SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL [CHI] — On Monday, January 10th, the Chabad Russian Center of South Florida welcomed a new Sefer Torah. The Torah scroll was graciously donated by Mr. Emmanuil Grinshpun and Mr. Boris Litovsky, vice-presidents of Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.

On Thursday 11 Feb a Hachnasat Sefer Torah (Torah Dedication) ceremony took place at the Claremont-Wynberg Hebrew Congregation after Minchah-Maariv. The Torah was presented by the Euro-Asia Jewish Congress (EAJC) President Alexander Mashkevich in memory of local Jewish communal giant Mendel Kaplan.