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Shluchim Farbreng with Philanthropist David Slager

A unique farbrengen took place Monday night in the Upper West Side home of Mr. David and Lara Slager, the philanthropists underwriting the $5 million Machne Israel Early Childhood Initiative.

The shluchim in attendance, recipients of this year’s grants, related their accomplishments made possible through the initiative and the tremendous impact it has already had on their communities. Slager expressed his delight with the progress to date, and his anticipation for further development of the initiative in the coming year.

The Chairman of Machne Israel Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky who originally approached Mr. Slager with the idea for the MIDF Early Childhood Initiative farbrenged with the assembled, recalling numerous personal experiences with the Rebbe and Rebbetzin and recounting the events of Rosh Chodesh Kislev.

Also in attendance were Rabbi Shmaya Krinsky, director of the Machne Israel Development Fund; Rabbi Shlomo Kugel and Rabbi Meir Ossey, executive director and associate director of Chabad of the West Side; Rabbi Shmuel Metzger, director of Upper Midtown Chabad: and Rabbi Uriel Vigler, director of Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side.

The Early Childhood Initiative, a project of the Machne Israel Development Fund, was established this past April to promote Jewish continuity through the development of a network of Jewish preschools.

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8 Comments

  • mendy in midwest

    that is a bottel of auchentoshan, in the fopgroung on the table- i have one – good stuff
    l’chaim

  • A Shliach in the trenches

    Thank you Mr Slager for your generous donation.

    To the Allocation committee:

    Perhaps the next 5 Million should go to the small town really struggling Preschools, Those who are not building the extra room or an additional play ground, but are in deep debt and keeping open only because we are responsible to provide yiddishe kinder a possibility to grow to be good Jews.

    It feels good to do new projects for a hip young Shliach. Yest many are holding on with their last koichois to keep their doordrs open without anyone patting them on the back…

    How about $25K for every Chabad pre-school, or even $10,000

  • Moshe

    The Slagers are Tzadikim. Small towns without large Jewish communities and large donor base should be the focus – building new pre-schools not extending or enlarging existing ones.

  • Rochel Devorah

    To 3.

    Great ides–let’s hope Mr. Slager reads this.

    (Think he has time for reading wesbsites?!)

  • Yossi

    A great project, David your the man!
    Hopefully their will be others who will do similar projects!
    As a shliach in a third world non speaking country, I truly hope the next project will be new preschools outside the USA!

  • THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN

    THE JEWISH WORLD NEEDS A GEMACH TO HELP IT’S PEOPLE.
    DONATE TO GEAMACH’S THAT HELP JEW’S FROM REDUCE INTEREST COSTS.
    I WENT TO COLLEGE AND HAVE BEEN SADDLED WITH DEBT SINCE 1988

  • Fellow Jew

    Thank you David and Lara Slager!
    I had the honor to meet David and Lara, and spend an evening at their warm home.
    This is a great deed that they are both doing to help Chabad!
    Let us take 1 step at a time; this is an amazing project.
    I am confident that David and Lara , by their means, will take the necessary steps to help as many Jews worldwide that they can.
    May god bestow countless blessing and continuous prosperity to the Slagers.