Rabbi Nachman Sudak, head of Chabad-Lubavitch in England and part of a pioneering group during the Rebbe's leadership, passed away. Full Story, Photos Head Shliach of Great Britain who led the growth of Chabad-Lubavitch in United Kingdom and beyond Born in the Soviet Union to to R’ Pinchas and Chaya Basya Sudak and educated in Israel once his family was able to immigrate Rabbi Sudak studied at Chabad yeshivos there In 1954 he arrived in New York to study at the central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch at 770 Eastern Parkway which he was privileged to be near the Rebbe and even hold conversations with Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson OBM he was of the first to hear the Rebbe’s revolutionary plan to establish a worldwide Chabad outreach network “The Rebbe spoke at that time that just like there is Merkos Shlichus during the summer the Rebbe wanted to develop that Shlichus should be for life,” he recalled In 1958 (Kislev 5719) he was engaged to Fradel Shemtov who was running a children’s Cheder that was established by her father the devoted chossid and legendary activist who was tasked with organizing a Chabad-Lubavitch presence in England Not sure who to go on Shlichus and open to any suggestion (even Turkey Rabbi Sudak waited until his was finally told by the Rebbe: “The wedding in London it wasn’t like now with Chabad Houses and you know what to do…” he recalled of that period Europe is not a small town.” The Rebbe then chose London and wrote a letter of recommendation to the community there “What should I do when I get to London?” Rabbi Sudak asked The Rebbe raised both of his hands and said There are thousands of things to do… thousands of things!” Rabbi Sudak worked to establish a wide network of institutions and programs including synagogues He was joined by dedicated personalities such as the late Rev a building was acquired in Stamford Hill – soon to be augmented and rebuilt The Lubavitch Junior and Senior Schools for boys and girls were founded more than a thousand children took part in the Parade In 1968 there was the official opening of the new building The Rebbe blessed that its children “should continue to forge the golden chain of their ancestral tradition to the point of veritable self-sacrifice for the preservation of the Jewish way of life a new Lubavitch Youth Centre was opened in Manchester soon followed by the establishment of Lubavitch in Glasgow Today there are also centers in Birmingham Within easy reach of the UK is Lubavitch of Dublin apart from Stamford Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb there are now Lubavitch Centers in Central London Rabbi Sudak was a member of the inner Executives of the Agudas Chassidei Chabad International the central governing committee of the global Lubavitch movement He is also on the Executive Board of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch and Machne Israel the educational and social services arms of Chabad-Lubavitch He was part of the 10 Shluchim who helped found the Shluchim Office the global Chabad-Lubavitch resource center at the suggestion of the Rebbe and efforts of his Chief of Staff Rabbi Mordechai Hodakov Queen Elizabeth II included Rabbi Sudak in her New Year’s Honours List of 2001 in recognition of the wide-reaching Lubavitch UK activities concerning Youth Rabbi Sudak gifted the queen with a Mezuzah to have in her Palace to serve as reminder of the ultimate ruler of this world Britain’s then Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks extended his congratulations and said it was well deserved has been a major factor in the revitalisation of our community and it is one to which Elaine [Mrs Sacks] and I feel personally indebted.” His accomplishments and the work of the Shluchim around the commonwealth was later recognized when the Jewish Telegraph newspaper compiled a list of the Top 10 Influential British Rabbis and placed Rabbi Sudak as number 2 he spearheaded the opening of Lubavitch Children’s Centre in Stamford Hill a £1.5 million building which houses a nursery adult education facilities and the Lubavitch Central Library he told the Jewish Chronicle that he defines teshuvah more as “return” than “repentance,” saying: “It’s when we resolve to go back to G-d.” their children Rabbi Leivi Sudak – Edgware UK; Rabbi Kasriel Sudak – Crown Heights; Rabbi Mendy Sudak UK; Rabbi Sholom Ber Sudak – Stamford Hill UK; Rabbi Bentzi Sudak – London; and grandchildren wife of Toronto’s Chabad Rabbi Dovid Schochet and Mrs wife of Crown Heights Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky His brother-in-laws are Rabbi Berel Shemtov Head Shliach of Michigan; Rabbi Shmuel Azimov Head Shliach of Philadelphia and Chairman of Agudas Chabad International; and Rabbi Israel Shemtov of Crown Heights 2:00pm from Lubavitch House in Stamford Hill for burial at Adath Yisroel Synagogue & Burial Society in Enfield Sign up for the COLlive Daily News Roundup and never miss a story 1989: Rabbi Sudak (2nd from left) present a Menorah to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 2007: Rabbi Sudak and his children attend the annual Kinus Hashluchim in New York 2007: Rabbi Sudak celebrating his 70th birthday with his sons and brothers-in-law 2007: Rabbi Sudak at his kitchen table with his cousin R' Berel Futerfas and brother in law Rabbi Abraham Shemtov 2008: Rabbi Sudak attending a meeting of Agudas Chabad International in New York 2008: Texas Head Shliach Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff Paris Head Shliach Rabbi Shmuel Azimov and Wisconsin Head Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Shmotkin 2009: Rabbi Sudak on the head table of the Central Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen in New York 2009: Rabbi Sudak sits in middle of a group photo at a regional Kinus Hashluchim in England 2009: Rabbi Sudak affixes a mezuza on the new Mechina L'Yeshiva in London 2009: From L - Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky of Merkos Russia's Rabbi Berel Lazar and Rabbi Getzel Itziger of the mesivt 2009: Rabbi Sudak at the reading of the pan kloli on Gimmel Tammuz Rabbi Berel Mochkin and Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Grossman 2010: The inauguration of the Lubavitch Children's Centre in Stamford Hill Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Shliach Sholom Ber Sudak 2010: Rabbi Sudak with Bal Harbour Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar at Living Legacy in Washington 2011: Rabbi Sudak and other community leaders at the parade 2012: Rabbi Sudak listens to Rabbi Chone Halperin at a Siyum Harambam ceremony Sudak with some of their children at a Chabad dinner 2014: Rabbi Sudak thanks a member of his medical team 2014: Rabbi Sudak attends a benefit for Hatzalah of Crown Heights which assisted him 2014: Rabbi returning to work at his office at Lubavitch House in Stamford Hill Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_2").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) Hamakom yenachem eschem b’soch sh’ar availei tzion v’Yerushalayim On behalf of the alumna of Yad Ramah B’nos Menachem Seminary of Bournemouth,UK we express our feelings of sorrow for your loss Just know that the Rebbe MhM wants us to open our eyes and see that geulah is here You will meet your father obm again speedily now Igros Kodesh of the Rebbe volume 18 page 499 My mother will be sitting shiva in her home in crown heights I remember one time when nittel was on a sunday night & instead of cancelling the shiur he just fabrenged with us telling us Rebbe stories don’t worry: we will never forget you and i took on a hachlata to make moshiach come quicker…love you so much with only a small gap in the few months that he was seriously ill he resumed the shiur and gave one last week As a young English bochur coming for tishrei to see the Rebbe for the 1st time the rebbe told me in yechidus that on my return to London I must learn chassidus every Monday The Rebbe then went on to tell me that Rabbi Sudak gives a shiur in Chassidus in his home every sunday night & as the shiur continues till after nightfall that can be considered your shiur for Monday Our wonderful library would never have become the tremendous success that it is today without the support and encouragement of Rabbi Sudak There’s no other words to say about him All of us and all of his children will miss him dearly U missed out that he was the first to start likutei sichos bd’e – only good things to come The Levaya will be at Lubavitch House at 2:00 pm and at Enfield Bais HaChayim at 3;00 pm A huge loss to everyone in London & the UK including my shluchim children they only capture a tiny bit of the esence of this true Chosid of the Rebbe lets not forget how reb Nacmen and reb laibel raskin were a major part in having the rebbe be magiah sichos he is leaving London like a body without a soul Rabbi Sudak was our Mesader kedushin over 40 years ago and we feel privileged to have been members of his kehilla ever since may we merit the comming of moshiach speedily in our time with the rebbe shlita leading us to the geulah Ever since i was a child i looked up to him מוסר נפשו ל ק”כ אדמו”ר זי”ע The Kinn’s Johannesburg South Africa I believe that my parents and I guess myself are frum today because of Rabbi Sudak OBM “האברך הוו”ח אי”א נו”נ בעל מדות ורב פעלים נחמן שי’ סודאק וועלכער האט געטאן דא זייענדיג אין ענליכע ארבעט אז ער זאל אויסניצען זיינע פעהיגקייטען און קענטניש אין דער ארבעט פון פארשטארקען און פארשפרייטונג פון אידישקייט בכלל און הפצת המעינות בפרט Chili with a secret ingredient was a big success for Jackson Sudak The sixth grader at Monroe Public Schools' Arborwood North Elementary School placed first in the local competition of the Sodexo National Future Chefs Challenge MPS students submitted recipes for this year’s contest Jackson and five other MPS students were selected to prepare their recipes last week in the Custer kitchen Jackson made chili with a special ingredient It was hailed the winner by the judges: Nancy Schlosser administrative assistant of MPS Community Education; Russ Palmer certified corporate executive chef at Busch’s Local Growing Home; Scott Rossen director of food services at Ferris State University and certified culinary chef; Melissa Bell who made Lanier’s Healthy Salad and Smoothie Jackson and the other MPS contestants were assigned a Sodexo staff member to serve as a mentor “They were mostly there for safety and practicality issues like making sure the students knew how to use the cooking stations provided (portable hotplates but they also helped with setting up the requested supplies opening packages and cans and transferring finished trays of food into a warmer until judging began,” Wendy Krouse Jackson received cookware and was honored at Tuesday’s school board meeting Jackson will be a contestant in the Sodexo regional contest Five regional winners will be selected as national finalists and will compete April 16-21 National finalists will record a video for public voting in May No MPS students have ever won the national event but a few students from Michigan have been winners The 2022 national winner was Chandler Dorn who made the recipe “Snow White and the Seven Layer Trifle.” Chandler’s trifle was featured on elementary school lunch menus MPS contracts with Sodexo for food services Sodexo has offered the National Future Chefs Challenge for more than a decade and MPS has participated for a number of years plate presentation and student chef presentations England and Rivkah Goldberg of Crown Heights took place at FREE Hall Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The L'Chaim of Pinchos Sudak and Chaiky Sorkin, both of Crown Heights, took place at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights. Photos Mazel Tov I was actually there it was really nice The L’Chaim of Mottel Sudak of Edgware NY took place Wednesday night at Lubavitch Yeshiva a daughter of Leona (Marko) Galletta and the late Joseph Galletta Denise was employed at FedEx Corporation in Moon Twp Denise enjoyed girls' night out dinners with Karen Pesich she survived much longer than she expected The family would like to thank the staff at Holy Family Manor for their loving and devoted care They are also grateful for the compassion extended to Denise and her family from Neil Leskovic of Gateway Hospice Friends are being received on Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m in the ANTHONY MASTROFRANCESCO FUNERAL HOME INC. A prayer service will be held in the funeral home on Saturday at 9 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St Mrs. Fradel Sudak, UK's Senior Head Shlucha, was named among the "individuals aged 80 and over whose achievements have inspired us for decades" by London's Jewish News "Meet the Mentors" list. Full Story London’s Jewish News typically runs annual lists of “Forty Under 40” and “Eighteen Under 18,” identifying young people who are making a difference in the world “But what about those who’ve influenced our community’s present and past?” they asked the newspaper profiled 120 individuals aged 80 and over “whose achievements have inspired us for decades.” Listed in the “120 Over 80 – meet our mentors Part two of our celebration of the Jewish community’s oldest and wisest” is England’s longtime Shlucha Mrs Here is the newspaper’s description of her: Fradel Sudak has been a leading light in the British Chabad movement Fradel emigrated with her family to the UK where she helped her parents (Rabbi Bentzion and Esther Golda Shemtov OBM) establish the first Chabad Hebrew School “Together with her husband (Rabbi Nachman Sudak OBM) she later launched and led the Chabad Lubavitch Network growing it exponentially into one of Anglo-Jewry’s largest networks the network established three Lubavitch schools and she was instrumental in developing the CACHE early years qualification “The 82-year-old also opened the first Jewish Women’s Centre in 1986 and is currently the UK’s Senior Head Shlucha.” May she continue to go machayil el chayil! May you continue to succeed in all you and Uncle Nachman ob’m devoted your lives to – in good health and happiness A Shliach and a grandson writes about England's Head Shliach Rabbi Nachman Sudak OBM from their perspective. Full Story, Photos director of Chabad Lubavitch UK for over 50 years during a particularly challenging time for London’s Lubavitch senior boys school – Mechina Rabbi Sudak stepped in to fill the void and taught me and my classmates from 4-6pm daily for the entire year the more I am humbled and awed by his dedication In my position as director of a relatively ‘small’ Chabad House serving university students in Brighton and the UK’s SE Coast I am simply baffled by how Rabbi Sudak managed to find the time to deal with twenty 14/15 year-olds every afternoon Those two hour sessions were unquestionably the best of all my schooling His ability to communicate Chassidic Thought you would never have thought that there were pressing national issues in the office that needed his urgent attention I believe that I speak on behalf of my classmates many who serve as Shluchim in the UK and throughout the world when I say that his family can take great comfort in knowing that those lessons in 1992/3 continue to inspire us Yehi Zichro Boruch – May his memory be for a blessing (Despite my attempts in discreetly taking the attached photo in the middle of a lesson the shutter’s click was heard across the room My panic turned to relief when Rabbi Sudak raised his face to identify the click shluchim and other recieved the news of the passing of my dear Zayde Hara Nachman ben Pinchas Besides for the thousands of children who went through the school system that he built there are also the hundreds if not thousands of people whose lives were deeply affected through the Shlichus that the Rebbe entrusted in my Zedie farbrengens or guidance and of course through the network of schools and Chabad houses he established with great personal care throughout the past fifty five years many have told me of their experiences with him and undoubtedly many of them are now recounting these experiences uplifted by his shiurim or simply experiencing spending time with him the challenge is to connect the growing generation with the one that went how much more so should this be said about a personality such as his who devoted his life to to educate youth and try influence them to join the truth Human behavior will not change merely one read an instruction book on how and what to do A person needs an image of a quality model or community to emulate These precious memories of such experiences and personal encounters are much needed for the purpose of molding youth to be dedicated chassidim and therefore must be recounted and recorded it will affect others to aspire to lead such lives Help us retain the image of an emmese chossid Rabbi Sudak (3rd from right) with his father in law Rabbi Sudak (R) with Rabbi Shmuel David Raichik The photo taken in middle of class by Rabbi Zalman Lewis As a follow up to Rabbi Zalman Lewis’s article about Rabbi Sudak A”H Chissidish Shiur to the boys of Mechina during the 90’s that although I did not have the zechus to be in his shiur as I was a couple of classes younger I did however have the zechus to partake in another Chassish Shiur given by Rabbi Sudak a few years later When Rabbi Chaim Rappaport moved as a Shliach to Ilford United Synagogue he arranged for Rabbi Sudak to come to Ilford on Monday evenings to give a Chassidish Shiur to the… Read more » I remember rabbi Sudak venting to us one day in class when we weren’t paying full attention to the lesson: ” I come from the airport I don’t even go home and then I came straight here to teach and you boys … ” we certainly didn’t fully appreciate it at the time Many years later I merited to help rabbi Sudak by coming with him to the Hospital near Kfar Chabad (where I was studying) to be with his father OB”M… Read more » Uncle Nachman “admonished” the way it should be done – with a loving smile and a calm May teachers the world over learn this important lesson from him Boruch dayan hoemes Rabbi Sudak was nifter I went to do shmirah at Royal Free Hospital and had some time alone to say tehillim and think remembering my childhood while growing up in Stamford hill Rabbi Sudak would distribute matza that he had received from the Rebbe A big clear money bag was used for the adults and a smaller one for the children He did not forget about us children; the future How can I forget Rabbi Sudak coming to… Read more » I recall in 2002 when Rabbi Sudak received an OBE from the Queen he made a gathering for us and gave us all a תניא what impresed me then was when he related that for the Rebbe’s 70 th birthday he (R’Sudak) received an acknowledgement from Prime minister M for an acknowledgement of the Rebbe from the Queen the P.M responded “the Queen acknwleges when a person reaches age 100” ,R’Sudak then pointed out that it’s the Rebbe’s שנת המאה This struck me as someone who didn’t look at the Queen’s honor as… Read more » even though I’ve never seen him i feel like i know him- may we soon see him now with moshiach By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org Kindness of a Chabadnik (and others) are at the heart of the Newfoundland-set ‘Come From Away.’ It won’t surprise anyone to learn that the kind rabbi in the new Broadway musical “Come From Away” is based on an actual Chabad spiritual leader Some of the most beautiful scenes in the musical — which opened in previews on Broadway last week — feature a rabbi ministering to strangers he meets when he along with about 7,000 others on 38 planes by Canadian playwrights Irene Sankoff and David Hein is composed of dozens of stories of kind gestures done by and for the “come from aways,” as visitors to Newfoundland are called The playwrights based the play on the hours of stories they heard when they traveled to Gander on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 In the play the rabbi (played by Geno Carr) wears a knitted kipa and modern clothing But the actual rabbi the stories are based on is Rabbi Leivi Sudak who would have been dressed in more traditional chasidic garb On 9/11 the rabbi had taken a flight from London to New York to visit the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Instead of returning to London that night as planned After seeing the play I wondered who this rabbi was which I recognized as a well-known Lubavitch one Ten minutes after an email to Chabad’s press office Two of the stories the playwrights heard about Rabbi Sudak feature prominently in the play In one scene a local Holocaust survivor who has never told anyone hears that a rabbi is among the passengers and asks to meet him The audience sees the two talk for a while the survivor hands back the yarmulke the rabbi has given him the rabbi gestures warmly with his hand back toward the man not just the gift of the yarmulke but that the Jewish community has never left him “That story is entirely true,” Rabbi Sudak told The Jewish Week in a lovely and warm English accent As a boy he had been tortured by the Nazis in Germany and adopted by a British family.” Rabbi Sudak said that Ed had told him the adoption was arranged by his birth parents before their deportation and extermination along with his birth brother and his adopted parents but the couple warned the boys against telling anyone of their heritage a promise he kept until he met Rabbi Sudak And the rabbi did indeed give him a yarmulke A second story in the play — and that week in Gander — shows a town official noticing that the rabbi isn’t eating “But what can we do for you so that you’ll be able to eat while you’re here?” the rabbi said he was asked the rabbi is given access to a staff room at the school where they were housed that had a stove and cooktop he makes kosher — he buys new utensils and kosher ingredients turning the staff room not only into the kosher mess but the meal room for vegetarians and people observing Halal rules Rabbi Sudak added to the tale: Since their stay included a Shabbat the rabbi went around inviting guests and gathered up a few dozen people including a Tibetan monk who was a descendant of a generations-old Jerusalem family said Rabbi Sudak: “That he be able to make his own Kiddush and that he help with the food preparation So there he was for two hours on erev Shabbat standing at a counter “Welch’s grape juice isn’t kosher in Canada but we did find a bottle of Manischewitz.”  Even figuring out how to leave Gander brought out the best in the locals Rabbi Sudak said his rescheduled flight back to London turned out to be on Saturday and having to miss it put him at risk for still being in Gander on Rosh HaShanah a few days later driving the rabbi and two other observant passengers 500 miles to a flight “And thanks to them I walked into my in-laws’ home in Brooklyn seven minutes before candlelighting on erev Rosh HaShanah.” Rabbi Sudak is disappointed the playwrights didn’t reach out but he did have a chance to publicly thank representatives of the Gander community who was the coordinator at the school where Rabbi Sudak was housed was the guest of honor at a dinner held by Chabad of Edgware And while the “come from aways” lacked for little during their unexpected stay 16 years ago they might find Newfoundland even more welcoming today— the first Chabad house in the province opened just days before the curtain lifted on Broadway for “Come From Away.” “Come from Away” runs through the end of the year at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre The New York Jewish Week brings you the stories behind the headlines, keeping you connected to Jewish life in New York. Help sustain the reporting you trust by donating today I accept the Privacy Policy When Rabbi Leivi Sudak’s flight from London to New York was diverted to a small town in Newfoundland he recalled the holy Baal Shem Tov’s teaching that wherever you go take a taxi to the nearby Ohel (resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe) and catch a flight back to London the next evening along with 6,700 passengers on thirty-nine airplanes in this small town of approximately 9,000 people What is the purpose of all this?’” Sudak said Sudak’s ordeal is dramatized in Come From Away a Tony award-winning musical in which his character plays a key role it recently opened in London to standing-room-only audiences.  Sudak and his fellow “plane people,” as the townspeople called them were awestruck by the kindness and generosity displayed by the citizens of the unassuming town converting every possible space into shelters and setting up communication centers so that the passengers could contact their families Grocery shelves emptied as residents cooked up a storm to feed the guests Many families hosted visitors in their private homes Sudak was among 500 people housed at a school His first challenge was to arrange kosher meals helped him set up a kosher kitchen and a classroom for services Sudak’s shofar resounded throughout the halls and brought hope and reminders of faith at this time of panic and anxiety Sudak purchased industrial-sized kitchenware as well as rice He even found oil with a kosher certification provided tasty meals for twenty-eight kosher-observant passengers an elderly Holocaust survivor who had hidden his Jewish identity for decades Brake’s parents had entrusted him and his brother to a British family Their adopted family forbade the brothers from expressing anything that might sound remotely Jewish He later learned from Brake’s son that before he died Ed had asked to be buried with these sacred Jewish gifts Sudak realized he would have to spend a Shabbat in Gander He was amazed to find two bottles of Manischewitz wine in the local liquor store and kosher bagels as a substitute challah a fellow passenger in saffron Tibetan monk’s robes who turned out to be a descendant of a prominent Jewish Jerusalem family spent hours peeling potatoes while singing Shalom Aleichem word came that flights were leaving the island Rabbi Sudak and a Chabad mother and daughter eager to help the trio reach a Jewish community by Rosh Hashanah drove them more than 300 miles to catch a flight to New York Sudak arrived at his relatives’ home in New York just seven minutes before sunset on Rosh Hashanah.  “What’s most important here is the enormous kindness of these people at a time when the rest of the world was in absolute turmoil,” said Sudak “The message of the musical is extremely holy It teaches us that in spite of the darkness around us we can still look after the human beings around us.” This article was featured in Lubavitch International, Summer 2019. To order your copy, visit www.lubavitch.com/subscription 2 thoughts on “Come From Away: A 9/11 Broadway Musical’s Holy Message” January 11, 2023 Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" the director of Chabad’s operations in the United Kingdom who spearheaded the movement’s massive expansion in the country and a member of Chabad-Lubavitch’s international leadership Chabad-Lubavitch’s presence in the UK became a powerful force for Jewish education Today it includes a network of some 14 schools and emissaries to some 25 communities and 11 campuses across the country In recognition of Sudak’s role in the Chabad movement’s work with British youth Queen Elizabeth II awarded him the Order of the British Empire honor Born to Pinchas and Chaya Basya Sudak in the Soviet Union as a child Sudak studied in Chabad’s network of underground schools After studying in the central Chabad yeshivah in Brooklyn who then headed Chabad’s educational efforts in London and was advised to get married in London where he and his wife should Sudak sought the Rebbe’s guidance about his mission in London the formal Chabad house concept had only begun to be developed and the day-to-day operations of a Chabad emissary were far from set in stone Chief Rabbi Emeritus of the United Kingdom “Rabbi Nachman Sudak guided the destiny of Chabad in Britain for more than 50 years turning it from a marginal presence to one that affected tens of thousands of lives and changed the entire tone of Anglo-Jewry he was a man of passion and principle whose patient leadership was a major factor in the growth of the movement in this country He was a man I greatly respected and admired and it was a privilege to know him and be inspired by him.” Reflecting personally on Sudak’s life recalls someone who was “the epitome of a chasid.” “My father-in-law lived and breathed every word of the Rebbe,” Chana Sudak recalls he was a source of inspiration and dedication to the Rebbe’s work.” Rabbi Nachman Sudak is survived by his wife many of them serving as Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries around the world One thought on “Rabbi Nachman Sudak director of Chabad’s operations in the UK April 30, 2025 The wedding of Levi Sudak of London, England and Rivka Goldberg of Crown Heights took place at Razag Hall in Crown Heights. Photos features a Chabad Rabbi who was a spiritual guide to passengers in a plane that was diverted on 9/11 More than four years after the show debuted the actor who plays the rabbi met his muse Come From Away tells the true story of 7,000 passengers who unexpectedly landed in Gander when all air travel had to reroute after the Twin Towers were hit One person among those passengers was Rabbi Leivi Sudak Sudak was taking a flight to New York to visit the grave of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson His plans were diverted when the plane landed in Gander he wears a knitted kipa and modernclothing Two of Sudak’s encounters with Gander locals appear in the play meets and confides to Sudak about being a Holocaust survivor after keeping it a secret for many years They talk for a while and as they part ways While their encounter ends here in the musical Sudak and Ed remained close and stayed in touch until his passing a few years ago a town official noticed that Sudak was not eating any food In reality and in the musical when Sudak explains his kosher dietary needs the official gives him access to a kitchen Sudak makes kosher food for himself and for the other Jewish people who were stranded with him He goes the extra mile to make vegetarian and Halal meals for those with other dietary restrictions While these scenes were both in the musical Sudak tells Whitty more of the details during their meetup “It’s a real honor to get to tell this story and an honor to hear the story firsthand he could not see it himself because “A Jewish man should not be listening to other women’s voices singing.” However Sudak says “his wife mother and daughter have all been to see the musical,” and they loved it While Sudak has not visited Gander since his accidental arrival there “I wave from the window every time I fly over.” Read more here. 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Developed by Kangaroo Partners We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze how you use this website and provide the content and advertisements that are relevant to you These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns recently traveled back to his hometown of London to participate in the Levaya and Shiva of Rabbi Nachman Sudak Rabbi Loewenthal penned the following ‘obituary,’ relating his experiences with a man who exemplified what it means to be a true Chossid: I have known Rabbi Sudak since I was a child but first and foremost he was a Chossid of the Rebbe and I remember once being in his house as a child to play and was surprised that he was so warm and friendly I began to appreciate the paradox that he was you knew you were hearing an authentic reflection of the Rebbe it seemed that his greatest love in life was disseminating the Rebbe’s teachings whether through printing the sichos or selling the seforim in the bookshop or teaching the Rebbe’s Torah and Chassidus in general we grew up in environment where chassidisher values and attitudes were paramount At the Shabbes kiddush and farbrengen at Bais Lubavitch others would also talk but I never saw him remain silent if he felt something needed to be commented on The respect for him that so many had was as a Shliach a Chassidsher Yid and someone who had heard so much from the Rebbe and was so committed to what the Rebbe wanted that he was in almost constant contact with Rabbi Chadakov and the Rebbe getting a stream of guidance and instruction in many areas one could expect to hear about his time as a bochur I remember hearing from him a few times about shevuos 5715 when the Rebbe said sholom aliechem to the rebai’im He would also at times retell the beginnings of likutei sichos and if you listened carefully in between the lines you could hear how it was largely due to him that likutei sichos became a reality I remember the tremendous Yiras Kovod he had when receiving matza from the Rebbe During the Rebbe’s farbrengens late at night he used to feverishly write the Rebbe’s sichas (if I remember correctly) setting a good example of the seriousness with which we should listen to the Rebbe He said a large amount of lechayim and was totally out of character something which helped us appreciate the importance and simcha of that day I had a fair amount of interactions with him the times when he told us off were the ones where he was communicating an important point in chinuch or Hiskashrus usually a point that has remained with me until today We once had a conversation about teaching Tanya he said the Rebbe had told him to teach Tanya from Sha’ar Hayichud Ve’Emuna skip out chapters or parts in order to make it more streamlined Rabbi Sudak did not have complicated ‘Cheshboinos,” for him it was “what does the Rebbe want?” He praised when he thought people were doing right criticized when he thought they were not doing what the Rebbe wants but it seemed to me it was never personal; it was about the inyan but I do think that almost everyone respected him Even his greatest critics were happy and proud when he praised them When I visited London last week to be at his shiva representing my class to our classmate Sholom Ber and the entire Sudak family and to me It felt like the heart of the building and by extension of London and the whole country Especially by those who were directly or indirectly impacted by him in so many different ways Rabbi Sudak lived his life as one who felt at every moment he had a boss namely the Rebbe that he had to give and account to and indeed he is knows to have said a multiple occasions that he would write in a report every week to the Rebbe The snowbank that achieved online fame as “Mount Eden Prairie” in the parking lot of Eden Prairie Center is nearing the end of its unlikely journey the once imposing snow mound that dominated the landscape in March has transformed into a modest knoll as a crow hops from the ground to conquer the snowbank’s low summit no longer needing to take to the skies to do so Mount Eden Prairie’s notoriety extended beyond its towering stature It drew widespread attention for an intriguing addition — a Target shopping cart strategically positioned at its summit This image quickly spread across social media platforms Golden Valley resident and amateur artist Becky Allen discovered inspiration in the snowbank creating a watercolor picture titled “King of the Mountain Shopping Cart — Eden Prairie Target March 2023,” that The snowbank served as one of the designated areas for storing snow that had been cleared from the mall’s parking lots Allen’s prediction in March that Mount Eden Prairie would still be there in May has come true An Eden Prairie man was struck by an eastbound vehicle while “walking against traffic” in the crosswalk on Highway 5 near Eden Prairie Road The accident occurred at 7:08 a.m. Monday. The patrol website posted information at 6 p.m identifying the pedestrian as John Thomas Nordeen was identified as the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident No other vehicles were involved in the accident When asked to clarify the meaning of “walking against traffic,” a State Patrol spokesman stated that the accident is still under investigation and no further information can be released at this time beyond what is currently available EPLN has learned the victim was reportedly struck while in the crosswalk and the eastbound Highway 5 traffic had a green light at the time of the incident the authorities closed the eastbound lanes of Highway 5 and the turn lanes leading to eastbound Highway 5 Editor’s note: The story was updated on Monday night to include the names of those involved in the accident It was updated on Tuesday morning to include a comment from a State Patrol spokesman and more facts on the accident including a storyline about a Hasidic rabbi who set up a kosher kitchen to feed those who needed it while stranded who plays him on Broadway eight times a week Nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical in Sydney and on tour in the U.S.) offers a portrait of the people of Gander the wildly diverse people they took in unexpectedly and the unbreakable friendships forged in the wake of crisis and despair We spoke to Rabbi Sudak and Whitty about their long-awaited meeting the rabbi’s true stories from his days in Gander and how meeting the rabbi has impacted Whitty’s performance This conversation has been edited for clarity and length What do you remember thinking and feeling in the moment when all of a sudden an announcement comes on and the plane is diverted from New York Rabbi Levi Sudak: The words that had the greatest impact were when the pilot said that there had been an attack on mainland USA Because mainland USA is 3,000 miles away from London technically lives in a place where it is isolated from the war centers of the world What do you remember from those first few hours being grounded in Newfoundland let’s say from ten o’clock in the morning until four o’clock the following morning There was an RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] officer who was on the plane to their families and hear what had happened — planes had flown into the World Trade Center I just had a question in my mind: Why am I here I would’ve landed in New York before the skies were closed I had resolved in my mind that this was a message from above I think about the song “28 hours/Wherever We Are,” a portrait of being stuck on the plane When you hear the rabbi talk about his reaction does that mirror what you and your castmates are trying to convey in that moment I play 20 different characters in the show Each one of those people has a unique perspective on what that day I think a lot of people had that sense of duty this story is a wonderful example of people stepping up and helping when the world needed help I just feel so much gratitude that I’m able to tell all these stories It’s been such a blessing to be able to meet the rabbi and to hear his story firsthand I want to ask you about what you were called to do during those four days’ time  —at the time it felt significant to witness a plot point about a kosher kitchen on a Broadway stage setting up the kitchen and serving the people who were there you mentioned that this adds to your performance Whitty: We can’t get into all of the wonderful details in his story This [has] really enriched what I was doing — to be able to hear the full breadth of [Rabbi Sudak’s] story I feel like I know where I’m coming from when I’m standing in the scene I think about the stories that the rabbi told me about Eddie, who is the [character] in the show who was in the Kindertransport [and confides to the rabbi that he is Jewish and has been hiding it for decades] That one little kernel that [the rabbi] gave me [about Eddie] — thank you And what has God put in front of me?” That question rings through in all of my scenes when I’m playing the rabbi No one ever has to know that I know all these stories But the fact that I’m carrying it into the space with me “Come From Away” has been around for a few years: multiple productions This means there are multiple actors who are playing a version of you at any given time What is it like to know that so many people are learning about your experience The message portrayed by the show is that in spite of what’s going on around us One can still shake off that darkness and be pillars of light The more the show is watched and the more the people watch the show I do know of quite a number of people that were landed at St John’s and there is no such story coming out of those many people it’s been my privilege to be a part of that incredible story What’s it like to meet face-to-face for the first time We tried to meet prior to the pandemic when the rabbi was in New York and we didn’t get a chance to meet then I was just really looking forward to hearing the story from him you get the chance to actually have interaction with the person whose story you are embodying The rabbi talks about the sacred nature of what we do — I feel that theater is a sacred place where we come to tell our stories to each other There is something very ritualistic about our show It enriches all of it to have the real story Are you able to clock an audience reaction to that scene but I have Jewish people come up to me and tell how much they loved my portrayal of the rabbi It’s the greatest compliment to me because I want to honor that even though it’s not from my personal experience But I am happy that I am connecting with the Jewish experience and helping to move people and to give them a reflection of themselves at least — feels he needs to tell someone that he is Jewish but had hidden it What was that exchange like for you in real life Sudak: I have a natural veneration for any person that survived those terrible years and I become humbled when I meet any of them To hear the individual story of Ed and his brother how they survived the torment of living in Berlin These two boys were forbidden to connect at all with anything to do with their parents and their birth home by their foster parents and yet [they] always know that [they were] Jewish a prayer book; Ed called a party for the day when he is going to receive his gifts Ed didn’t live much longer before he passed away He requested to be buried with his Jewish gifts In other words: If in his life he wasn’t allowed to live as a Jewish person he wants his afterlife to be as a Jewish person What is that flight like to take after this experience Sudak: I travel to the States a few times a year The first thing that I do is I look at the sky map to see what route we are going to be flying I feel a connection to the people of Gander even though I can’t physically interact with them For “Come From Away” information and tickets, visit comefromaway.com Ruthie Fierberg (she/her/hers) is an independent arts journalist and is the creator and host of the podcast Why We Theater (available free on all podcast platforms) she spent five years creating innovative content and hosting Playbill's Live From the Red Carpet specials She regularly hosts Talks at the 92nd Street Y By submitting I agree to the privacy policy With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Nachman Sudak OBM Rabbi Sudak was sent to England in 1959 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe as his personal Shliach charged with a mission to reinforce and help develop Jewish life in the UK by establishing schools and outreach programs He did this with tremendous self-sacrifice until his last days consistently putting the needs of the community ahead of his own personal needs Under his leadership Chabad Lubavitch in the UK grew into a national organization that now includes 14 schools 25 community Chabad Houses and 11 Campus Chabad Houses This extraordinary achievement was recognized by the Queen when she awarded him an OBE in the 2001 New Year’s Honor’s List Rabbi Sudak acknowledged that he did not accept it as a personal tribute to his own work but rather to the dozens of Rabbis and Rebbetzins who devoted their lives to furthering the aims of Lubavitch to bring all Jews closer to their heritage Rabbi Sudak was a deeply committed Chassid and Shliach of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and embodied the Rebbe’s call to work tirelessly for wellbeing of every individual In the late ’80s the Rebbe personally appointed Rabbi Sudak to be a member of the executive of Agudas Chassidei Chabad International the central governing committee of the global Chabad Lubavitch movement as well as the executive boards of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch and Machne Israel respectively the educational and the social services arms of the movement whilst his example will serve as a spiritual legacy continuing to inspire the family of Shluchim in the UK and the continued growth of Chabad Lubavitch UK He is survived by his wife Fraddle and children Rabbi Levi Sudak (Edgware He is also survived by Mendy Sudak of Stanmore He is also survived by his son Rabbi Mendel (London) Survived by… and R’ Mendy Sudak and the whole of the Stamford Hill community I once had to call him on behalf of my sister who was going through a nasty divorce and he was so helpful and a real mentch The Levaya will be at Lubavitch House at 2:00 pm and at Enfield Bais HaChayim at 3:00 pm he embodied the term shliach he was a person who knew nothing other than the rebbe and lived his life and educated all he could to live their lives in that way Mrs Bogomilskey of Crown Heights is also a sister UPDATED CORRECTION: The levaya will start at their house 37 Portland Ave Sign in Join now, it's FREE! About 170 karate practitioners will be visiting Collingwood this weekend for a national competition and it's the first time the community will host the gathering.  Itosu-Kai Karate Collingwood will be the host club for the event which is a set detailed pattern of movements performed by an individual or in groups.  Sensei Tom Sudak (6th Dan black belt) said the upcoming competition is significant both because of the number of competitors and because it's a first for Collingwood.  Sudak joined the Itosu-Kai community 52 years ago and has been teaching in Collingwood since he moved to the area.  I've met thousands of people and I've rarely met anybody that I don't like," said Sudak.  and notes that he's been invited into the homes of other Itosu-Kai Karate families all over the world during his travels.  The Collingwood club has been operating for a few decades out of local elementary school gyms the group of about two dozen people train in the Cameron Street Public School and Mountain View Elementary School on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.  The group is a cross-section of the community including children and adults often entire families join and train together  The club's head instructor Sensei John Michalenko (3rd Dan) is part of the club with his son Michalenko came back to karate in adulthood after training for some time in his youth The barrier to entry is low with a minimal yearly membership cost plus a Gi (the white uniform worn by those practising karate) The club also helps families for whom the cost is out of reach.  Michalenko said he was told when he joined the club that he was actually joining a family.  "I didn't really understand or appreciate that but last year when I was sick and I was in Toronto I had so many offers of places to stay (from other karate practitioners in the network," said Michalenko The Shito-Ryu Itosu-Kai Karate and Kobudo Association of Canada says the practice of karate is "an invitation to a lifetime of friendship fitness and spiritual strength."  That has been the experience for Christina Corti and her son who joined the local club a couple of years ago and both just earned their green belts together.  "I think more people should know about it and most people could take advantage of all the benefits you can get by participating in this type of discipline," said Corti.  A few things happened in Corti and her son's life to prompt her to reach out to the local karate club including the death of a colleague and bullying of her son at a previous school.  focus and structure has been good for her own and her son's self-confidence.  "I fell in love with it," said Corti "Doing it with my son is a bonding experience it's something we do together and we are proud of each other."  The Collingwood club is part of the worldwide network of Shito-Ryu Itosu-Kai school of Karate This style of karate has roots in the late 1800s and can be traced to two Okinawan masters trained under both masters to form the style of Shito-Ryu Itosu-Kai karate. The current leader of the global organization is Sadaaki Sakagami (10th Dan Soke) and the leader of the Canadian Clubs and Associations is Kei Tsumura (8th Dan Shihan).  There are two Canadian National Competitions held each year and international competitions are held every four years The Collingwood competition takes place June 1 starting at 10 a.m at the Collingwood Collegiate Institute gym For more information about the local club, visit their website at collingwoodkarate.com More Spotlight > During the annual Kinus Hashluchim in early November the worldwide Chabad community was dismayed to hear the news that Rabbi Nachman Sudak Rabbi Sudak received emergency treatment at Maimonides Hospital in Borough Park and Boruch Hashem the doctors were able to save his life after five months of slow but steady recovery Rabbi Sudak returned to his office in London and got back to work leading Lubavitch’s efforts to bring every last Jew in the United Kingdom closer to Judaism May Klal Yisrael only continue to hear Besoros tovos May we all learn from his total devotion to the boss and his shlichus We are sooooooo so Happy that you are back on London we are so proud to have you back in our beautiful city of London .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Eric Veronikis | everonikis@pennlive.comSEAN SIMMERS 2009Rachel Sudak and some friends recently visited the Audubon Hawk Watch near Wagoner’s Gap in Cumberland County to take in the Carlisle lights below and the stars that seemed within arm’s reach that night The view from the popular bird spotting post the evening of June 27 was amazing “This huge dome light shot up from the ground and it looked like it was near Harrisburg,” Rachel Sudak said Sudak's story is similar to that of Noel Heitmann, a Millersville University math professor who said he saw the same neon green light that filled the sky in the same area, around the same time on the same night. Heitmann's account was first reported in the July 4 edition of The Patriot-News. Heitmann and his family were traveling home from vacation on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and were 10 to 15 miles west of Harrisburg when he was shaken by what he saw Heitmann stopped short of calling the light a UFO but I was a little freaked out,” Heitmann said this week Sudak and Heitmann said the light stretched from one end of the horizon to the other the light morphed into the shape of a silo before it disappeared contacted the newspaper to share their experiences Stamos said she saw what might have been the same green light three years ago as she peered through the window of her house Stamos looked east toward Hershey for about a minute before she turned away from the light It was not real wide; it was real long,” said Stamos military has something to do with the light she saw “I know the military does experiments,” Stamos said A spokesman for Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County said the Air National Guard had no flights over the Carlisle area on June 27 Army War College at Carlisle Barracks did not return several interview requests for this story Harrisburg International Airport is near the origin of the light that Heitmann and Sudak said they saw airport spokesman Scott Miller said he has received reports of three similar sightings Miller said the green light probably came from an airplane arriving to the airport that evening It might have even been Jupiter or Venus the two saw a founding member of the Central Pennsylvania Observers a State College-based nonprofit whose members study the night sky The light might have been a rocket booster disintegrating as it returned to Earth The Federal Aviation Administration does not dismiss any report it receives but FAA spokesman Jim Peters said he could not immediately retrieve any information about the time and place Sudak and Heitmann said they saw the mysterious light Sudak was with six friends when she saw the green light cover the sky Her friends recorded video of the light on their phones “It was just so weird how it happened,” she said Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. 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Full Story Jennifer Lipman reports in The Jewish Chronicle: An Edgware barmitzvah boy intends to prove that every penny counts in a bid to raise £10,000 for charity (around $15,595) Pinchos Bentzion Sudak aims to collect one million pennies towards the development of a larger centre for Edgware Lubavitch He began by distributing handmade penny tubs to guests at his barmitzvah and has enlisted friends to help collecting the coins He further plans to have penny tubs in local shops and businesses “When people get pennies with their change they don’t want they can just put them in,” explained Pinchos the son of Edgware Lubavitch director Rabbi Leivi Sudak “If I was asking people for pounds they might not do it But pennies are not very useful on their own.” He appreciated that his project would take “a lot of work” but pointed out that he had collected 20,000 in two weeks Sudak is currently running on a total of 43,251 pennies (thats 432 bags of pennies and 151 KGs). To join the drive, click here Now his parents should start some “£pails” and they’d get the new Chabad House in no time Thank you to all the Shluchim of Edgware for all the amazing work you do The award-winning musical is about welcoming the stranger The inherent Jewishness of that message is no coincidence (JTA) — When U.S airspace closed as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept stranding nearly 7,000 international travelers “on the northeast tip of North America.” So begins the story of “Come From Away,” the Tony Award-winning Canadian musical chronicling the real experiences of those “plane people,” and of the good-hearted locals who took them in With a filmed version premiering Friday on Apple TV+ to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the musical returning to Broadway Sept 21 after suspending its run last year due to COVID-19 more audiences than ever before are about to be exposed to the show’s unique brand of warmhearted hospitality — and to its fundamentally Jewish roots half of the Canadian Jewish couple who wrote the show explained that “Come From Away” draws from both Jewish and Newfoundland traditions “That’s important in communities that have defined themselves as willing to help one another.” Hein and his wife and writing partner Irene Sankoff got their start in theater with a much more explicitly Jewish show: the autobiographical “My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding.” That musical which had a successful tour in Canada in 2009 tells the story of how Hein’s mother rediscovered her Judaism when she came out to her family and met her now ex-wife “I think for a long time it was a surprise for me that suddenly my mom was learning Hebrew and that she was singing at temple,” said Hein “It’s been really wonderful to explore those traditions with her and every year we celebrate Hanukkah and Passover with her and whenever we come down we have seders.” Sankoff grew up in an interfaith family — her father is Jewish — and also celebrated Passover and Hanukkah growing up She pointed to both her and Hein’s families’ experiences escaping “countries that no longer exist” as a formative aspect of their Jewish identities And you look out for people as best as you can,” she said That theme is clear from the opening number of “Come From Away.”  The story is ultimately one about human kindness and pulling together in the face of tragedy It is a show not directly about the events of 9/11 but rather its ripple effects around the world and about the people who responded to help those in need “Come From Away” is about welcoming the stranger — those who physically “come from away.” And the inherent Jewishness of that message is no coincidence The show begins by introducing us to the small and the townsfolk barely have time to grasp what has happened before they are forced to prepare for unexpected guests “With thousands of passengers arriving at any minute anything you can do,” the reporter says during one of the opening numbers They begin gathering everything from food and blankets to toilet paper As the ensemble sings later in the same song The idea of welcoming the stranger is deeply Jewish The Torah mentions the concept no fewer than 36 times and there are reminders throughout Jewish text and tradition that “you know the feelings of a stranger for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 23:9) Newfoundland often faces harsh winters that can make food production difficult When you know what it’s like to not have enough David Hein and Irene Sankoff (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Hein and Sankoff traveled to Gander for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 in 2011 and distilling many of their stories into the musical that has now performed worldwide Including the 9,000 local Newfoundlanders and 7,000 unplanned visitors the pair joked that they were telling 16,000 stories One such story was that of Rabbi Leivi Sudak a British Chabad rabbi who was traveling from London to New York to visit the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe a teacher and a main organizer of the emergency efforts is listing some of the options the guests had to eat Someone points out a kippah-wearing man who hasn’t eaten anything and he only eats kosher food,” Beulah explains to the audience (the show doesn’t so much break the fourth wall as reject its existence outright) So the rabbi is given space to create a kosher kitchen where he helps provide food for Jewish passengers as well as a handful of Hindus Though Hein and Sankoff never met Sudak while writing the show, the rabbi himself told the New York Jewish Week that the depiction is an accurate one And it sets up the show’s emotional climax: a moving medley that overlays three different religious prayers for peace including “Oseh Shalom.” In the midst of the prayer seeks out Rabbi Sudak to share something he hasn’t even told his wife: he’s Jewish and his parents sent him away before the war The “Prayer” scene encapsulates not only the diversity of the strangers sent to Gander but also the radical openness of the community that was created amongst the islanders and the visitors (alternately referred to in the show as “plane people” and “come from aways”) “Telling that story instantly resonated with us,” said Hein In real life, not only did Sudak give Ed a kippah — he also kept in touch with the man, and later gifted him a Jewish prayer book and tallit Ed’s son told Sudak that his father was buried wearing the kippah and tallit There was one minor tidbit about Sudak that the play does not mention His return flight to London was scheduled for a Saturday which posed a challenge for the Shabbat-observant rabbi he would still be in Gander on Rosh Hashanah But his new friends stepped up yet again: they drove Sudak and two other observant passengers 500 miles to an airport “And thanks to them I walked into my in-laws’ home in Brooklyn seven minutes before candle lighting on Erev Rosh Hashanah,” Sudak told the Jewish Week the Broadway return of “Come From Away” and its debut on Apple TV+ — filmed for an audience of 9/11 survivors and first responders — also intersect with the High Holidays where a ceremony commemorating the events of the show is taking place we’ve been so busy we haven’t even thought about that coincidence,” Hein said “It’s going to be hard to not be with our family but at the same time we’re going to be with our family in Gander and going to be celebrating them and breaking bread with them.” Hein and Sankoff added that the message and production of their show only gains meaning during the Jewish new year The idea of starting anew feels relevant on multiple levels: Rosh Hashanah the gradual reopening of a society plagued by COVID-19 and the widely popular show returning to the stage and debuting on the screen the concept of a new year [provides] the opportunities to change and remember what we can be,” said Hein that we can come together in more ways than we can possibly imagine.” “Come From Away” is now available for streaming on Apple TV+ and returns to Broadway Sept JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent can throw you a few curveballs every once in a while The Beverly High softball coach was undoubtedly reminded of just that last fall after ace pitcher Sarah Pezzulo tore her ACL during volleyball season putting her upcoming softball season in jeopardy has made a remarkable recovery rehabbing her from injury and is expected to be good to go by the first few weeks of the season it has certainly given her coach a new outlook on things “I always go into the season trying to realize it’s a new season “I’ve learned you can’t rely on certain givens I didn’t think I had to truly worry about pitching for another year Nothing is a given in high school sports.” Coming off an 8-12 season and finishing in the middle of the pack in the NEC North the Panthers coach knows her squad is capable of taking the next step this season but it has driven us to improve this year,” said Sudak The team’s commitment this season can be summed up in its slogan this year: All out and do major damage in the tournament,” Sudak said Beverly takes the field for its home opener Friday Leading the way for Panthers this season are tri-captains Monica Cassola Ashley Chalifour and Rachel Willwerth A two-year NEC All-Star third baseman Cassola has been a staple at the hot corner since her freshman year Chalifour and Willwerth are no strangers to the leadership role either serving as three-sport captains at Beverly High with Willwerth also pitching in on the mound “They are veteran players and have great leadership skills,” Sudak said They are approachable and take constructive criticism well They are a great resource not only for the team A lot will be riding on Pezzulo’s comeback as the Beverly hurler gets ready to return to the diamond “Sarah has worked her tail off to be ready and it’s been inspiring to others,” Sudak said will also add plenty of polish wherever they play on the field “Every returning player played significant roles last year and started a majority of the games,” Sudak said however she has the experience through other teams at shortstop and will be expected to do the same this year.”  And there is plenty more talent where that came from along with her assistant coach Steve McKenna usually choose their squad within the first 3-4 days of tryouts This year’s group was so competitive that it took an entire week as the coach auditioned 20 players to scrimmage on two different teams “This has been the hardest year in terms of choosing,” said Sudak who was still trimming her roster last week “I was pleased with some of the newcomers and I wanted to be sure I gave every girl a chance to showcase all their talents It’s never easy being a coach of a sport that cuts people but I have to do what is best for the team According to Sudak the team’s biggest strength is its leadership and determination However the big need will center on run production “We need to score as much as possible,” she said There is little room for error competing in the NEC North the league will be competitive,” Sudak said “I firmly believe we can beat anyone,” Sudak said “The only team we have worry about is ourselves As long as we stay true to ourselves we should be fine.” “But I have no doubt my girls will get it done.” The Beverly Panther softball team will hold its home opener Friday The Raisethon Brooklyn team takes a break from their busy day to wish the company co-founder Levi Sudak a happy birthday. More The man behind raisethon!!he’s a powerhouse in his humble way! A shnas hatslocha in everything you do!your a pleasure to work with! 2023 at 2:12 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Beverly Director of Grants Catherine Barrett YMCA Director of Childcare and Education Operations Lorigan Sudak Summer Literacy Program Academic Director Heather Dempsey and Beverly Superintendent Sue Charochak celebrate this year's grant MA — A $75,000 Cummings Foundation grant will go to support the Building a Better Beverly summer literacy program The Beverly-based organization was among 150 Greater Boston nonprofits to share in $150 million in this year's rewards The Building a Better Beverly program serves up to 180 elementary-level students who are reading at below grade level and need literacy support to succeed academically "The program makes a huge difference each summer for younger kids who need support learning to read," said Beverly Mayor Mike Cahill "We're honored to receive this three-year grant that will make a real difference for our youngest readers." The Cummings $30 Million Grant Program primarily supports Massachusetts nonprofits that are based in and serve Middlesex The Cummings Foundation aims to give back in the areas where it owns commercial property "The way the local nonprofit sector perseveres and pivots to meet the shifting needs of the community is most impressive," Cummings Foundation Executive Director Joyce Vyriotes said "We are incredibly grateful for these tireless efforts to support people in the community and to increase equity and access to opportunities." The majority of the grant decisions were made by about 90 volunteers Among these community volunteers were business and nonprofit leaders and experts in areas such as finance and diversity This year's grant recipients represent a wide variety of causes The nonprofits are spread across 46 different cities and towns in Eastern Massachusetts (Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. whose father—Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov—had been a leader of the clandestine Chabad infrastructure in the USSR before emigrating to England with his family “He was one of most wonderful people,” recalls Seymour Gorman a local businessman and Lubavitch supporter “The world is much poorer now… his children are carrying on his work but it’s no easy task to follow someone like him.” He is survived by his wife Fradel and their children Rabbi Leivi Sudak (Edgware) Thank you for helping to make Jewish News the leading source of news and opinion for the UK Jewish community Today we're asking for your invaluable help to continue putting our community first in everything we do For as little as £5 a month you can help sustain the vital work we do in celebrating and standing up for Jewish life in Britain Jewish News holds our community together and keeps us connected it’s where people turn to feel part of something bigger It also proudly shows the rest of 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with mosaics of little wooden tiles and a heat exchange system that pumps in fresh air every 15 minutes there’s a café corner with counters on wheels — one of which doubles up as the bimah for Shabbat services — and a lounge area with books and colourful contemporary Judaica on sale including some striking glassware from Rabbi Sudak’s sister The hall behind serves as a shul and a hot-desking area and can be divided into classrooms Building started last March and while activities are increasing you might not realise what it is were there not a display in the window advertising the latest Jewish Learning Institute course “we did a lot of research asking how can we cater for what people need in their lives,” Rabbi Sudak said The mechitzah is made up of mobile bookshelves which also contain power points you can come in and reserve a desk,” Rabbi Sudak explained we realised that things were going to change They will be able to book some work space and network with others “instead of schlepping into town” The multi-functional facility displays more than design neatness; it reflects a deep-rooted philosophy “Judaism believes that every person has a specific mission for which they were born,” Rabbi Sudak said Centre users will be able to explore different opportunities to express their talents The programme will range from creative classes to a mother and toddler group with a curriculum designed to help social and emotional development There will also be a Sunday morning drop-in where men can lay tefilin and have breakfast Chabad HGS aspires to be a place where you can “feel a deep connection with Yiddishkeit” and experience the depth of its practices is intended to “take you from stress to serenity” A few dozen are attending the Friday night and Shabbat morning services which started last month and include a children’s programme Around 100 adults and a similar number of children came for High Holy-Day prayers Rabbi Sudak was gratified when one woman told him that she had taken her children out of school on the second day of Rosh Hashanah to attend classroom and hotdesking facility - the main room at the new Chabad HGS While one of the United Synagogue’s largest congregations he believes the centre to be a complement rather a competitor “There are more than 6,000 Jews in the Suburb,” he pointed out “one of my friends came in from Norrice Lea to say hello and he could count on one hand people that he’d recognise from the shul People attending here are looking for a different kind of experience.” Most activities will run on weekdays and what people gain he hopes will enhance their experience of Jewish life elsewhere “The children who come here now will be far more likely to engage in mainstream shuls in the coming years.” the Sudaks want to develop after-school clubs and programming for youth The Lubavitch C-Teens network encompasses 20,000-30,000 youngsters across the Jewish world and includes a global Shabbaton for some 2,000 to 3,000 in New York with a concert in Times Square Rabbi Sudak is importing the Jewish Discovery Programme for bnei-mitzvah boys and girls which rather than focusing on a ceremony or party aims to provide an insight into what the rite of passage into Jewish adulthood actually means “It drives home the idea that each one of us matters and has something the world needs us to contribute.” He hopes it will encourage students to continue their Jewish learning during their teens you don’t say:  ‘I don’t want to get into a car again’.” the luminous ceiling which mimics natural light and the coffee machine are some of the features that around 300 supporters have made possible He won’t divulge how much the centre has cost saying only: “Definitely a lot less than it looks” he quoted a Norrice Lea member who said: “The question is not what is going to be our future if you open but what is going to be our future if you don’t” by Kayla Rosen – chabad.org With the mayor of London’s highest stamp of approval the Lubavitch Children’s Centre in the Stamford Hill area was recently recognized for its achievements in promoting children’s health As the recipient of the Gold Award of the Healthy Early Years London program it was cited as a model for other family centers throughout the British capital Established in 2009 by Rabbi Sholom Ber and Devorah Leah Sudak the Chabad-Lubavitch Children’s Centre provides services to the thousands of Jewish families from a wide variety of backgrounds and customs who live in the area including an ever-growing number of younger families The LCC was built alongside Stamford Hill’s Lubavitch House established in 1959 by Rabbi Sudak’s late father which today serves as a Jewish community center with an active synagogue As the sole Jewish children’s center in Stamford Hill funded by local authorities where about 30 Jewish babies are born each week the LCC provides comprehensive support and guidance to young parents and their children New parents receive a personalized letter with the birth of their child inviting them to visit the center learn about its extensive services and become part of the center’s growing family there is incredible ease in having most of your health check-ups in the exact same building as your ‘Mommy & Me’ classes,” Inbar Diamant I was not only able to bond with my own children through the different classes but connect with other mothers as well.” Diamant has two children attending the center’s daycare services while she attends Pilates classes with other mothers they enjoy participating in after-school activities and weekly programming When they moved to Stamford Hill from Israel six years ago they knew they wanted their family to be in a Jewish environment and part of a Jewish community “All different types of Jews come to the center “It is a judgment-free place with total acceptance and open-heartedness we come together as Jews through the LCC and teach our children the beauty of Judaism.” Inspired by the teachings of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M of righteous memory—the Lubavitch Children’s Centre believes in the importance of Jewish education and that love of Judaism begins in the home from day one “We’ve created a center in which Jewish families feel supported throughout the entire process of raising their families,” Devorah Leah Sudak “Our goal is to care for the whole family—parents included.” While many services focus primarily on the child’s welfare the Lubavitch Children’s Centre emphasizes the importance of family health and development as well taking a holistic approach to early childhood education “A child’s environment is the single most significant influence in his or her life and that begins in the home,” stresses Sudak “We have seen with our own eyes the incredible impact we have had on countless families in part because of the deep involvement parents have here in their child’s life from the very beginning.” The majority of the LCC’s children’s programming are spaces where parents and children learn and connect together while “Tatty & Me” classes happen weekly giving both mothers and fathers the opportunity to spend time with their child Center activities—whether parent-child cooking classes arts-and-crafts or music lessons—offer parents parenting tools and techniques that they can then bring to their own homes “What makes the LCC unique is how interactive the programs and activities are with our children,” says Chaya Blonder a resident of Stamford Hills and a member of the Belz Chassidic community “My children don’t just learn about shopping at the supermarket they actually go there and experience it for themselves With pictures of the different foods they need to buy our kids are encouraged to find the products themselves They then go back to the center and cook it together!” Soon-to-be mothers have the opportunity to work with in-house midwives and they have access to breastfeeding and weaning support after birth the center provides classes on healthy eating as well as financial advising for families in need about 60 families receive weekly vouchers organized by the center for fruits and veggies and families enjoy its toy and book libraries filled with Jewish games and Torah-themed books “Our center is a home away from home,” asserts Sudak “We’ve created a setting that addresses all areas of life so families can receive the support they need in one place.” The center works in collaboration with numerous government and health organizations to ensure up-to-date resources including yearly vaccinations and health checks “The warmth and care of each and every teacher and staff member are incredible,” shares Shaindel Neiman a member of the Chabad Lubavitch community “Not only do my kids love going to the LCC Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet said: “In the course of fundraising I’ve come to learn that people essentially give for either one of two reasons: They either love the cause everyone sitting here in this room loves both the cause – Lubavitch – and the individuals – Rabbi Levi and Rebbetzin Feiga Sudak Edgeware is so lucky to have such an amazing shlucha – one who gets things done!! Nechamie Sudak kol hakov for making this dinner (and lots of other things in Edgeware) happen!!!! nechami and mushka — you did an amazing job Looks like all the hard work you put in paid off May Hashem bless you and your family with all the brochos your heart desires My cousin was there and said it was an amazing event with the speaker Mr Kivy Bernhard He loves the Sudak’s and cant say enough about them The Sudak family have done incredible things for London Jewery and for our family It was so special to hear Kivi Bernhardt from South Africa speak really a very inspiring 25th celebration for a special Chabad shul Six years after he started his Bar Mitzvah Project to raise 1 Million Pennies for Lubavitch of Edgware with the help of hundreds of generous contributors The money is being donated to purchase a marquee for the overflow of the Shul “If you still have a penny container at home or would like to add to his donation it will help to outfit the Marquee to make it more suitable to use on a regular basis,” Pinchos said in a message to locals Lubavitch of Edgware is run by his parents Rabbi Leivi and Feige Sudak Britain's Jewish Chronicle lists Chabad Rabbi Bentzi Sudak on its Power 100 ranking and added a comment about his future. Full Story England’s oldest and most widely-read Jewish newspaper has published “JC Power 100” list ranking the commonwealth’s most influential people It has been releasing the names in segments for the last few weeks with its final 10 being named last week generating buzz over some of its high profile picks Topping the list were mining magnate Mick Davis Chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council; businessman and philanthropist Trevor Pears; Emeritus Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; philanthropist Dame Vivien Duffield; and current Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis CEO of Chabad Lubavitch UK and youngest son of the late Head Shliach Rabbi Nachman Sudak OBM Here is the description the newspaper editors wrote: “The chief executive of the Lubavitch Foundation in Britain Rabbi Sudak has overseen the rapid expansion of the organization across all aspects of Jewish life “A former media director of Chabad in the United States he is credited with developing online resources that have attracted a new generation of supporters Education is another key area – he has worked to promote schools in Stamford Hill and Chabad houses on university campuses Rabbi Bentzi Sudak and his late fathe Rabbi Nachman Sudak with London Mayor Boris Johnson in 2012 I have always been proud of u bentzi.now the word is out and everyone knows what I already did – you’re a winner! you dont need to look up to know your father is smiling down from Gan Eden Rav Bentzi Sudak brough new light to London I wish him all the best luck for the future the media is recognizing a shliach who well deserves the accolades and not those who seek the limelight with little substance behind the public persona you do amazing work and may all the Rebbes brochos continue Well over 1000 men and women turned out Motzai Shabbos for Hatzalah of Crown Heights’ annual Melava Malkah Health Symposium and raffle for a prize of $18,000 A special and emotional highlight was the meeting of Rabbi Nachman Sudak and Dr Joshua Kerstein who rendered the lifesaving care following his heart attack during the Kinus Hashluchim Opening the evening was Hatzalah coordinator Yossi Friedman who began with an appropriate Dvar Torah about the role of doctors and medicine the associate director of Clinical Cardiology at Maimonides Hospital Kerstein spoke of his treating Rabbi Nachman Sudak after he suffered a heart attack during this year’s Kinus Hashluchim Following was Rabbi Kasriel Sudak who spoke on behalf of the Sudak family and thanked to doctor for his work in facilitating the miracules recovery of his father inscribed with the brocho the Rebbe once gave a doctor The crowd then heard from Rabbi Heshy Jacob a Hatzalah volunteer from the Lower East Side 5 which belonged to Reb Leibel Bistritsky OBM Jacob spoke of his memories with Reb Leibel and the mesirus nefesh he had in volunteering and establishing this vital organization who run a medical practice in Crown Heights and is also a volunteer in Hatzalah The evening concluded on a much lighter note with hilarious comedy of Yoely Libovitz Following his act the raffle was drawn and the winners were announced The Melava Malka featured a delicious spread of dairy and parev food catered by Benny Turk of Turk Cateres a wine bar by Yudi and Mendy Eber of Eber’s Wines and Liquors and a sushi bar by Sushi Spot Live music and a special performance by Yoni Z rounded off the evening The lucky winners of the evenings prizes were Shaina Caplan who won the $18,000 along with the winners of the bicycle and two bottles of rare wine No words nor money can ever thank Hatzloho enough Not only does Hatzola voluntarily service the community at a moments notice they also provided us with SUCH an outstanding evening!! From the speeches and the singing and the food and the wonderful comedian- it was AMAZING how they keep on giving May all the volunteers be blessed with Shalom Bayis parnassa b’rochava and Gezunt ad mea v’esrim shana! No words to express appreciation for hatzoloh the amazing team at Maimonides… And the wonderful people at the minyan on Carroll street May Hashem bless you all with nachas from your families and together be zoche to be gorem nachas ruach tzum rebn Thank you everyone all over the world for all your tefillos for Rabbi Sudak Every shliach doing the rebbes work 24/7 is the rebbes shliach Was concerned about Rabbi Sudak – was hoping he was well Thank you Hatzalah for your dedicated care A beautiful event in every sense of the word Can someone fill me in how Rabbis Sudak and Bogomylsky are related Is it a coincidence that the great people in Lubavitch all seem to be related Mrs Bogomilsky is Rabbi Sudak’s sister Bogomilsky – may they all live and be well Boruch hashem we have such a great organization just knowing that all members are ready if needed 24/7 is comforting Is it possible to post the informative speeches on stress pain management and the heart on your website rebbitzen batsheva schochet married to harav dovid schochet shlucha to toronto is harav nachman sudaks older sister rebbitzen bracha bogomilsky married to harav moshe bogomilsky is rabbi nachman sudaks younger sister their parents were rabbi pinchas and batya sudak until then we thank you each day for the work you do & we Daven that hashem should give the Shluchim the extra protection they need for the strength it takes of dealing each day with communal matters (that may be something chazal knew so they added it into our Shabbos davening) A lavish dinner in London had "a new army" of 560 supporters saluting Lubavitch UK, chief among them billionaire Gennadiy Bogolyubov. Full Story, Photos A record number of 560 guests gathered at the London Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square for the annual stylish and inspiring gala dinner saluting the people and activities of Chabad Lubavitch UK on Tuesday The theme of the evening was ‘ONE’ alluding to Chabad’s core principle of caring for and providing for every Jew regardless of background or philosophy or level of commitment The event highlighted the acheivements of Shluchim Rabbi Nachman and Fradel Sudak Guest of Honor was London-based Ukrainian philanthropist Gennadiy Bogolyubov “Chabad is directly responsible for allowing and empowering so many people to practice their religion and celebrate their religious holidays freely openly and proudly,” wrote Blake Ezra a blogger whose team was “delighted” to photograph the event Dinner Chair Lana Saffrin Betesh opened the evening by recounting how Chabad was there for her family in the hours before her father’s passing in whose merit she dedicated her work on the event Emeritus Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks presented a Lifetime Acheivement Award to Mrs Fradel Sudak honoring her achievements and those of her late husband support and love for the creation and continuity of Chabad UK is recognized at more than 35 centers supporting and reaching out to thousands of people in the UK each year Rabbi Sacks recalled hearing the Rebbe’s Tekios – shofar blowing – in 770 saying they were a “joyful sound.” Chabad Lubavitch taught people to enjoy Judaism asking “who would believe that thousands of British Jews would be dancing in the street with a huge menorah in Trafalgar Square Or having a shot of vodka before the speeches?” he quipped after the crowd was encouraged to say L’Chaim at the beginning of the event A special video was produced about the guest of honor Bogolyubov was also recognized for his work in establishing Chabad of Belgravia some flying in from the United States and Ukraine including Head Shliach Rabbi Shmuel Kaminezki Each guest was presented with a ‘Passport’ to Jewish Life which contained the contact details of every Chabad House around the world a warm welcome awaits them in their travels gave an address outlining the scope of Chabad’s achievements and their plans for the future welcoming the many new faces among the guests “We have a new army of supporters,” he said saying that when Lubavitch had faced problems in Britain a few years ago Bogolyubov “reached out to me and said Keep up the good work and keep making the Rebbe Proud and i am sure your father is smiling and shepping nachas from your great work prove to be a great asset to the entire movement in the English empire he is a phenomenal person has wonderful qualities I’m glad to be his friend I would love to c the address by Rabbi Sacks – Is there anyway u can post the link It is so heartwarming to see Chabad of England moving forward in such an amazing way I know you are giving nachas to your mother Rebbetzin Fradul zol zain gezunt and to ybbchl”ch your father O”H who worked with mesiras nefesh for so many years Reb Bentzion Shemtov OH who founded Lubavitch In England with great sweat and tears and mesiras nefesh Nice to see gennandy bogolyubov as a part of the team Inspiring how you not only respond when asked for help London Mayor Boris Johnson visited the flagship building and first Chabad Center in London last week. He was greeted by Head Shliach Rabbi Nachman Sudak and his son Bentzi Sudak. Full Story London Mayor Boris Johnson visited the flagship building and first Chabad Center in London named ‘Lubavitch House’ by the Rebbe in 1959 The mayor was greeted by Head Shliach Rabbi Nachman Sudak and his son Bentzi Sudak He was then given a tour of the new state of the art children’s center where he had the opportunity to try out the new interactive sensory therapy equipment how amazed he was by the architecture and the equipment The Shluchim also presented the mayor with a copy of the book ‘The Rebbe’s Army’ as a gift whilst the Sudak family is “in charge” let’s not forget the staff that work in Lubavitch house and at the children centre who deserve a big WELL DONE This is very insparational to see the groth of chabad over the past 50 years across the uk The sudak family are always so caring and gracious whenever I visit the age old building of beis lubavitch What a great accomplishment to build such a tremendous building 50 years ago It makes me so emotional just when I look at the ginourmous building Keep Up the good work and may we conTinue to shep nachas from chabad until 120 years in gOod health and happiness and fulfillment and all the brochos