Chabad at Lake Tahoe

Rabbi Mordechai Richler has been in South Lake Tahoe for about a week, but he is already making headway on South Lake Tahoe’s newest Jewish cultural organization.

Members of Chabad Jewish Center are working to connect with as many people as possible by hosting ceremonies, groups and classes out the rabbi’s home. The members of the center look to unify people in the community through traditional education.

Richler grew up in Long Beach where he attended a Hebrew academy in the area. He studied in Brunoy, France, and then he moved on to a rabbinical college in Montreal. After that, he studied in New York City for a year, where he met his wife, Shaina.

“The way it works is they (the rabbinical schools) send you out to different places around the world,” Richler said, adding he worked in small towns in Ukraine for a year to help people learn more about their Jewish heritage and culture. Richler said there are still tens of thousands of Jewish people living in those rural areas.

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