Baruch Myers

{{Infobox person | name = Baruch Myers | image = Rabbi Baruch Myers.jpg | occupation = Rabbi & Chabad emissary in Bratislava, Slovakia | term = 1993 | predecessor = Rabbi Izidor Katz | alma_mater = University of Michigan <br /> Rabbinical college of America

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|05|02}} | birth_place = Orange, New Jersey | title = Rabbi | spouse = Chana Myers (1989-present) | website = [http://www.chabadslovakia.com Chabad of Slovakia] }}

Rabbi '''Baruch Myers''' (born May 2, 1964, in Orange, New Jersey) is a Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Bratislava in 1993. He serves as the Chief Rabbi and head Shliach of Slovakia.

== Biography ==

Baruch Myers was born in Orange, New Jersey and raised in Maplewood. Myers married Chana Myers in March 1989 and moved to Bratislava, Slovakia in 1993. He was inaugurated on June 20, 1993, as Bratislava's Chief Rabbi, the Jewish community's first rabbi in 15 years since the last rabbi of Bratislava Izidor Katz died in December 1978 (former rabbi of Galanta).<ref>[http://www.spectator.sk/articles/view/9510 "Bratislava's Jews seek common identity"] ''The Slovak Spectator''.</ref><ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/slovakia.html "Slovakia Virtual Jewish History Tour"] Jewish Virtual Library.</ref> In addition to serving as the community's official Rabbi he currently has a Chabad house where he hosts programs, activities, and services for the local Jewish community and tourists, a Jewish kindergarten (cheder), in the afternoons, and a summer camp. Myers lives with his wife and 13 children in Bratislava and runs Chabad of Slovakia there. He organised a Chassidic Songs Project with Slovak cello player Jozef Lupták.<ref>http://www.pohodafestival.sk/en/news/1399/36/Chasidic-songs-%C3%A2-Bratislava-rabbi-Baruch-Myers-and-his-music-project/{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kosice13.sk/index.php/en/clanok/jozef-luptak-playing-with-roma-is-enriching-and-inspirational |title=Jozef Lupták: Playing with Roma is enriching and inspirational - Košice 2013 - Európske hlavné mesto kultúry |website=www.kosice13.sk |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418165627/http://www.kosice13.sk/index.php/en/clanok/jozef-luptak-playing-with-roma-is-enriching-and-inspirational |archive-date=18 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.chabadslovakia.com/ Chabad of Slovakia]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Myers, Baruch}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:Slovak Orthodox rabbis Category:Hasidic rabbis in Europe Category:American emigrants to Slovakia Category:University of Michigan alumni