Overview
- More than 1,000 young Jewish professionals ended the weekend with a visit to the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens after buses departed from Crown Heights on Sunday.
- To handle the turnout, the pre-Ohel program was relocated to the Queensborough Performing Arts Center, featuring music by Shulem Lemmer and remarks by Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet and philanthropist Teddy Raskin.
- Organizers highlighted rapid growth from about 50 attendees seven years ago to filling a theater this year, with Rabbi Nissi Lepkivker pointing to what young Jews are seeking.
- Participants wrote panim, prayed at the Ohel, and then engaged in practical mitzvah stations including Shabbat candle kits and writing letters in a communal Sefer Torah.
- The weekend also included a Motzei Shabbat livestream connecting the Crown Heights gathering with CYP Bondi Beach for a show of solidarity following the recent terrorist attack in Sydney.