Crown Heights, NY – What is it like to photograph thousands of rabbis? Award winning photographer Don Holloway has been doing it for over twenty years.
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The Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim gather from over seventy-six countries for a five day conference in Brooklyn and traditionally gather for a group photograph outside Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters.
The Shluchim can be seen saying learning Rambam from their smart phones, a Chassidic discourse from a booklet or holding a gemarah, as they wait for everyone to stand in formation.
As the group poses all the Shluchim begin to sing a Lubavitch Niggun.
It has become a tradition for international media, such as AP, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal to cover the group picture and lay leaders who join their rabbis from across the globe snap their own pictures.
The yearly Chabad emissaries conference’s main event will be held this evening at a warehouse located on Pier 12 in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood. The 60,000-square-foot space, which is usually used to service cruise ships, has been temporarily converted into a lavish banquet hall seating over 4,000 people at 350 tables.
In light of recent attempts to harm Jewish communities in the US, organizers of the gathering are paying special attention to security this year. The New York Police Department is working in tandem with the New York and New Jersey Port Authority, which owns the warehouse, to safeguard the event. All attending guests will be required to carry photo ID cards to access the facility, and the NYPD will be supplying both air support and water patrols above and alongside the exposed waterfront.
VIN News will carry the event live, starting at 5:30 PM.
nice to see so many jews
Wow this some event
wow truly beautiful.
kain ayin hora
Every Jew is a shliach whether he is in the photo or not!
May they go from strength to strength.