{"id":38443,"date":"2022-03-11T01:51:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T09:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=38443"},"modified":"2022-03-10T18:32:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T02:32:04","slug":"sharansky-joins-freilach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2022\/03\/11\/sharansky-joins-freilach\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharansky joins Freilach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Natan Sharansky will be the keynote speaker at Freilach25, Chabad Richmond\u2019s 25th anniversary celebration, on June 19. (photo from Chabad Richmond)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On June 19, human rights advocate Natan Sharansky will be the keynote speaker at Freilach25, Chabad Richmond\u2019s 25th anniversary celebration. Sharansky\u2019s talk will focus on the importance of dialogue and cooperation between Jews from both sides of the Iron Curtain in the struggle for the release of Soviet Jewry, and the importance and challenges of this dialogue today in the battle against antisemitism. He will also address the urgency of building and strengthening Judaism in our community.<\/p>\n<p>A Soviet refusenik, Sharansky was a \u201cPrisoner of Zion\u201d in the former Soviet Union and a leader in the struggle for the right of Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel. Following his request to make <em>aliyah<\/em> (immigration to Israel), Sharansky was arrested on trumped up charges of treason and espionage. He was convicted and served nine years in the Gulag. Sharansky was released in 1986, making aliyah on the very day of his release. Since then, he has served in four successive Israeli governments, is the recipient of two international medals and has authored four books.<\/p>\n<p>Freilach25 also honours Rabbi Yechiel and Chanie Baitelman, who have served Chabad Richmond and the community for 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoin us and toast these distinguished honourees while celebrating this community milestone. Freilach25 happens to fall on Father\u2019s Day, so this could just be the perfect gift,\u201d said Shelley Civkin, co-chair of Freilach25, which takes place at Schara Tzedeck Synagogue.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are limited, so reserve at <a href=\"http:\/\/chabadrichmond.com\/freilach25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chabadrichmond.com\/freilach25<\/a>. For a sneak preview, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/55QENG60nK4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youtu.be\/55QENG60nK4<\/a>. To get involved with Freilach25, email <a href=\"mailto:freilach25@chabadrichmond.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freilach25@chabadrichmond.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2013 Courtesy Chabad Richmond<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natan Sharansky will be the keynote speaker at Freilach25, Chabad Richmond\u2019s 25th anniversary celebration, on June 19. (photo from Chabad Richmond) On June 19, human rights advocate Natan Sharansky will be the keynote speaker at Freilach25, Chabad Richmond\u2019s 25th anniversary celebration. Sharansky\u2019s talk will focus on the importance of dialogue and cooperation between Jews from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21323,6243,7368,21324],"class_list":["post-38443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-anniversary","tag-baitelman","tag-chabad-richmond","tag-natan-sharansky"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}