Chabad Invites You to the Annual Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen and Dinner, 12/18
As Cleveland Jews Migrate West, a Community Is Born
(Chabad.org)
Like many young Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis, Rabbi Mendel Jacobs grew up watching and learning how to serve a Jewish community directly from his parents, who have run a Jewish preschool in Cleveland for many years.
Now after almost a decade studying and serving out-of-town, he’s returned to the city he grew up in, after identifying a part of town that lacked a Jewish infrastructure and is helping to fill that need.
Lyndhurst City Hall hosts first-ever menorah lighting ceremony
(Cleveland.com)
About 100 people gathered Thursday evening on the front front lawn of the Lyndhurst municipal complex to see a first.
The candles atop the large menorah that stands on the lawn along Mayfield Road during the Hannukah season were lit as part of a ceremony that included city officials and Rabbi Mendy Freedman.
“This is the first time in over 50 years that we have lit a menorah on public property in Lyndhurst,” said Mayor Joseph Cicero, who later clarified that it is believed to be the first time ever.
New Westlake Jewish center to host High Holiday services in September
(Westlake Bay Village Observer)(Ed: Now OPEN! Chabad of the West Side!)
The local Jewish population has a new place to congregate with the opening of a Jewish center in Westlake, serving the western suburbs of Cleveland. “Chabad of the West Side” is now in operation, featuring Jewish education for adults and children, and Jewish cultural and social events.
“We are ecstatic about this new milestone,” says Rabbi Mendel Jacobs, who will be directing the center along with his wife, Devorah.
Gathering of 4,200 Chabad rabbis like ‘family simcha’
(Cleveland Jewish News)
About a dozen Chabad rabbis from Northeast Ohio were among 4,200 rabbis from around the world who traveled to New York for the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries Nov. 19 to Nov. 23.
The annual event is aimed at reviving Jewish awareness and practice around the world.
Rabbi Yossi Marozov, executive director of Friendship Circle of Cleveland in Pepper Pike, said it was his 13th time attending the conference and that he wouldn’t miss it, “just as you wouldn’t miss a family simcha (Hebrew for celebration).”
Chabad of Downtown High Holiday Services
Rabbi Yossi & Chaya Freedman of DowntownChabad.com invite you or someone you may know to join them in their newly established High Holiday Services in downtown Cleveland.
Chabad extends outreach from eight Northeast Ohio locations
(Cleveland Jewish News)
When Rabbi Leibel Alevsky and his wife, Devorah, were sent to Cleveland in 1972 by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson to establish the first Chabad house in Cleveland and eastern Ohio, they could not have imagined how the movement would grow regionally under their leadership.
Today, in addition to the Waxman Chabad Center in Beachwood, there are eight Chabad branches in Northeast Ohio, all led by rabbis who the Alevskys call “official shluchim” (emissaries).
Remembering the Lubavitcher Rebbe
(Cleveland Jewish News)(This article has a nice summary of the history of Chabad Worldwide and Cleveland. Sorry this was published after the yahrtzeit.)
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, is widely considered the most influential rabbi in modern history.
As his 20th yahrzeit approaches, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement remains vibrant, thanks to Schneerson’s vision, said Rabbi Leibel Alevsky, Chabad regional director and executive director of Chabad of Cleveland, based in Beachwood.
Chabad of Downtown Cleveland Annual Chanukah Grand Menorah Lighting
Chanukah With Chabad Cleveland Local Events
Wednesday 11/27 6:00 pm – Indoor Program before LightingWaterstone Medical Center, 14100 Cedar Road (corner of Cedar & Mirimar)
Monday 12/2 – Eton Chagrin (outside Tiffany’s)
Chabad of Cleveland Public Menorah Lighting and Chanukah Celebration – Fire on Ice
Chabad of Downtown Cleveland Annual Chanukah Grand Menorah Lighting
Join Chabad of Cleveland for the Annual Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen Melave Malka
