Entries Tagged as 'Crown Heights'
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Menorah Parade in NYC this Motzai Shabbos!
This Motzai Shabbos, the 2nd night of Chanukah, a parade of 25 Mitzvah Tanks and 150 Menorah cars will leave to Manhattan from Crown Heights. All who have Menorahs on their car are requested to participate!
Meeting point: on President bet. Kingston & Albany @ 6:45
Please be on time, as we will be passing the Chanukah […]
Friday, November 20th, 2009
The Real World: Chabad
“I assumed that I would walk out of the Crown Heights subway stop into throngs of Lubavitcher Hassidim surrounded by cheap kosher restaurants, Jewish ritual shops and stores selling stacks of identical black hats. Instead what I found on Sunday evening was an empty sidewalk save for a few men chilling on the front stoop […]
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Fewer Hasidim Backed Mayor, Study Finds
“In 2005, the mayor got four out of five votes cast in the Hasidic sections of Crown Heights, Borough Park and Williamsburg. He carried those same areas this time, but with considerably less support, according to an analysis. ” more@NYTimes.com
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
U.S. Military Armory Is Transformed for Chabad Banquet
“But for this year’s event, marking 70 years since Chabad-Lubavitch relocated its headquarters in Brooklyn, it made sense to make the culminating event, if not in spitting distance, at least an easy walk from 770 Eastern Parkway. Guests can reach the dinner via a 10-minute pleasant stroll under Eastern Parkway’s autumn overhang. “Our move this […]
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
NY Times Ignores Crown Heights
“A New York Times article trying to clear Mayor David Dinkins‘ tainted record, conveniently fails to mention his defining moment: the Crown Heights riots. By MICHAEL POWELL, New York Times
Do you really want to go back to the bad old days of Mayor David N. Dinkins?” more@COLLive.com
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
30 Years Since The Tragedy
“Today, the 4th of Cheshvan marks the 30th Yartzeir of Rabbi Dovid Okunov HY”D. Exerpt from the Rabbi Dovid Okunov Memorial Site - It was 30 years ago this week that Rabbi Dovid Okunov, a bold Russian activist for Judaism who risked death defying communist authorities by teaching Jewish children Torah, was gunned down on a Brooklyn street […]
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Rabbi Yoel Kahn “There was no passing”
photo by Rafael Rosenthal
“Exclusive: The following audio clip was submitted to Chabad.info earlier today. The clip is a recording of a Farbrengen which took place during the year 5765, led by Rabbi Yoel Kahn. During the farbrengen, Rabbi Kahn explained that there is no diiference between the situation before Gimmel Tammuz and after. It seems […]
Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Bruno Lacorazza’s fur felt hats come in black, black or black.
“Black may be the new black (and the old black) in Crown Heights, Williamsburg and Borough Park. But if you thought that Hasidic hats all look the same — black brim, black crown, black band and bow — you would be wrong. Mirroring the subtle but significant differences among their Orthodox Jewish wearers, there are […]
