Jewish culture festivals are vibrant celebrations of Jewish heritage offering immersion in a day filled with Jewish music, art and ethnic kosher cuisine. They are also opportunities for Jews to come together and engage in Torah, mitzvot and Jewish heritage.
In recent years, Chabad-Lubavitch centers around the country have begun sponsoring these annual summer festivals. This year, due to rekindled Jewish awareness and inspiration after Oct. 7, festival organizers are expecting even bigger crowds than normal.
This summer Chabad hosted its fourth Jewish culture festival in St. Charles County in Missouri where the community of 6,000 Jews is 40 minutes west of the larger Jewish community in nearby St. Louis.
The year’s festival embraced the spirit of togetherness. “It has been a difficult year for the Jewish nation, and people want to be together,” said festival organizer Bassy Landa, who directs the Chabad Jewish Center of St. Charles County with her husband, Rabbi Chaim Landa.
