Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale

What they offer

Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale is a Chabad house in Riverdale, led by Rabbi Levi Shemtov.

There is a synagogue on the premises. 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 Hebrew school, after-school programmes and a children's club.

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

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

The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners, looks after the elderly and counsels families facing cults and missionaries.

There is a women's group. Holiday programs run through the year, hands on.