The Cambodian royal family celebrated its first Jewish event, the bat mitzva of Elior Koroghli, the great-granddaughter of King Monivong, who ruled Cambodia until his death in 1941.
Koroghi, who lives in the US, first celebrated her bat mitzva in Las Vegas during Chanukkah 2018. She held a belated celebration in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh over Chanukkah 2019, close to her thirteenth birthday.
The party was catered by the Chabad of Cambodia, which was founded by Rabbi Bentzion and Mashie Butman in 2009.
Susie, the granddaughter of the former king of Cambodia and daughter of the former Cambodian ambassador to the United States, began her long journey to conversion after meeting her future husband Ray, a Persian Jew who left Iran before the 1979 Iranian revolution. Together, the couple raised their three children, including 13-year-old Elior, as part of the Chabad Jewish community of Henderson Nevada, near Las Vegas.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
{Matzav.com}
WHATS A BAT MITZVAH?
IS THAT A FEMINIST THING?
MITZVAH???
HOW IS IT A MITZVAH
IS IT AN ASHKANAZ NEW THING?
IS IT HALACHIC?
sure you can MAKE it INTO a mitzvah BUT IS THAT THE SPIRIT OF TORAH?
HUH? IS IT?
CHANGING,ADDING,,ALTERING,MODERNIZING??????
GOTTA KEEP UP WITH THE GOYEEM, THE ”COMING OUT PARTY”’
Did you read the article? the girl’s mother is a descendant of a previous King of Cambodia and chose to convert to Judaism (this already should be a reason for respecting her), they live in USA but recently were in Phnom Penh to visit the Cambodia Royal Family and they arranged a kosher food party, catered by Chabad, and a Menorah lighting. Do you think this is wrong? Should they cut off ties with family? Should they go to a nonkosher party and only have a glass of water?
We should be grateful that the Cambodia royals, the US president, and others, have Jewish descendants. You know, it used to be that the nonjewish kings would persecute those who dared getting close to Judaism.
By the way I do not think there are many Askhenazi among Persian Jews.
Halevai I had such a strong reaction when I heard loshon harah
“The party was catered by the Chabad of Cambodia, which was founded by Rabbi Bentzion and Mashie Butman in 2009.”
Big nachas for Habad and the Rebbeh shlita.
Thanks for sharing the Lubavitch news releases with us. ;-P
Goyim gamurim…
Kiddush Lubavitch!