Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida

What they offer

Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida is a Chabad house in Fort Myers, led by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowitz.

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

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 preschool and after-school programmes.

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

They officiate at circumcisions and funerals. Couples are prepared for marriage. A chevra kadisha serves the community.

The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners, looks after the elderly, works with children with special needs and runs a free loan fund.

There is a women's group. Holiday programs run through the year, hands on. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here.