Emergency Action Needed | Please help Chabad of Beverlywood, prevent closing down of a an important center in our community!!

Please read the Message from Rabbi Dov Newman, the Rabbi of Chabad of Beverlywood, appearing below.  PLEASE HELP HOWEVER YOU ARE ABLE TO.

From: Rabbi Dov Newman
Subject: Urgent
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 4:18 PM

Dear friends,

I am sad to announce that this week our Shul property was foreclosed on by the bank we had tried to intervene but it was beyond our control.

We began Chabad of Beverlywood approximately 10 years ago with a small minyan and a comfortable facility. Chabad of California was a generous landlord and provided our facility for most of the last 10 years virtually rent-free as we continued to grow into the stronger community that we are today.

We are now in a very dire situation. However together with this difficult situation there is also a unique opportunity.

We are currently in negotiations with the bank to purchase the Shul to continue ours and our children’s community center, but we need everyone’s help.

There are two critical ways you can help now!

Capital Campaign: We will need to raise the necessary funds to provide for a down payment for our Shul. We need to raise at least $250,000. This will allow us to maintain a reasonable mortgage and get a reasonable loan.

Operating Expense Campaign: We need to increase our current monthly support. We need to raise a minimum of $8,000 a month which will include the mortgage and this comes out to a $150 per family. We understand that not every family will be able to contribute $150 but please give what you can and if you afford more please give more to help offset for these families.

Our books are open and we are glad to show anyone where the money is being spent. We are a community Shul and we need to be supported by the community.

Our Shul functions as a community center and there are costs involved. Please see us not as additional luxury but as a necessary requirement to uphold the pillar of Yiddishkeit in our neighborhood.

Before I close this e-mail, I would like to invite each one of you to please stop for a moment, close your eyes and reflect on the times that we have spent together at our Shul; The High Holidays, Simchas Torah, Chanukah, Purim and Shavuos Celebrations, our weekly Shabbos program, Shabbos Dinners, Bat Mitzvah Club and Tzivos Hashem Club Meetings, Mommy and Me, the Bris's, Upshernish's and baby naming's - in short the beautiful community atmosphere at our Shul.

Please answer when the Shul calls you and be ready to give so we can keep our Shul. I am confident that with the support of each member of our community, we will not have to even think about what would be if we didn't have the necessary funds...

If you would like more information or would like to discuss this further please call me (310) 836-6770 or email me rabbidov@chabad.com.

Sincerely,

Rabbi Dov Newman