115 Kingston (near Bergen) to become a restaurant

I agree with whynot that Lubavitch (or Satmar, for that matter) come awfully close to being cults. For me, I find it really off-putting that, in virtually every Lubavitch home, one sees a picture of the most recent rebbe, often one of his wife, and sometimes even pictures of the former rebbes. One thing, though: I have often been approached by different Lubavitcher on a social basis, though it most frequently involves an invitation to Shabbas or other holiday dinner. Then again, I'm a member of the tribe, albeit a fallen one.

that's pretty interesting. i didn't realize how cultish they were until my boyfriend told me that at certain times of the year Lubavitcher men have regularly stopped him in Crown Heights to ask him if he's Jewish, presumably to rope him in to some religious service. sometimes even when he's riding his bike in the park. i would not have experienced this, being the wrong gender and wrong color for that kind of solicitation.

Yeah, I believe that's related to Sukkot.  As someone who looks stereotypically Jewish they've practically stalked me for the last decade ("Are you Jewish?").  At first I tried explaining that my father is Jewish and my mother is Catholic, making me a religious bastard (as a result of the matrilineal and patrilineal nature of those respective religions).  But I soon realized I was better off just saying "no."

http://forward.com/news/184484/meet-the-are-you-jewish-chabad-guys/