Staten Island Dinner Marks 10

By Staten Island Advance and COLlive

Chabad Israeli Center of Staten Island (CIC) in New Springville, NY, celebrated its 10th anniversary in the Staten Island Community with an dinner at Grand Oaks Country Club on March 10 in Huguenot.

Under the spiritual leadership of the directors Rabbi Nachman Segal and his wife, Chaya Segal, the center focuses on Jewish learning and charitable works.

As a testament of the Chabad’s community outreach, dignitaries including Rep. Michael Grimm, Assemblyman Michael Cusick and Israeli Consul Spokesperson Shahar Azani participated in the celebration.

Honorees who received certificates of Congressional Recognition for Outstanding and Invaluable Service to the Community were attorney Shachar Malachovsky, Eitan Brach and Zachary Osher.

Rabbi Nachman Segal’s significant Dvar Torah and Mrs. Segal’s emotional presentation to their community brought tears to many eyes.

Rabbi Velvel Butman of Chabad of Westchester, NY delivered a Dvar Torah and Rabbi Moshe Katzman of Chabad Lubavitch of Staten Island blessed the crowd with Birchat Kohanim.

“Our Chabad Israeli Center touches the lives of countless families in so many ways,” said Scott Maurer, dinner chairman, “from daily prayer services and holidays, to Mezuzahs, from weekly Torah classes, to weekly hospital visits for the sick, from naming daughters at an Aliyah and providing Mohel services at a Brit Milah, to funeral and mourning services, from charity drives for the needy, to education scholarships. Our Chabad Center does an amazing array of good works.”

A beautiful souvenir journal was distributed and all the guests received a special gift, a box of 3 handmade Shmura Matza to be used for the Pesach Seder.

The party was well attended by the community and it was beautiful occasion that saluted the center’s past activities while setting goals and objectives for the future to reach more Jews in the community, encouraging them to connect with Hashem, Judaism and the Torah.