Canadian Defense Minister intervenes for Chabad Minyan

For the first time, High Holiday prayer services were performed for the Jewish Canadian Forces at Patewawa, Ontario.

Rabbi Mendel Aisenach, Executive Director of Jewish Canadian Forces Congregation, was assisted by Minister of Defense Peter Gordon MacKay, who was instrumental in arranging for clearance for the event to take place on the army base.

The turnout was high, and the mood upbeat among the attendees. One soldier remarked: “I wish my whole life would be filled with the same sense of purpose that I experienced during the High Holidays at the first Jewish Canadian Forces Congregation Event.”