Dancing with the Torah in Central America and around the world
Learning by night, Ten Commandments by day, plus kids’ programs and dairy meals
Menorah-lightings, live music and holiday foods on tap for vacationers to warm-weather cities
Resort town sees large number of Israelis join them for biggest holiday meal to date
Celebrating the freedom, customs and traditions of the Jewish people
Eleven Chabad couples now call the Caribbean region home, with more on the way
Chabad’s involvement in the Caribbean dates back nearly 60 years to 1957.
Playa del Carmen emissaries build state-of-the-art facility in near-record time.
As Tropical Storm Rina churns off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, residents of the resort town of Playa del Carmen have boarded up their homes and are staying indoors, patiently waiting for the erratic low pressure system to pass.
About an hour south of Cancun and an hour north of Tulum, Mexico – smack in the middle of the Riviera Maya – sits the scuba-diving haven of Playa del Carmen. With an infusion of capital and visitors, the once-sleepy fishing village is undergoing a rapid transformation into a tourist’s paradise.