Chabad on Carlisle-Jewish Russian Centre

What they offer

Chabad on Carlisle-Jewish Russian Centre is a centre for Russian-speaking Jews in Balaclava, led by Rabbi Yisroel Sufrin.

There is a synagogue on the premises. They kosher kitchens for the community.

Classes run regularly, courses from the Jewish Learning Institute are taught and public lectures are held. There is a library.

For children there is a Hebrew school and after-school programmes.

Older children and young adults have bar and bat mitzvah instruction and a bat mitzvah club.

They officiate at weddings, circumcisions and funerals. Couples are prepared for marriage.

The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners, looks after the elderly and distributes food packages.

Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here. They publish.