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Gala celebrates the Rebbe and Chabad on Long Island
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman wraps tefillin with Rabbis Mendel Wolowik and Mendel Gordon, as Rabbi Anchelle Perl looks on.
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17-year-old Yakira Colish of Long Beach spoke about the value of Chabad’s CTeen programs.
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Rabbi Tuvia Teldon, regional director of Chabad Lubavitch institutions on Long Island.
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Rebbetzins Chaya Teldon of Chabad of Long Island and Beila Goodman of Chabad of Long Beach.
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Howard Fensterman, chairman of the board of Chabad of Port Washington.
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MC Dana Arschin, a general assignment reporter for Fox5 News.
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The evening’s keynote speaker, Rabbi Shais Taub.
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Long Island’s 38 Chabad centers gathered at the Cradle of Aviaton Museum in Garden City to celebrate their accomplishments and the 120th anniversary of the birth of Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Rabbi Anchelle Perl, who chaired the evening in the absence of Rabbi Zalman Wolowik (mourning the loss of his mother), cheered the partnership of shluchim and lay leaders for “helping to keep Jewish life vibrant here on Long Island.” Rabbi Pearl, of Mineola Chabad, was one of the Rebbe’s early emissaries on the Island.
Yakira Colish, 17, of Long Beach, told a story familiar to many in the audience. “I began drifting away from my Jewish values and blending in with my secular friends,” she said. Then she discovered Chabad.
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