SINGAPORE, Singapore — The Jews of the tiny Asian nation of Singapore have been eating more kosher chicken lately, thanks to the opening last June of a restaurant located on the premises of their community's newly built Jacob Ballas Centre.
Singapore’s Jews Experience Cultural Rebirth
SINGAPORE, Singapore — The Jews of the tiny Asian nation of Singapore have been eating more kosher chicken lately, thanks to the opening last June of a restaurant located on the premises of their community’s newly built Jacob Ballas Centre.
Under the supervision of Singapore’s Jewish Welfare Board, the community has as its spiritual leader Rabbi Mordechai Abergel, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary who arrived in 1994. A trained ritual slaughterer, one of Abergel’s many responsibilities is to ensure that the hundreds who patronize the Awafi kosher restaurant have plenty of fowl.
“Since we opened the restaurant, kosher food consumption has experienced quite a sharp increase,” says the rabbi. “I am slaughtering a lot more chicken than I used to.”
His wife, Simcha Abergel, explains that the establishment – which serves Middle Eastern, Italian, Chinese and Indian cuisine and caters to locals and tourists alike – is just another sign of a revival in the densely populated city’s 1,000-strong Jewish community.
Admirer
Rabbi Abergel has contributed greatly to the Singapore community over the last 14 years.
I was zoche to se him grow in spite of all the obstacles and the community grew with him.
Over the years he overcame many obstacles due to his and his wonderful wife’s mesiras nefesh.
Continue the great work!