 16-year-old from San Diego will be one of more than 1,500 other Jewish teens from countries around the world to share in a Havdalah ceremony and spend Saturday night in New York’s iconic neighborhood at Broadway and Seventh Avenue as part of the ninth annual CTeen International Shabbaton, to take place Feb. 24-26. And that’s after a weekend of spirited (and spiritual) celebrations, learning, touring, socializing and more.
An 11-year-old African-American boy randomly accosted three Jewish teenagers and assaulted two of them this afternoon in Crown Heights. Update: The perpetrator was charged with a hate crime.
A security guard working in front of a Jewish girls’ school in Crown Heights was menaced with a gun by a man in a vehicle as she was assisting with dismissal. The man shouted anti-Jewish remarks before driving away.
