Rabbi Zalman & Frumie Drizin have been bringing southern Brooklyn together — community events and holiday celebrations, and hands-on charity for neighbors who need it: holiday kits and food brought to homes, a place at the Shabbat table for anyone who would otherwise be alone, and help for families in hard times. No membership. No background required. Just an open door — and partners who make it possible.
Every gift is receipted and tax-deductible. 501(c)(3) nonprofit · Legal name: Chabad of Kings Highway · EIN 20-3796488 · Gifts support Chabad's events and charity work only.
Choose an amount — it goes straight to work here in Kings Highway & Homecrest.
Go to the Giving Form$18 puts Shabbat candles, challah, and a holiday kit into a neighbor's home. Give once, or every month — in under a minute, by Zelle, Cash App, credit card, or check.
Chabad of Kings Highway & Homecrest exists to be there for every Jewish soul in our neighborhoods — physically, spiritually, and emotionally. None of it is funded by membership dues. All of it is funded by partners.
Events that bring the neighborhood together — holiday celebrations, the public menorah lighting, Shabbat meals open to anyone who needs a place at the table, and programs where neighbors become friends.
Sponsor this work →Charity with dignity, all year round: holiday kits delivered to homes, food and essentials for families in difficulty, help in hard times, a hospital visit, a listening ear at 11 p.m. — we go to people where they are.
Fund this work →Torah for every age and every level — weekly classes, farbrengens, holiday celebrations for the whole community, and one-on-one learning that meets each person at their pace, in person and online.
Support this work →This is where your money goes — not to an office, not to a building fund in the abstract, but to a person, this week, here in the neighborhood.
A student far from home, a senior living alone, a newcomer who knows no one — Shabbat comes, and instead of eating alone they are at a full table, with candles lit and a meal in front of them. Your gift sets that table.
Before every holiday, kits and food are brought directly to homes — quietly, with dignity, to families carrying a hard week or a hard year. No forms, no waiting rooms. Your gift fills those kits.
A mezuzah affixed, a pair of tefillin wrapped, a hospital visit, a family accompanied through a hard week — thousands of quiet, personal moments, year after year. Your gift keeps the door open for the next one.
Nothing here is funded by membership dues. Every program below exists because partners like you choose to give.
The celebrations that fill the calendar and the streets — and a place at the Shabbat table for anyone who needs one: students, seniors, newcomers, and neighbors who would otherwise be alone.
The heart of the work: practical help, given quietly and with dignity, to neighbors carrying a hard week — or a hard year.
Torah learning that people actually come back to — including the weekly Thursday-night parashah shiur, live on Zoom, with one-minute clips shared through the week.
There is no membership income and no endowment behind this work — there is this week's table, this holiday's kits, this family's hard month. A monthly partnership is what turns a one-time kindness into something a neighbor can count on.
Real photos from Chabad of Kings Highway & Homecrest — holiday celebrations, community meals, and mitzvah visits across Kings Highway, Homecrest, and southern Brooklyn. This is what a partnership looks like in real life.
Every picture here happened because partners gave. Partner with this work →
Rabbi Zalman and Frumie Drizin came to Kings Highway as the Rebbe's shluchim with a simple mandate: reach every Jewish soul in the neighborhood and be there for them. Today, that mandate runs a full calendar of classes, Shabbat tables, holiday celebrations for the whole community, and thousands of quiet, personal moments — a mezuzah affixed, a pair of tefillin wrapped, a family accompanied through a hard week.
Rabbi Drizin also serves as rabbi of Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush, the shul at 1219 Avenue T, where the community gathers for prayer services. His weekly parashah shiur and short video teachings reach far beyond Brooklyn at rabbidrizin.com.
Two institutions — and complete clarity about your gift. Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush, the shul at 1219 Avenue T, is a separate institution. Chabad of Kings Highway & Homecrest is Rabbi Drizin's own organization. Every dollar given on this page goes to Chabad of Kings Highway & Homecrest — and nowhere else.
Serious giving deserves serious accountability. Here is exactly who you are giving to — and exactly what happens to your gift.
Chabad of Kings Highway is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Legal name: Chabad of Kings Highway · EIN 20-3796488.
Every donation — large or small, named or anonymous — is receipted for your tax records.
Direct your gift to a fund or purpose you choose, and it is honored for that purpose.
Donor information is never sold or shared. Anonymous gifts stay anonymous — recognition is only ever with your permission.
Real people, real work: the Drizins who lead it and the teaching that goes out every week. Start with the short film about Chabad of Kings Highway & Homecrest — then sit in on this week's parashah lesson.
Watch the film
A look at the community, the people, and the mission your partnership sustains. Tap the picture to play it here.
Watch on YouTube →
Watch the lesson
Rabbi Drizin's Thursday-night shiur — this week, Parashas Noach. New lessons and one-minute clips are posted weekly at rabbidrizin.com. Tap the picture to play it here.
Watch on YouTube →Every week, Rabbi Drizin's shiurim and one-minute teachings at rabbidrizin.com reach thousands of viewers far beyond Brooklyn — and many of them reach back, privately, with questions of their own.
The weekly parashah shiur, short one-minute teachings, and a growing archive of Torah classes — free, online, and watched by thousands. It is Rabbi Drizin's personal teaching site, separate from this one: no donations are taken there; it exists purely to spread Torah.
Viewers of the shiurim regularly write to Rabbi Drizin privately for guidance in Yiddishkeit — a halachic question, a family matter, a first step toward mitzvos, or simply a listening ear. Every message is answered personally and held in confidence.
Chabad of Kings Highway & Homecrest has no membership dues and no one is ever turned away. The classes, the Shabbat tables, the holiday programs, and the quiet personal help are carried entirely by partners who give — once, or month after month.
Choose an amount and a fund, dedicate it in honor or in memory of someone dear, and complete your gift by Zelle, Cash App, credit card, or check. Every gift receives a receipt.
What it funds is the work above: the events that gather the community, and the charity that reaches families at home — not prayer services, which are the shul's own function.
Considering a larger commitment? See sponsorships, naming & major gifts below — every major gift begins with a personal conversation with Rabbi Drizin.
Put your name — or the name of someone you love — on the work itself. Major gifts, foundation grants, and legacy gifts are handled personally by Rabbi Drizin, from the first conversation to the dedication.
A full Shabbat of meals and hospitality for students, seniors, and neighbors — dedicated in honor or in memory of your loved one.
Sponsor a ShabbatEvery class that week — including the Thursday-night parashah shiur — is taught in the merit of your dedication.
Sponsor LearningSteady partners are the backbone of everything here. Monthly giving keeps the doors open, the candles lit, and the classes running.
Give MonthlyFor a significant gift, speak with Rabbi Drizin directly — personally and in confidence. You will know exactly what your gift funds, and a gift restricted to a purpose you choose is honored for that purpose.
Yes. Chabad of Kings Highway is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 20-3796488. A receipt is issued for every gift, for your tax records.
No. Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush is a separate institution, where Rabbi Drizin serves as rabbi. Gifts made here go only to Chabad of Kings Highway & Homecrest, his own organization, and fund its classes, programs, and outreach.
Yes — monthly partners are the backbone of our budget. Choose “Monthly partner” in the form above and send your gift each month by Zelle, Cash App, or credit card, or email us and we will set it up with you.
Yes — in honor of, in memory of, or for the refuah shleimah of a loved one. Add the name in the form, or simply note it with your Zelle, Cash App, or credit-card gift.
Host a Shabbat guest, sponsor a program, volunteer, or introduce us to someone who should know this work. Call 718-998-5394 or email chabadkh@aol.com — a person answers, not a system.
Yes. Make the gift to our legal name, Chabad of Kings Highway, EIN 20-3796488. Call 718-998-5394 and Rabbi Drizin will arrange the details with you personally — including wire or stock instructions — and confirm receipt.
With a conversation. Call Rabbi Drizin at 718-998-5394 — personally and in confidence. You can direct a major gift to a specific program or purpose, name a program or initiative in honor or in memory of a loved one, and every restricted gift is honored for the purpose you chose.
Either way, as you prefer. Sponsors are thanked publicly only with their permission, anonymous gifts stay anonymous, and every gift — named or not — receives a receipt for your records.
Absolutely — you are welcome, whatever your background. Prayer services are held at the shul, Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush, 1219 Avenue T in Brooklyn. For Chabad events and classes, call or email ahead and we will be glad to welcome you and share the current schedule.
Chabad of Kings Highway & Homecrest
Write to us for the mailing address
for checks & correspondence
Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush
1219 Avenue T (between E 12th & E 13th)
Brooklyn, NY 11229
Join Rabbi Zalman for Shabbos & holiday services — he serves as the shul’s spiritual leader
718-998-5394
chabadkh@aol.com
Rabbi Zalman & Frumie Drizin
Email is also the Zelle & Cash App address
That is the whole story of this organization — people who give, and neighbors who are not alone. Join them.
