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A warm, young community where a family can still afford a house, about three hours from Crown Heights.
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Yes. Kingston, across the river from Wilkes-Barre in the Wyoming Valley, has an active Lubavitch (Chabad) community with 6 shuls and minyanim nearby, a community eiruv, Cheder Menachem (preschool through high school, more than 700 students) and 4 kosher food places. Chabad Kingston lists them all here, along with homes, jobs and local businesses. Read moreSource: chedermenachem.org
Kingston has 6 shuls and minyanim: Bais Moshe (425 Tioga Ave, Kingston, PA 18704), Congregation Bais Tzvi Yosef (17 2nd Ave, Kingston, PA 18704), Congregation Ahavas Achim (429 Walnut St, Luzerne, PA 18709), Cheider Sheini (445 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, PA 18704), Congregation Ohav Zedek (242 S Franklin St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701) and Temple Israel (239 S River St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702). The Shuls & Rabbis page has a map link and contact for each. Read more
Yes. Kingston has a community eiruv, and the Shuls & Rabbis page links to a map of its boundaries. Check with your rabbi each week that the eiruv is up before relying on it. Read more
Yes: Kingston Mikvah (women's mikvah, by appointment) and Men's Mikvah (men's mikvah, at Bais Moshe). Book or call ahead; the contacts are on each listing. Read moreSource: kingstonrsvp.com
Kingston Mesivta (Mesivta), Cheder Menachem Boys Elementary (Chabad day school, boys), Cheder Menachem Girls Elementary (Chabad day school, girls through 5th grade), Cheder Menachem Girls Middle & High School (Chabad girls middle and high school), Bnos Yisroel Girls High School (Girls' high school), Yeshivath Beth Moshe (Yeshiva), Cheder Menachem Preschool (Chabad preschool, from infancy) and Beth Shalom Academy (Orthodox school, preschool through high school). Cheder Menachem has more than 700 students from infancy through high school. Read moreSource: chedermenachem.org
Options include Kingston Kosher Grocery (grocery, deli and café), Bagel Bar (cafe: bagels, pizza and bakery), Around The Table Catering (pareve falafel food truck and caterer) and JCC Kosher Meal Delivery (home-delivered kosher meals). Market 32 (Price Chopper), Walmart Wilkes-Barre and ShopRite and Wise Market also carry kosher products. Always check the hechsher. Read more
Yes, just across the river: Kingston Kosher Grocery (grocery, deli and café, Luzerne), Bagel Bar (cafe: bagels, pizza and bakery, Kingston) and Around The Table Catering (pareve falafel food truck and caterer, Kingston). Always check the hechsher. Read more
Candle lighting in Kingston is 18 minutes before sunset. The home page shows this Friday's time, and Chabad.org has full daily zmanim for ZIP code 18704.
