Two rabbinical students dispatched to Iceland for an extended stay during the Hebrew month of Tishrei identified 22 more Jewish residents as part of an effort to strengthen unity and pride among members of the North Atlantic nation’s tiny community.
Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students Berel Pewzner and Berel Grunblatt arrived in Iceland just before Rosh Hashanah to lead High Holiday prayer services for the island nation’s small Jewish community. In between holy days, they provided mezuzahs to anyone who wanted them.
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