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Belle Harbor Chai Center serves the Belle Harbor community with ongoing services and programs. Our goal is to encourage study, commitment and Jewish pride. We offer religious and educational events, daily services, holiday programming, bar mitzvah lessons, CTeen, kitchen koshering, nursing home visitations, and more. We invite you to explore our website and feel free […]

The Belle Harbor Chai Center Lights Up the Night

“Hanukkah is an eight day celebration in which we celebrate our overcoming the war against the Greek Empire, who looked to inculcate Hellenism within the Jewish people” the rabbi explained to The Wave. “It became a celebration of light prevailing over the darkness … and we find that the strongest message that it carries is the idea that, in every dark situation, the most effective way to illuminate the darkness is not by attacking it, but by growing the light within your own life.”