Bal Harbour, Fla., just north of Miami Beach: At left is the Americana Hotel, next to it is the low-lying Balmoral, both Jewish-owned, and next to that is the Sea Isle, a high-rise that was restricted to Jews when this image was taken in 1960, the year Chabad Rabbi Avrohom Korf moved to Florida.
Dramatic Chabad Growth in South Florida Latest Sign of 75-Year ‘American Jewish Revolution’
It has been 75 years since the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, a refugee from Communist Russia, Nazi Germany and war-torn Europe—arrived on America’s shores in 1940, on 9 Adar, 5700, which corresponds this year to Feb. 28, 2015. And in that time, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement has developed into a vibrant presence in Jewish communities around the nation and the world, with the most dramatic recent growth taking place among young families.
