Yesterday, the City Council voted to rename the portion of President Street by the Rebbe’s house as ‘Lubavitcher Rebbe Way.’ Chabad activist Yaakov Behrman led the invocation, and Council Member Crystal Hudson praised the Rebbe’s transformative impact.
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The New York City Council voted on Thursday to rename a portion of President Street in Brooklyn to “Lubavitcher Rebbe Way” in honor of the Rebbe.
“Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was the seventh leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and one of the most transformative figures in modern Jewish history,” said City Council Member Crystal Hudson, who introduced the legislation.
She detailed the Rebbe’s remarkable journey, noting that he arrived in the United States in 1941 after escaping the Holocaust. During his decades of leadership, the Rebbe spearheaded Chabad-Lubavitch’s global expansion, establishing a wide array of institutions, including schools, shuls, care homes, and rehabilitation centers.
“His ability to meet people where they were—engaging them with warmth and heartfelt communication regardless of their background or status—set him apart,” Hudson said.
The renamed block of President Street is located between Brooklyn and New York Avenues, holds historical importance, as it was where the Rebbe’s home was located.
Yaakov Berhman, a representative for Chabad’s public relations, praised the council’s decision. Taking to social media, he wrote, “Today, the NYC Council officially named President Street, located between Brooklyn and New York Avenues, as ‘Lubavitcher Rebbe Way.’ This is the block where the Rebbe lived during his leadership and where his home remains as a sacred place of prayer and inspiration.”
Berhman, who delivered the invocation at the City Council session, expressed gratitude to Hudson for her leadership and tribute to the Rebbe.
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Really? Of all the things that our neighborhood needs, this is what we get?
Totally agree 💯 with you.
The bigger issue, is that in the 80’s they wanted to rename the corner of Kingston & Eastern parkway to Lubavitch way.
The Rebbe was adamantly against the idea of naming streets Lubavitch or the like.
This is a shame of the Rebbe to the millionth degree.