Rabbi Shmuli and Rivky Friedman Take Shlichus Position in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Jewish News

Waxman Chabad Center installed Rabbi Shmuli Friedman as spiritual and administrative leader Feb. 4 at the Beachwood synagogue at 2479 S. Green Road.

Friedman, 36, joins Rabbi Leibel Alevsky, who founded the organization in 1972, Rabbi Sholom Ber Chaikin, the Rav of the community.

Rabbi Moshe Gancz, with his wife, Rivky, will continue leading the Fromovitz Chabad Center in newly acquired space at the former PNC building on Chagrin Boulevard in Beachwood.

The installation coincided with the 70th anniversary of the inauguration of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s leadership of the Lubavitcher movement, and the evening include tributes to the late leader.

Friedman’s wife, Rivky, will operate as rebbetzin at Waxman Chabad Center. The Friedmans will continue directing the Jewish Learning Institute and Camp Gan Israel, which are currently housed in the former Cleveland Hebrew School building on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood.

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