Chabad Lubavitch of Slovakia
Chabad-Lubavitch in Slovakia: the Bratislava mission led since 1993 by Rabbi Baruch and Chanie Myers, its preschool, Hebrew school, camp and Chabad Educational Center opened in 2017, and a second centre in Piešťany
| Chabad Lubavitch of Slovakia
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| Logo |  Baruch Myers, Hanukkah 2016 |
| Type | Jewish religious organisation (Chabad-Lubavitch) |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder(s) | Baruch and Chanie Myers |
| Headquarters | Bratislava |
| Location | Bratislava; Piešťany |
| Area served | Slovakia |
| Services | Synagogue services, preschool, Hebrew school, summer camp, holiday programmes, kosher catering |
| Key people | Baruch Myers (head emissary); Zeev Stiefel (Piešťany) |
| Website | https://www.chabadslovakia.com |
| Remarks | Bratislava centre formally named the Chabad Educational Center of Slovakia |
Chabad Lubavitch of Slovakia (Chabad of Slovakia) is the Chabad-Lubavitch mission in Slovakia, based in Bratislava and led by Rabbi Baruch Myers and his wife, Chanie, who have served there since 1993.[1][2] A second centre, Chabad of Central Slovakia, is in Piešťany.[3]
History
The Slovak Spectator reported in 1995 that Myers, a native of New Jersey, had been inaugurated on 20 June 1993 as the Bratislava Jewish community's first rabbi in 25 years, and that a month after his inauguration he was attacked by skinheads, an attack that drew worldwide attention. It reported that Chana Myers had organised a summer day camp, a Sunday school and a preschool programme.[4]
Chabad.org, the movement's news site, says Myers also serves as Bratislava's chief rabbi and as rabbi of the city's only surviving synagogue. In December 2017 the couple opened a multi-floor Chabad centre, formally the Chabad Educational Center of Slovakia, which Chabad.org says was dedicated "in the presence of top government officials". In September 2019 a new Torah scroll, which Chabad.org described as the first written in Slovakia since the Holocaust, was carried in procession through Bratislava, past the Presidential Palace, to the new centre; the president of the Bratislava Jewish community, Tomáš Stern, took part.[2]
Activities
Chabad of Slovakia's website lists a private preschool (Lauder Gan Menachem), an after-school club (Bratislavský Cheder Tora Or), CTeen Slovakia for teenagers, Chabad Young Professionals, a Jewish women's club, a parent-and-baby group and kosher catering.[5]
Centres
Chabad headquarters lists two centres in Slovakia:[6]
- Chabad of Slovakia, Bratislava (Baruch and Chanie Myers).[1]
- Chabad of Central Slovakia, Piešťany, postcode district 921 01 (Zeev and Bina Stiefel).[3]
See also
- Chabad-Lubavitch movement
- Chabad Lubavitch of Czech Republic
- Chabad Lubavitch of Hungary
- Chabad Lubavitch of Poland
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Chabad of Slovakia", Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters (lubavitch.com), accessed 23 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yehuda Sugar, "First New Torah in Slovakia Since Holocaust", Chabad.org, 5 September 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Chabad of Central Slovakia", Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters (lubavitch.com), accessed 23 October 2026.
- ↑ Emily Hage, "Bratislava's Jews seek common identity", The Slovak Spectator, 27 October 1995.
- ↑ Chabad of Slovakia (home page, in Slovak), accessed 23 October 2026.
- ↑ "Slovakia", Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters (lubavitch.com) centres directory, accessed 23 October 2026.