Chabad By The Sea

What they offer

Chabad By The Sea is a Chabad house in S. Cruz, led by Rabbi Yochanan Friedman.

There is a Judaica shop.

Classes run regularly, one-to-one study can be arranged, courses from the Jewish Learning Institute are taught and public lectures are held. There is a library.

For children there is a mother-and-child group.

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

They officiate at funerals. Couples are prepared for marriage.

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

There is a women's group. Holiday programs run through the year, hands on. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here. There is a Torah phone line. They produce television and radio programs.