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Rabbi Israel and Haya Uzan serve as full times emissaries in Nigeria and help build a Jewish Community Center and Jewish communal life. Chabad of Nigeria nourishes a community that is respectful and sensitive to diversity and hosts Jewish services and events, Sabbath and Holiday services, educational programs for the young and old alike, and also provides multi-lingual services and resources to Jews businesses and individuals working in Nigeria. Our programs are designed to strengthen Jewish identity and understanding of Jewish culture to the wider community.The Chabad Jewish Community Center of Nigeria is located in Abuja which has the largest Jewish presence in Nigeria, but also provides for the spiritual welfare of the smaller Jewish communities of Lagos, Ibadan, Benin City, Kashimbila... Chabad of Nigeria has a preschool Little Gems, a Mikvah and a small kosher supermarket. They also started ChabadAid which is a humanitarian program. Rabbi Israel and Haya Uzan have now five children that are helping them in their mission.
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