Abraham’s Tent Welcomes Guests in the Holy Land
Statistics show that Jewish young adults who visit Israel and have a Jewish experience are a lot more likely to marry Jewish and support Israel.
Statistics show that Jewish young adults who visit Israel and have a Jewish experience are a lot more likely to marry Jewish and support Israel.
Yudi Lewis (Crown Heights) and Chavi Maman (Daytona Beach, FL)
L’Chaim tomorrow, Thursday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Under the direction of community member Sima Chana Zelenko of Monroe, Chabad of Orange County organized a relief effort to help some of the hardest hit areas in New York.
Alternate Side Parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended citywide through Saturday, November 10 to facilitate storm recovery efforts. Alternate Side Parking regulations are not in effect on Sunday, November 11 and will also be suspended for Veterans Day, Monday, November 12, as previously scheduled. All other parking regulations remain in effect.
The predicted nor’easter storm, which is set to hit the New York region tonight, was preceded by a snow flurry which has already built up to over an inch of snow on the ground and accumulating.
One fire engine collided with another FDNY truck in Brooklyn this morning, smashing through a resident’s brick wall and injuring 11 firefighters, authorities said.
Two cars collided on the corner of Kingston Ave. and Crown St., after one of them ran through a red light.
“Thank you for showing my children their daddy isn’t crazy,” Rabbi Mendel Druk told fellow celebrants at Shmini Atzeret, the holiday marking the end of Sukkot. The energetic Israelis who danced with Torah scrolls and the rabbi’s kids made for an experience “we wish the children could have every year,” his wife, Rachel, said. “Sometimes the children watch their dad dance on his own, like a crazy person. When there are others doing it, they understand it’s a Jewish — not a crazy — thing. Something others do.”
Due to a system change, Enterprise-rent-a-car is going to slowly phase out the Chabad corporate discount number 41M0174.
It was unbelievable to see the outpouring of support that came from every corner of the world after Hurricane Sandy hit last week in Long Beach, NY. Help came in the form of monetary aid, clothing, food, shelter, gas, and a helping hand. Rabbi Eli and Beila Goodman, Shluchim to Long Beach, thank everyone for their contributions and support.
A reader sent us this photo taken this morning near the Mobile gas station on Empire Blvd. Well over a week since the brunt of Hurricane Sandy hit the Tri-State area, the gasoline shortage continues and long lines still form at Southern Crown Heights’ only gas station.
Israel’s President Shimon Peres will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to open the Russian Jewish Tolerance Museum, the world’s largest Jewish museum.
A Nor’easter is heading towards the Tri-State area; United Airlines is canceling flights ahead of the storm and other airlines are still evaluating which flights will be canceled on Wednesday and Thursday. The storm could dump as much as four inches of snow on hurricane weary New York City.
Over 20 students are participating in a real Yeshiva experience at the Chabad House in Manalapan, NJ. Plus: A photo gallery of Chabad of Manalapan’s hurricane relief activities.
The devastating storm surges and high winds that wreaked havoc on so many as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast may well be the largest catastrophe many of us have ever experienced, yet while the disastrous superstorm left a gargantuan trail of destruction in its wake, it still proved to be no match for the most powerful force of all – that of human resilience and the belief that everything in this world happens for a good reason.
Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday, overcoming powerful economic headwinds, a lock-step resistance to his agenda by Republicans in Congress and an unprecedented torrent of advertising as a divided nation voted to give him more time.
Last Friday night, over 450 students attended Shabbat United, a joint venture between Hillel and Chabad at Brandeis, to celebrate the weekly Jewish holiday in a communal way.