LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — On the steps of the Los Angeles City Hall, the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa along with councilman Bill Rosendahl and Jack Weiss gathered with other law enforcement and political figures to light the first candle together with Shluchim Rabbi Moshe Greenwald, Rabbi Yossi Cunin, Rabbi Chaim N. Cunin and executive director of Chabad of the west coast Rabbi Boruch S. Cunin.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
First Candle with the Mayor and Chabad of Downtown LA
LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — On the steps of the Los Angeles City Hall, the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa along with councilman Bill Rosendahl and Jack Weiss gathered with other law enforcement and political figures to light the first candle together with Shluchim Rabbi Moshe Greenwald, Rabbi Yossi Cunin, Rabbi Chaim N. Cunin and executive director of Chabad of the west coast Rabbi Boruch S. Cunin.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Singing and dancing on the south lawn of City Hall, bystanders gathered and heard from the rabbis and politicians.
Inside the City Hall rotunda, Chabad is displaying the 150 year-old Katowitz Menorah, which is meticulously crafted from bronze and topped with a two-headed eagle, the symbol of the Hapsburg Empire that ruled Austria-Hungary. This five foot tall menorah is the only ritual object d’art left from Poland’s Great Katowitz Synagogue, which was burned to the ground during the Holocaust. The historic artifact was saved from destruction by being hidden underground, and was later given as a gift to Chabad.
DOWNTOWN
GO RABBI MOSHE!!!
Mendel
Moshe good to see you at work, keep up the good work.
Itchie
That actor in the sun glasses looks amazingly like Chaim Marcus….
fan fan
Chaim is probably the coolest gu i know!!!Chaim…you da man!
Fan
Moishey beautiful event, good start for you.
Brkellerman
Strength to strength, lots of continued hatzlocho.
Itchie
Chaim back to Ramstein!!! Still have that letter?
Susan Stein
Moishey –
I’m kvelling seeing your picture here.
the hood
Menachem or rather Mendy Pellin- what are you doing in Cali?Does your wife always do the videoing????