With the end-of-summer national political conventions just days away, Chabad-Lubavitch centers at each of the host cities are gearing up to provide for the physical and spiritual needs of the thousands of guests intended to arrive.
Reaching Out to Jewish Convention-Goers With Kosher Food and Information
With the end-of-summer national political conventions just days away, Chabad-Lubavitch centers at each of the host cities are gearing up to provide for the physical and spiritual needs of the thousands of guests intended to arrive.
With the Democratic National Convention scheduled to start this coming Monday in Denver, Rabbi Yisroel Engel, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Colorado, has been working to line up kosher food for the Jewish delegates, party activists and members of the media who will call the Mile High City home for four days.
“Twenty people have contacted me so far asking about Shabbat, the community and kosher food in Denver,” Engel said earlier this week. “We want to make kosher food available to every Jew who comes here.”
The Republican National Convention, meanwhile, which is set to run from Sept. 1 to 4 in Minneapolis-S. Paul, Minn., has had Rabbi Moshe Feller busy setting up accommodations for his city’s expected guests. Feller, the director of the Upper Midwest headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch, reported that his Chabad House’s 13 multiple-occupancy guest rooms are already booked for the convention week by people who want readily available kosher food. The rabbi added that he intends to distribute information about the various responsibilities of Jews and non-Jews – in addition to the services available at the Chabad House – during the convention.
