Ski with Chabad and a kosher BBQ too

A "Ski With Chabad" event will be held Jan. 9 at Catamount Ski Resort, organizers said in a statement.

The festivities begin at 7 a.m. with a hot kosher breakfast at Chabad, 7 Village Green Drive, Litchefield, the statement said.

Participants will then  board a coach bus to the Catamount Ski Resort.

"Revelers of all ages will enjoy snow sports including skiing, snowboarding," the statement said.

Also featured will be a great slope side all-you-can-eat kosher BBQ, the statement said.

Bus is scheduled to be be back in Litchfield at 4 p.m.

Reserve a space at: www.chabadNW.org/SKI or by calling 800-297-6864

"We try to come up with creative ways to connect people to their Jewishness, be it on the Slopes or the Synagogue," Rabbi Joseph Eisenbach, director of Chabad of Northwest CT, said in the statement.

An avid skier and past ski instructor in the Austrian Alps, Eisenbach "looks forward to the event with an excitement that is contagious. People should expect to have a wonderful time and to bring along the whole family as there is an activity for every age group" and "enjoy the Kosher Moguls," the statement said.

This event is one of the many programs sponsored by Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest CT. For more information regarding this or any of Chabad's activities logon to www.ChabadNW.org or call the Chabad Lubavitch of NW CT Headquarters at 800.297.6864.

Editor's Note: The information in this blog was provided. The photo is an illustration and does not depict Catamount.