By COLlive reporter
Rabbi Yosef and Bina Goldwasser, along with their 2-year-old son Menachem Mendel, will be moving this summer from Crown Heights to Mobile, Alabama.
They will be setting up a new Chabad center, the first in the city which is the third most populous city in the state and the largest municipality on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Petersburg, Florida.
“We are excited to fulfill our life’s dream by putting our skills, passion for Judaism and love of people into serving the spiritual needs of the Jews in Mobile with innovative, fun, and informative Jewish programming with a personal touch,” Rabbi Goldwasser told COLlive.
The team of rabbi and rebbetzin, Chabad’s model of operating, will be providing Torah classes, community events, Shabbos and Holiday meals and other services to the local Jewish population.
Yosef, a Pittsburgh native, received his rabbinic ordination from the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva in New York, after completing his day school education in Pittsburgh, and his higher level yeshiva studies in France.
Bina (nee Horvitz), raised in North Miami Beach, attended elementary school in Miami, high school in Chicago and Jewish Women’s Seminary in Safed, Israel, and worked in day camps for Jewish children from diverse backgrounds in Colorado, Indiana, Connecticut, and Maryland.
The announcement comes in connection with the 20th anniversary of Gimmel Tammuz and amid international interest in the continued growth of Chabad’s outreach network inspired by the Rebbe.
They were appointed by Rabbi Yossi Posner, Head Shliach of Alabama. Special thanks to Rabbi Leibel Berkowitz, Shliach in Hunstville, Alabama.
To donate to Chabad of Mobile, visit chabadofmobile.com.
We’re returning to Mobile (from Indiana) after a hiatus of 30 years. Looking forward to meeting you! Malka and Micheal G-V and family
Yosef and Bina,
You should have much success. Roll Tide!
Yo go?
Yo go to Mo?
Whoa!
Yo go to Mo!
Mazel To…………………v!
A fan in Pittsburgh
May Mobile and southen Alabama welcome you with open arms and help you to do the Rebbes work!
Gotta join the cheering section here:
Go Goldwassers!
Y’all bring the Aibeshters Torah & blessings to Mobile
Hatzlacha & big hug to Bina!
Best wishes from Khanin family in Buffalo
You are all grown up
Mozeltov from Chana simcha and Avrum
Xxxxx
Mazal tov to all
Yay!! Amazing news
Bina!!! We are gonna miss you in crown heights!! -yossel is such a respectful emesdik person with a passion drop Torah, chassidus, mivtzoyim.. bina is the same, so warm, wise and heart felt with really caring personality, yummy food and such hiskashrus!! And the chinuch they give their son is phenomenal!!! Hatzlach.raba and we should see Moshiach now!!! You will see the Rebbe with you all along!
Thank you for all you do in crown heights. You will be missed
Mazel Tov and Hatzlacha Rabba!
Mazal Tov!!!! Mobile Alabama is VERY fortunate!!! Wishing you so much Hatzlacha… yes, Crown Heights will NOT be the same without you!!
Mazel Tov! So happy for you and much Hatzlocha!
Mobile residents are getting amazing Shluchim. Much Hatzlachah to the Goldwasser family!
Mazal Tov
Finally! the world ,and Alabama will see what we all know- there are few messengers of true yiddishkeit around like Yussel and Bina…as excited as we are for the Mobile community-we will miss our beloved Yussel and Bina- You guys will light up the south and light up the world with your unique gifts of true torah joy! WE LOVE YOU GUYS-AND FABRENGENS @ 770 WILL SIMPLY NOT BE THE SAME!
Your Buffalonian Student!
Mobile get ready for two amazing people!!! And a cute baby:) they truly are unbelievable people
love buffalo!
BH for them and for the Jews of mobile
Moshiach Now!
Bracha v’hatzlocho
!! They are very fit for this! I am sure they will be very successful. Hatzlachah.
On a road trip (last year) we stayed overnight in Mobile, there was a yid who owned a jewelry shop in the mall. He was very excited to see my husband.
Great people!
Asher Bromberg
Hatzlacha rabba
Hatzlachah
bina ,was pleasure working with your mendel ,he is the cutest smartest little boy.today he said the 12 psukim and sang rebbe nigunim.i was amazed how such a little boy knows so much .he will do gr8 in shlicus .alot of nacas and good luck
congratulations on your shlichus
Blumbergers
this is so special such devotion…may they have loads of hatlzacha and i know yossi is big chevraman!
yechi yechi !!!’
Hatzlacha!
to number 1 agreeed
_ur fellow buffalonian
Yay bina and yossel 🙂 great people!! We love them!!!
Yayy!!!!! Nice weather hehe
Admirer from Buffalo.