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{{short description|'''Chabad-Lubavitch in Myanmar: a Chabad house in Yangon founded in late 2018 by Schneur and Yehudis Raitport under the Thailand regional director; current status unverified'''}}

{{Infobox organization
| name = Chabad Lubavitch of Myanmar
| type = Chabad-Lubavitch emissary operation
| founded = Late 2018 (Yangon)
| founder = [[Schneur Raitport]]; [[Yehudis Raitport]]
| headquarters = Yangon
| key_people = [[Schneur Raitport]]; [[Yehudis Raitport]]
| area_served = Myanmar
| affiliations = [[Chabad Lubavitch of Thailand]] (appointment)
| website = chabadmyanmar.com
}}

'''Chabad-Lubavitch in Myanmar''' was founded in Yangon in late 2018 by Rabbi [[Schneur Raitport]] (also Shneur) and [[Yehudis Raitport]] (also Yehudit). They were appointed by Rabbi [[Yosef Chaim Kantor]] of [[Chabad Lubavitch of Thailand]].<ref name="JNS2019" /> By late 2019 they ran a synagogue, classes, holiday programmes and what the ''Jerusalem Post'' called Myanmar's first kosher restaurant, in a villa in central Yangon.<ref name="JNS2019" /><ref name="JP2019" />
:''Editor's note: the house's current status is unverified. Its website could not be read in text form in October 2026, and Myanmar does not appear in the Lubavitch.com Asia directory index.''

== Emissaries and centre ==
* [[Schneur Raitport]], born in Caracas to Chabad emissaries, is a shochet and mohel. He has been called on to perform circumcisions in South Korea and Vietnam.<ref name="JNS2019" />
* The Raitports estimated the local Jewish community at about 100. They also served business travellers, Israeli backpackers and aid workers.<ref name="JNS2019" />

== Relations with the state, business and Israel ==
* '''Israeli embassy.''' Before moving, the Raitports met the incoming Israeli ambassador to Myanmar, [[Ronen Gilor]]. JNS reports that Raitport's father had circumcised the ambassador's son in Caracas.<ref name="JNS2019" />
* '''Israeli volunteers.''' The house catered two weeks of kosher meals for a group of Israeli backpackers volunteering at a school outside Yangon.<ref name="JNS2019" />
:''Editor's note: no source was found on how the house was affected by the February 2021 military coup or on dealings with the junta.''

== Funding ==
No accounts or named donors were found.

== Controversies ==
None found in the sources consulted.

== Timeline ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Event
|-
| Late 2018 || [[Schneur Raitport]] and [[Yehudis Raitport]] arrive in Yangon
|-
| 2019 || Chabad villa with synagogue and kosher restaurant operating
|}

== See also ==
* [[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Myanmar]]
* [[Chabad Lubavitch of Thailand]]

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="JNS2019">[https://www.jns.org/feature/in-teeming-yangon-myanmar-a-young-couple-makes-their-mark "In teeming Yangon, Myanmar, a young couple makes their mark"], JNS, 2019 (credited to Chabad.org/News). Chabad-side (syndicated).</ref>
<ref name="JP2019">Donna Rachel Edmunds, [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/new-chabad-center-in-myanmar-is-home-away-from-home-for-visiting-jews-608986 "New Chabad center in Myanmar is home away from home for visiting Jews"], ''The Jerusalem Post'', 26 November 2019. Press.</ref>
</references>

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