More than 200 “Friends of the Lubavitcher Movement” from England will attend the forthcoming Shavuoth holiday at the Lubavitcher Center in New York this weekend.
One group arrived today aboard a chartered airliner, and another group of those predominantly from the Manchester area will leave Manchester today aboard a second specially chartered flight. The guests will be housed in homes of Lubavitcher Chassidim.
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