By COLlive reporter
Chabad of North West Dade in Miami Lakes, Florida, held their first Annual Cocktail Dinner on Sunday, in appreciation for several key supporters at the Don Shula Hotel.
Shluchim Rabbi Mendy and Tzippy Weiss are in the midst of launching a capital campaign to purchase a 5-acre property which will help them keep spreading yiddishkeit along southeast Florida’s famed Gold Coast.
At the dinner they gave the “Seeds of Growth Award” to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Fishbein and honored Chai Club members Dr. and Mrs. David Steiner, Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Adler, Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Zajac and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Levy.
The “Friendship Award” was given to the Bruk Family of Venezuela for the rescue of 2 Torahs which were donated to Chabad after fleeing the country.
The Weiss’ also thanked Isaac Bruk for utilizing his degree in the culinary arts to enhance every function of Chabad Miami Lakes.
As participants sat for a full course dinner, Dr. David Lazerson took the stage and played an array of different music intertwining stories of working in inner city schools.
He related how his book “Sharing Turf,” about his efforts for peace making between Jews and blacks after the 1991 Crown Heights riots, has been turned into a movie starring Howie Mandel as Dr. Laz.
Another performer was Eli Weiss, son of the Shluchim who auditioned as a junior contestant for A Jewish Star Season Two. A natural on stage, he had the crowd clapping and cheering.
But he was not the only alumnus of the International Jewish singing contest at the dinner, Season Two runner-up Aaron Holder sang his hit song “Fight for Sholom” about the battle against the injustice done to Iowa kosher meat executive Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin.
Another alumnus, Moshe Lehr, a Miami resident and finalist in Season One, entertained the guests with a stand-up comedy bit about ironies in Jewish life.
but wheres rafi lazerson?
you rock
amazing
Go Aaron Holder You Rock
From An Enlgish Fan Of Yours
Didn’t see a picture of Moshe Lehr entertaining!!
Rami Sharabi
I AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SECOND THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats chaya wies’s fam!!!!!! i love chaya!! shes a cutie pie!!!! go red head gooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You lookin’ great
and
Mr Holder-
may you be blessed with endless blessing for your beard
may all the brochot that come with a beard, come to you in an open and revealed way
much hatzlacah to all
eliweisslooksdifferant
Hi Tzipporah Wasserman. I must say you look absolutely beautiful!
Go Rabbi Weiss! A true Shliach!
You brought Yiddishkite to an area in Miami where there was very little of anything Jewish and there are a whole lot of Jews out there who needed you. May you continue and grow …from strength to strength,
you are the best keep on rocking
Mendy and Tzippy! I am so proud of your accompkishments! May you go m’chayil el chayil!
wow!!!! looks amazing!
Tzippy cant get over how young you look!
excellent work! keep it up!
missing u avi s