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.
Shalom Ber (ben Dovid Abba) Nemanov (Crown Heights) and Chana Meer (Morristown, NJ)
Florida Coastal is a leading Law School located in Jacksonville, FL. Because of its excellent reputation, Jewish Students nationwide flock to Florida Coastal in pursuit of entering the legal profession. Monday the school recognized the work of Rabbi Shmuli and Chana Novack of Chabad of Southside, FL.
A CrownHeights.info reader who was at one of the polling sites in Crown Heights spotted Rabbi Yaakov Schwei exercising your civic duty by voting in today’s elections.
Alternate Side Parking regulations are suspended citywide tomorrow, Wednesday, November 7 to facilitate storm recovery efforts. Parking Meters and all other parking regulations remain in effect.
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CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of an elder chosid speaking. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Hurricane Sandy stormed into New York and New Jersey with unmitigated force, carrying death and destruction, disrupting lives, and devastating neighborhoods in America’s most densely populated regions—which happen to be home to some of the country’s largest Jewish populations.
Shas co-leader Aryeh Deri is aware that for many Chabadnikim, Shas is a non-starter in the upcoming election following his return, as he is viewed as being responsible for persuading Rabbi Ovadia Yosef to support the Oslo Agreement of 1995, which resulted in the agreement being approved in Knesset.
‘Buba Myses’ – the Jewish puppet band – sings a Medley of Chabad niggunim in Israel.
A rabbi, a congressman, a basketball player and more than 200 students and community members gathered Friday in the Lory Student Center West Ballroom to celebrate ‘Shabbat 200.’
Former Israeli Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, a Holocaust survivor whose travels around the world have made him an ambassador of Judaism, will address this year’s International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries in New York City.
Long lines have formed at the local polling sites – some an hour and a half wait – as residents of Crown Heights gather to vote for the candidates of their choice.
Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz, Shluchim to Southwest Florida, held a dedication dinner for their new 11,000 square foot Jewish Community Center, which will serve as a home for the Shul and the Maimonides Hebrew Day School. The center was built on Chabad’s 3.5 Acre property.
In honor of the upcoming Alumni Reunion, this Wednesday, 22 of Cheshvan, the Oholei Torah archive office is presenting this video for the very first time.
A week after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the East Coast, wiping out entire communities, residents were bracing for yet another potentially damaging storm.
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