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New Shluchim to Australia

Rabbi Shmuel and his wife Henna (nee Haber) Kopel and their daughter will IYH moving on shlichus to North Shore, Sydney, Australia,

They will establish a center for Adult Education as part of the new shluchie mivtza torah initiative spreading Yiddishkite and the Ma’ayonos.

They were appointed by Rabbi Nuchum Schapiro and will be working through his Chabad House.

We would like to thank all those who assisted in this shlichus especially the Rohr family, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky and Rabbi Ephraim Mintz.

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at shmulykopel@gmail.com

At Year-End: Despite Statistics, Chabad on Campus Deepens Jewish Commitment

Chicago, IL — When Ethan Samuels clutches a freshly printed diploma in his hands in a few weeks, he will be among the tens of thousands of college students whose university years have been shaped through involvement in Chabad-Lubavitch on campus.

World Travelers Now Call Orlando and Their Chabad House – Home

Orlando, FL — When Rabbi Chaim and Rivkie Lipskier learned they would be co-directors of the new Chabad house at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, they were excited to start a permanent home together as emissaries, or shluchim, of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. The husband-and-wife team had traveled to dozens of locations around the world to reach out to Jewish communities, and finally found their place in Florida.

Brit Makes Local History

Krasnoyarsk, Russia — Eight days after Rabbi Wagner and his wife Dina, welcomed a son, their child’s Brit Milah ceremony became part of local history and signified a growth of the community. This was the first ceremony in decades to follow all of the Jewish traditions associated with the ancient trdition and included over one hundred of their closest friends and family. The Chief Mohel of Russia, Dr. Ishaya Shafit, who came from Moscow, performed the bris. He had been to Krasnoyarsk before but only to perform the ceremony on two adults that decided to go through the ritual.

New Shluchim to Connecticut

Rabbi and Mrs. Menachem Feldman of Crown Heights have just moved on Shlichus to Greenwich Connecticut where Rabbi Feldman is serving as Director of Adult Education and Mrs. Feldman as Director of the Chabad Hebrew School.

The Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yossi Deren of Chabad of Greenwich in connection with the Shluchei Torah Grant from the Rohr Family Foundation.

HATZLOCHA RABBA!

The new Shluchim can be reached via email at rabbifeldman@chabadgreenwich.org