Summer is here!
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The Chabad Houses throughout Thailand burst with togetherness, positivity, and healing.
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'Come with me to Thailand' for a glimpse of the  'home away from home' you create for hundreds of travelers each week and take joy in seeing smiles from the people you welcome.

Thank you for creating the  atmosphere of togetherness and joy I hope you'll experience through these pictures.

Rabbi Yosef C. Kantor

  
 

Shabbat at Chabad is busier than ever.

We're getting emails like this.

 

  
 

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Dining hall, restaurant, and roof are full at Chabad Phuket now so a second round of Shabbat dinner is also arranged to accommodate 600+ guests.

 

Shabbat tables prepped on Chabad Phuket's roof.

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The backpacker lounges are full of young men and women.

 

A few backpackers stick around singing heartfelt songs, "Acheinu kol beit Yisrael, sharing prayers for our brothers and sisters, especially those back home."

  

 

 

More togetherness and connection guests never experience back home.

Google "July Phuket weather" and you'll know why this crew are taking a selfie packed in the entrance lobby of Chabad Phuket.
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You create a spiritual and physical haven in the storm.

  

 

 

This week Chabad of Bangkok and Phuket hosted professional post-trauma workshops and one-on-one sessions for young backpackers either recently released from IDF or who had survived Nova.

 

This was a trial run as Chabad of Thailand tries to understand the best way to professionally help the many coming through our doors in great need for an embrace...and more.

  
 

And moving over to the even younger children!

Summer camp has started with lots of smiles and joyful Jewish experiences.

 

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We'll wrap up with a beautiful note for you from someone who was in Koh Samui this past Shabbat.

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"Shabbat was incredible!!!!!"

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"The number of people who arrived and kept pouring in was endless and of 'all colors of the rainbow' (religiously, nationally - where they came from and I imagine politically as well) but the  feeling of unity and love was beyond measure."

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"As I told my new friends sitting around me, there may be small groups with loud voices but it is clear that Am Yisrael are one and united, with love for one another, and a deep desire to connect spiritually."

  
 

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Thank you for giving thousands of travelers — with a unique openness for self discovery — Jewish experiences that foster Jewish unity and pride.