By COLlive reporter
A Chabad Shliach was nominated for the Jewish Community Hero of the Year, a competition by the United Jewish Communities (UJC).
Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff, Program Director of Chabad Lubavitch Center – Texas Regional Headquarters, was chosen by the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston.
The online competition is “to give you the chance to nominate and vote for those amazing people tirelessly working to repair the world.”
This November, one nominee will be named the Jewish Community Hero of the Year. This Hero will receive national recognition, an honorary role with the UJC, and $25,000 to further his or her community work.
From the pool of the top 10 nominations voted on by the public (semi-finalists), a panel of judges selects the top 5 finalists. One hero and four additional honorees will be announced at this fall’s UJC General Assembly in Washington, DC.
The nominator writes about Lazaroff and his wife Chani: “Just when I think, I am too tired, I am too poor to do anything he encourages me… At Rabbi Chaim’s we are Jews with no labels. We are far from Orthodox practices, yet Rabbi never looks down on us or judges us. He always welcomes us and makes us feel right at home.”
Learn more about Rabbi Lazaroff and vote HERE
a super duper shmooper hero, bigger than agent emmes even
I would perhaps like to mention that while everything is very nice and all, there is also another Lubavitcher who has impacted hundreds, if not thousands of people, rescuing them from cults an missionaries. His name is Rabbi Benzion Kravitz, and he was also nominated. Although it may seem a little bit interesting having two shluchim going up against each other, I am sure that it would be a huge kiddush hashem and shem Lubavitch, along with some PR for Rabbi Kravitz and his organization.
http://jewishcommunityheroes.org/nominees/leaderboard
you can vote again evryday
What problem did your nominee identify in the community that needed to be solved? How has your nominee’s efforts made a difference for others?:
Rabbi Chaim and his wife, Chani, are tireless in their charity and hospitality. Last year after IKE, everyone was devastated and many were without power for a long time. They brought in Kosher meals for Shabbos for all the people with no power. They cooked all the food that would go bad and fed and helped the people at Goldberg tower.
Alexander & Leah Namdar
Chabad Sweden