Long Beach Shluchim Bear Impact of Hurricane
As residents all over New York and New Jersey have begun clean up from the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the Shluchim to Long Beach, Long Island find themselves with no home and a badly damaged Shul.
As residents all over New York and New Jersey have begun clean up from the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the Shluchim to Long Beach, Long Island find themselves with no home and a badly damaged Shul.
Treacherous road conditions forced organizers to reconsider holding this month’s ‘Rally at the Ohel’ – at the Ohel. Electing to play it safe, the rally was relocated to Rebbe’s house on President Street, with some 100 children in attendance!
Last night volunteers from the Rabbinical College of America – Chabad Headquarters of New Jersey together with its relatively new division “Rutgers Jewish Outreach” headed into the evacuated and powerless city of New Brunswick to hand out free self heating Kosher meals to all the students stuck without electricity or food, they visited the University shelters where all the students living in university dormitories were evacuated to.
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Alternate side parking (street cleaning) will be suspended on Thursday, November 1st, due to severe weather conditions.
Parking meter regulations will be in effect.
The neighborhoods of Marine Park, Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Seagate were hit hardest by hurricane Sandy. Photographer Mo Gelber captured some of the scenes of utter devastation left in the storms wake.
Update: Limited Subway service to resume tomorrow, Thursday.
The headquarters of F.R.E.E. (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe) in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, was submerged in deep water by Hurricane Sandy. The building houses a synagogue, offices and the Mazel Jewish Day School.
Rabbi Leibel Miller, Director of Chevra Kadisha-Chabad of Florida, joined with Chesed Shel Emes (CSE) and the Miami Beach Fire Rescue & Police Departments for the staging of a mock DUI accident, fatality and funeral at the Miami Beach Hebrew Academy High School.
A shocking and painful discovery was made yesterday in 770, when a hidden ‘trash’ pile was found into which booklets, pamphlets and papers containing the Rebbe’s holy teachings were discarded by extremists – for the sin of having been printed by people who don’t share their beliefs.
Elad Sagi (Crown Heights/Toronto) and Menucha Perlstein (Brooklyn/Israel)
While residents throughout the Northeast were assessing damage to their property in the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation, Rabbi Moshe and Leah Shemtov, Shluchim to Stamford, CT, were preparing the Chabad Center to help the many who were without power.
A category-1 hurricane didn’t dampen Chaim Gross and Nechama Wagshul‘s spirits during their wedding last night, which took place on schedule despite the once-in-a-century weather.
Surveillance video obtained by CrownHeights.info reveals shocking footage of the ruthless beating and mugging of a Jewish man during Hurricane Sandy Monday night.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Aharon Elozor Mogilevsky, OBM, at the age of 93.
Reb Aharon was a longtime resident of Crown Heights and member of Congregation Re’im Ahuvim, which is located near his Carroll St. home.
IYH this Wednesday, 15 Cheshvan (October 31), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12.
Buses will leave 770 at 5:00 PM and return at 7:30 PM. Transportation will cost $3.
Yaakov wants Elijah the Prophet to appear to him. This stop-motion animation by Jewish.tv teaches children about the power of kindness. Starring Roseanne Barr.