Reconfirmation

Sharing good news is always a great pleasure, much more so when you have something positive to tell about subjects that usually come up in a negative context. We are all aware of the unfortunate change that is taking place in Turkey; this makes me happy to share with you the following news.

 As many of you got to know over the years, members of our family live in different parts of the world, mostly in positions of Chabad Rabbis and Rebbetzins, serving the local Jewish communities. One of them, who grew up together with me in the city of Tzfat, in fact we lived literally next door to each other, is Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, whose home is now in Istanbul, where together with his wife, he serves the Jewish community of Turkey.

While we meet each other at family Simchas and other occasions, our conversations are usually about our personal lives and family updates. We never seem to really get to talk much about our work and community.

This week I heard, from a common friend, that no less than three thousand (!) local Jews participated last Sunday in an extremely joyous Purim party in Istanbul, organized by the Chitriks.  Perhaps it’s not really a news item just reconfirmation - Am Israel Chai!