Tenth Anniversary -- A Night to Remember
Chabad’s Historic Tenth Anniversary Celebration will go down as a night to remember. At the Ritz-Carlton Tiburon the evening began with a beautiful cocktail party for Chabad Naples Partners, during which Rabbi Fishel and Ettie welcomed everyone and introduced Liddy and Daniel Sexton, recipients of the Preschool Tribute. Rabbi Fishel then described his meeting with Carol Glassman and her late husband Alex, and recalled how she had offered to fund a Preschool classroom when the need arose. In addition, he announced that in honor of her continued assistance and substantial gift, Chabad of Naples will now be known as “The Alex And Carol Glassman Chabad Naples Jewish Community Center”.
Thanks were given to President Art Siegel and his wife Ellen for their devotion and hard work in organizing the event along with their committee.
Over 800 guests then joined the party to hear keynote speaker, Mrs. Eva Schloss (stepsister of Anne Frank). Among them were local students who had been given tickets for the event.
Wishing to share all the excitement with the crowd, Rabbi Fishel and Ettie once again greeted everyone, and announced the new name for the Chabad Center.
Naples City Councilman Bill Barnett welcomed Mrs. Schloss and presented her with a key to the city.
A brief video showed the horrors of the German invasion and the Holocaust, and also the origins of “Ani Ma’amin”. Two musicians, a pianist and violinist from the Naples Klezmer Group played the song.
In interview format with attorney Tyler Korn asking the questions, Eva Shloss spoke about the terrible experiences she endured during World War 2, hiding out, being betrayed and finally surviving, as most of Anne Frank’s family did not. Her “happy ending” to the story was that Anne’s father Otto Frank married her mother, and that she herself had married and had three daughters.
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