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CYP Encounter Draws 1,000 Young Jews to Brooklyn as Weekend Builds Toward Ohel Visit

Organizers moved Sunday’s preparatory program to Queensborough Theater to ready participants for the Rebbe’s Ohel.

Overview

  • Attendees from more than 100 cities began arriving Thursday, with check-ins underway across Crown Heights.
  • Friday’s schedule featured neighborhood learning tours and a 500-person session billed as the world’s largest in-person Jewish speed dating at Oholei Torah.
  • A Mehut delegation from Europe launched the weekend with visits to the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the 9/11 Memorial, and One World Observatory.
  • The pre-Ohel program is set for Sunday, January 18 at 11:00 a.m. at Queensborough Theater, open at no charge to tri-state young professionals and shluchim.
  • Tens of buses will depart from Kingston Avenue and Eastern Parkway on Sunday, with more than 1,000 participants expected at the Ohel between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.