By Tribune Staff
Chabad Lubavitch of Markham presented a side-splitting musical comedy, produced and performed by its own talented members last week.
Dressing up was all part of the show at Chabad of Markham’s pre-Purim show.
Written by Paul Klein (chair of the Adult Education Committee) and directed and choreographed by Chips Klein, There’s No Business Like Chabad Business tells the story of a Chabad couple that settles in Siberia as emissaries of the Lubavitch Rebbe. Although the play is slapstick, it includes depth-filled messages from the sayings of the Rebbe.
Chabad Lubavitch of Markham was founded in 1985 by Rabbi Avraham and Goldie Plotkin, who arrived in an area of Thornhill devoid of orthodox Jewish facilities. Immediately they worked to change the situation, beginning with services on Shabbat and holidays in a rented accommodation as well as a pre-school. A few years later, Rabbi Meir Gitlin established a Hebrew school that provides Jewish education to elementary-school children. A 12,000-square-foot synagogue centre was opened in 1997 on Green Lane – including a spacious sanctuary, four classrooms, a library, a ritual bath and offices – to meet the demands of this growing community.
The performance was hilarious, and both the actors and the audience truly enjoyed themselves. Member Babs Friedman, whose children and grandchildren also belong to the synagogue, ascribes the success of this evidently warm, close-knit group in no small way to the Plotkins and the Gitlins, who are “superb leaders – very friendly and self-effacing.”
The majority of the membership, approximately 320 families, hails from South Africa.
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