State Senator and Brooklyn Borough President contender Eric Adams joined over 150 children with special needs and their families this Sunday morning for a grand Purim Party. Read More »

Affiliates of the Rosh Chodesh Society (RCS, The women’s division of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute) gathered from all around the world for a day of pedagogical training and inspiration. Read More »

At a special celebration held at the Tel Hashomer Rehabilitation Hospital, dozens of beautiful packages of Mishloach Manot were distributed to the wounded soldiers by volunteers from the Chabad Terror Victims Project in honor of Purim. Read More »

A negative experience one Seminary student had with a particular teacher left a deep and resonating negative impact. Compounding the problem was her principal, with whom she shared her concerns to no avail. Now, she shares a letter – a plea – she wrote for the sake of the next sem girl. Read More »

Chabad of Atlantic City held a Purim in Hawaii party was a sold out event, participants enjoyed a kosher island buffet, a tiki bar, dancing and an interactive drum circle. Read More »

Crafty criminals are giving Crown Heights residents a run for their money. A growing number of Central Brooklyn identity thieves are using homemade checks to cash in at local banks and ATMs, police said. Read More »

Purim was a full day in Kharkov, from 9am in the circus through the late hours with a Purim Seudah in the Shul and literally thousands of people taking part in one of the happiest days of the year. Read More »

Campers and staff of CGI Parksville gathered on Monday Shushan Purim, for a camp reunion. Campers took part in a beautiful program led by head staff from both last summer and the upcoming summer. Read More »

Talmidim HaShluchim of Chovivai Torah Mesivta took the Bochurim on a grand skiing trip as part of a reward for participating in a Mivtza called “warm up your winter”. Read More »

A prominent state assemblyman from Brooklyn defended himself on Monday after wearing blackface to a party he hosted to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, saying he did not mean to offend anyone. Read More »

Two of Beis Rivkas school buses were vandalized sometime late last night or today. The vandals smashed the windows on one of the buses as well as sprayed fire extinguishers, leaving the buses covered with a fire retardant powder. Read More »

A woman was injured after an SUV turning on Eastern Parkway did not stop and knocked her down as she was crossing in a crosswalk. Bochurim who witnessed the accident called 911 and Hatzalah. Read More »

Oholei Torah Eighth Graders put on a grand Shushan Purim carnival for kids, complete with activities, a moon bounce, cotton candy and hotdogs. Read More »

Photographer Chaim Perl sought to capture the sights of Purim in the neighborhood in a more ‘uplifting’ style. Read More »

Waking up early on Purim morning, the Laine, Klein and Zaklikowski families from Crown Heights davened and headed out to bring the joy of Purim to Jewish senior citizens in Brooklyn. Together with their children they read the Megillah, gave out Shalach Manot, and put on Tefillin with some of the seniors. Read More »

It is with great sadness and deep pain that we inform you of the very untimely passing of baby Alter Hirschel Dovid Strauss OBM, at the age of three months. Read More »

A group of french Bochurim went down to sunny Golden Beach, Florida to assist Rabbi Chai Amar with his Purim activities. Bochurim gave out Shalach Manot and read Megillah on the streets and in restaurants. Read More »

Campers of Camp Gan Israel – Parksville NY, are invited to an exciting Camp Reunion.
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Purim on the streets of Crown Heights. Part 3. Read More »

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Purim on the streets of Crown Heights. Part 1. Read More »

IYH this Monday, 15 Adar (February 24th), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12. Read More »

Purim Satire: In a surprising move, The Association of Lubavitch Mosdos has agreed to stop deceiving Crown Heights residents by having their robo-telemarketing calls appear on people’s caller ID as calls from random cities such as Cheyenne, WY, and Ogden, UT. Read More »

Purim Satire: Following his recent declaration that Chabad’s library can be returned to Chabad but must remain in Russia, Russian president Vladimir Putin issued a similar ruling, stating that Sholom Rubashkin, can be freed immediately, but that he must remain in prison. Read More »

Purim Satire: One of the most hotly debated topics among halachic authorities has always been regarding the amount one must eat in order to have fulfilled the obligation to eat hamantashen on Purim. Read More »

Purim Satire: Following the recent bus drivers’ strike, the drivers of Crown Heights’s boys and girls schools have decided to strike as well. The strike is set to begin the day after Purim and can go on indefinitely, according to a spokesman for the bus drivers. Read More »

Purim Satire: In an effort to accommodate all of its readers, regardless of their mood or state of mind, CH.info will begin to feature a more somber version of its weekly popular feature titled “A Weekly Torah Thought”. Read More »

A Freilechen Purim! The following is a photo of the Rebbe and Israeli President Zalman Shazar entering Shul to listen to the Megillah on Purim. Photo courtesy of the Kahn Family. Read More »

The Friendship Circle of Crown Heights held a most unique Megilla reading on Purim night. Building on the success of its monthly Boys Minyan, the staff headed by Yossi Smoller initiated a Purim Party and program for the boys of the Friendship Circle. Read More »

Mispalelim gathered at Kahal Beis Rivka, lead by Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky, where they heard the customary Megillah reading followed by Havdalah on Motzai Shabbos. Read More »

Marking the beginning of the holiday of Purim, parents and children gathered at Oihel Nosson to listen to the reading of the Megillah, children – and some parents – came already dressed up in their costumes. Read More »

It is over five years that Shimshon and Martha Stock are no longer with us. Reb Shimshon Stock known affectionately to all, as Shimshon Stock or Shimshon, was not just an ordinary individual but served as the address and an institution, to whom many Read More »

Hundreds of supporters, friends, parents and staff members of Ohr Avner Educational Institute, gathered to commemorate eleven years of educational success. Read More »

One of the main mitzvos of Purim is to hear the reading of the Megillah in its entirety. CrownHeights.info has compiled a list where men, woman and children can find a place to listen at almost any time throughout Purim. Read More »

Zalman and Faiga (nee Kasowitz) Hackner 1461 President St, Yossi and Mushky (nee Galperin) Bendet 440 Brooklyn Ave, Apt 4G, [corner Empire Blvd. Read More »

With creativity hailing from 15 countries spanning four continents, 43 families of yaldei hashluchim united forces to publish a beautifully illustrated Megillas Esther just in time for Purim. Read More »

CrownHeights.info and the Lubavitch Archives presents a photo of the Rebbe giving Matanos L’evyonim on Purim, circa early 1970′s. Read More »

This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Efraim Mintz will lead a discussion on the topic of Purim and Tetzaveh. Read More »

For many Jewish college students, Chabad organizations on campuses around the world provide a home away from home. There are Chabad centers on more than 140 campuses worldwide, and Lehigh’s campus is no exception. Read More »

The Purim story had a picture perfect ending. The evil plot designed to decimate the Jewish nation was foiled and their lives spared. Jewish leaders found themselves exalted, even as the villains hung on the very gallows meant for their Jewish targets. Read More »

It was supposed to unite Franklin Avenue’s factions, but a meeting planned as a way to bring the community together has locked out one of the neighborhood’s most significant populations because it occurs on a Saturday — or the Jewish Sabbath. Read More »

Crown Heights Rabbi Nachman Sanowicz was at the office of the comptroller this week and reached out to Jewish employees there to help them get into the spirit of Purim. Read More »

Over 300 members of the community participated in Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen first Purim preparation baking 2,500 hamentashen. Read More »

Purim is here! The joyous holiday brings out the costumes, the gifts and charity! But there are those out there that may try and take advantage of our open and welcoming homes. Shomrim has compiled a list of tips that can help prevent the holiday from turning sad. Read More »

Students in Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street came to school today all dressed up in their costumes. A panel of judges choose the best costumes. Read More »

The Gansbourg family is sitting Shiva – until Friday afternoon – after the untimely of their dear husband, father and brother Rabbi Shaya Gansbourg OBM. Address: 1368 President St. Read More »

The Beis Din of Crown Heights has released an instructional guide – in both English and Hebrew – which contains Halachos and Minhagim pertaining to Chanukah, as well as the answers to many questions regarding the upcoming holiday. Read More »

In a statement released this morning by Nathan Lewin, the attorney representing Chabad in the lawsuit against Russia, in which Chabad is trying to compel the state to return the ‘Schneerson Collection’ to its rightful owners with no strings attached. Read More »

Purim should be a time of simcha. The costumes, the meals, the nosh, lets laugh. Rabbi Abba Perelmuter is a man of humor. Read More »

The home of the Brooklyn Nets is courting a new crowd. In what is believed to be a first for a major sports and entertainment venue, Barclays Center is offering gender-divided seating for ultra-Orthodox Jews at a public event. Read More »

The students in Morah Newfield and Mrs. Elishevitz’s 2nd grade class enjoyed a pre-purim fair. There was a moon bounce, popcorn machine, and treats. The girls made hamantaschen, decorated graggers, and packed shalach manos for seniors. Read More »

A family Sefer Torah loaned to the Lubavitch shul in Montreal, Canada, thought to be stolen was found. “I sent out a plea a week before my late father’s birthday,” says Mrs. Surie Glassner, the daughter of Mordechai Chaiton, who had the Torah written 40 years ago, “and the Torah was returned on his birthday. Read More »

What should have been a routine car stop quickly turned into chaos. Police officers attempted to pull over a car they suspected was stolen. The driver fled, making a turn against traffic and crashed. One police officer was injured. Read More »

On Sunday, smiling parents and proud rebbeim gathered at Darchai Menachem to watch the school’s very first talent show. Practice had started weeks before, as ten boys threw themselves into the hobbies they loved, excited and nervous to show their friends and family what they were capable of doing. Read More »

Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Tetzaveh and Purim, titled ‘Your Darkness is Glowing!’. Read More »

ALERT: Dozens of Crown Heights consumers are reporting that their credit cards have been fraudulently charged as recent as this week and going back over a month ago. One common denominator is that they all shopped with their cards at ‘The Marketplace’. Read More »

Police are looking for a gunman who shot and killed one man and wounded a woman in Crown Heights late Thursday night. Read More »

The Beis Yisroel Torah Gemach (BYTG), in conjunction with Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch’s Suite 302, announced another long term Torah placement in Marion County of Ocala, Florida. Read More »

On a cold Sunday afternoon in January of 2012, Rebekah and Walter Harms’ life would change forever. Walter noticed a small lump on the right side of their 9-year-old son Matthew’s neck. After days of doctor visits, x-ray, and tests, the doctors at St. Read More »