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At right, a Chabad graduate works with adolescents as part of her internship.

BROOKLYN, NY — On the screen, when they appear at all, Chasidic young women are portrayed as cloistered girls raised for a life in the kitchen. In reality, young women in their late teens and early twenties from Chabad Lubavitch backgrounds shoulder significant leadership roles assisting Chabad representatives all around the world.

In World of Chabad, Young Women Train for Leadership Through Internships

R. C. Berman – Lubavitch.com

At right, a Chabad graduate works with adolescents as part of her internship.

BROOKLYN, NY — On the screen, when they appear at all, Chasidic young women are portrayed as cloistered girls raised for a life in the kitchen. In reality, young women in their late teens and early twenties from Chabad Lubavitch backgrounds shoulder significant leadership roles assisting Chabad representatives all around the world.

Chani Erdvin is just 19, but she has already directed winter camp for 20 children with special needs and she is helping coordinate Friendship Walk, a 200-person walk-a-thon to raise funds for Chabad of Agoura Hills’ programs for children with special needs.

“The hours are long, and the work is hard, but when you show up to the phenomenal event you planned, and the kids walk out smiling, I know I am doing right,” Erdvin said.

She is part of a legion of young women who bring programs to life at Chabad centers. Raised on the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, they feel a responsibility to reach and teach every Jew. They have been taught that they have an equal share in spreading that message, that they are capable and valued for their insights. These young women are eager to share their knowledge in communities far and near. In the coming weeks, the high season for the matches between capable young women and the Chabad centers that need them will be in full swing.

The numbers of positions have grown so much that Chabad’s Shluchim office opened a website to facilitate matches. Started twelve years ago with phone interviews and lists of candidates available by fax, the placement website helped 100 communities find young women leaders last year alone.

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