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 Thank you Daniel Vaknin for coming to ChabadSudbury last night to share your painful yet powerful story of survival on Oct 7th and beyond and thank you to everyone else who joined us last night to hear his story of survival and what his journey has been like since.

A grandchild of Holocaust Survivors and with his own life shaped by their story, Daniel found himself facing a terrible reality on Oct 7th until ultimately taking shelter in the home of another 88 year old Holocaust Survivor.

Daniel lost 6 close friends and 70 others who he knew well, and has other friends who are hostages. Hearing his story of perseverance, healing, and what he does to uplift and help others heal, was very powerful.

A particular powerful moment occurred… Read More »

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 Thanks to the dozens of families who joined us this past Sunday for a super fun Lag Baomer Celebration!!

Seeing so many smiles and friendly conversations, along with the great weather, awesome food, discussions about the day, arts and crafts and more, made for a truly enjoyable Lag Baomer!!

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It is an honor to participate each year in Sudbury's Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony with an Invocation and a few words.

Honoring those who gave it all for America and the values that it represents, is humbling and something which I think is so important to do.

This year I shared the story of Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds as I thought that his story and what he did, is something that is extra relevant this year.

79 years ago in Germany’s STALAG IXA Camp, where over 1000 US Soldiers were being held in captivity, the Nazi officer gave an order that all the Jews among them should stand outside their barracks for a special selection.

Everyone knew what that would mean for them…

Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds of the 422nd Infantry Re… Read More »

 Mazal Tov Jonathan on your Bar Mitzvah Day!!
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It was great to see you help lead the services this morning as you wore Tefillin and Talit for the first time!
Looking forward to celebrating with you tomorrow when you get called to the Torah for the first time!
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Mazal Tov Tomer Anor & Lia Binyamini and to all of your family in Israel and elsewhere on this special celebration and milestone!
מזל טוב יונתן

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday evening for the Yom Hazikaron Ceremony (יום הזכרון)!

Thank you to Lior Van Creveld & Renana Embon for helping organize the event and planning the program.

Thank you Julie Marhoom for sharing the memories of her young cousin Roey Marom who was killed in November & to Olga Lepsky who shared the memories of Yonatan Savitsky & Rachel Dov, the children of two of her close friends, who were killed on Oct 7th.

On a personal note, we also remembered Adi Baharav, a dear and good friend who had visited us before and was in the very room we were gathered in last night, who was murdered on Oct 7th, while defending his fellow villagers.

With the hostages alway… Read More »

On Sunday, we held the annual JewQ competition for the oldest class of students. The JewQ program is one of the many fun and meaningful programs which we run in Hebrew School to expand the students knowledge of Judaism.

The students spent lots of time reviewing the material in their own time and joined together on Sunday for a fun day of competition and fun, together with many of the other students at the Hebrew School.

You can see a lot more pictures of this event over here.

The Hebrew School will continue to run until June 9th and is now starting to enroll for next year, and we are looking forward to welcoming multiple new families and students.

You can read more info at www.chabadsudbury.com/chs

When a 95 year old Holocaust Survivor, Esther Greizer passed away this week, and left no descendants, her extended family were worried they wouldn't have 10 people at the funeral to show her her final respects and escort her on her final journey.

Although she married, she never merited to have children due to the cruel medical experiments done on her by the Nazis. As a result it looked like she was going to have almost no one there to remember her and accompany her on her final journey.

Yet the word got out, especially as it was Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day.

When the funeral began, thousands of people she had never met from all walks of life, showed up to pay their respects to Esther and accompany her on her final jo… Read More »