by Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

Participants in a conference of Chabad-Lubavitch women emissaries welcome the daughters of emissaries to the grand banquet. (Photos: Mendy Bleier)

The screens at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge flashed images from past and present as the 2,160 Chabad-Lubavitch women emissaries and their guests took their seats in a banquet area spanning several ballrooms. The annual Sunday night banquet, the culmination of the five-day International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries, was clearly an event not to be missed.

Brooklyn Convention Draws Jewish Women Young and Old

by Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Participants in a conference of Chabad-Lubavitch women emissaries welcome the daughters of emissaries to the grand banquet. (Photos: Mendy Bleier)

The screens at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge flashed images from past and present as the 2,160 Chabad-Lubavitch women emissaries and their guests took their seats in a banquet area spanning several ballrooms. The annual Sunday night banquet, the culmination of the five-day International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries, was clearly an event not to be missed.

For many, it was their one chance to catch up on past friendships and meet new faces.

Miriam Lipskier, co-director of the Chabad House at Emory University in Atlanta since 2002, opened the banquet by recounting a conversation she had with a veteran emissary soon after the conference began.

“What is your name?” the elderly woman asked Lipskier. Examining her young face further, she asked further: “What is your maiden name?”

“Greenberg,” answered Lipskier.

“Ahh, is it Greenberg from Alaska?”

“No.”

“Is it Greenberg from Israel?”

“No.”

“Is it Greenberg from Passaic?”

“No.”

“She was looking for some background,” said Lipskier, who chaired the gala event.

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