Please join us for RDP’s luncheon meeting at Noon on Tuesday, July 23^rd
at the Chabad Jewish Community Center

July’s luncheon will feature Rabbi Shmuel Fuss of the Chabad Jewish Community Center and will be held at the Center on Tuesday, July 23^rd.  The Center is located at 3579 Arlington Avenue.  Parking is available behind the Center (access from Mount Whitney Avenue).

The Chabad Jewish Community Center has brought the annual Chanukah Festival to downtown Riverside in December since 2005.   The original ‘Festival of Lights’ celebrates life and freedom with the traditional lighting of the Menorah against the backdrop of the historic Riverside County Court House .   Past celebrations have included guests such as Leon Leyson, a survivor of Schindler’s List, and unique Menorahs including one made from legos.    The Center has also hosted several significant events including the evening with Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister, at the Landis Auditorium on January 19^th, 2013.

Rabbi Shmuel Fuss is the Director of the Chabad Jewish Community Center and will speak on the mission of the Center and its programs to reach out to the broader community.  The center is a community-based nonprofit organization whose efforts are rooted in traditional Jewish values with programs for all people regardless of background or belief.

The luncheon will feature traditional kosher Jewish food with matzo ball soup, tuna puff and pastrami crostini appetizers, continental and Israeli salad, corned beef, smoked turkey, and salami sandwiches, and apricot pecan and chocolate walnut rugelach dessert for $20.   The cost of the luncheon meeting is $20 if reservations are made prior to Friday, July 19th and $22 at the door.  Sorry but all reservations will be billed unless cancelled on or before Friday, July 19^th.