Our Directors

 Rabbi Menachem and Chana Caytak moved to Troy, August 2019 and for the past four years have worked to create the vibrant Jewish community east of Woodward! With over eight hundred families engaged and more joining every day, the Caytak’s love what they do every single day!

Rabbi Menachem and Chana have four children (all girls!) who are an integral part of the local Jewish community!

Rabbi Menachem Caytak

Born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, Rabbi Menachem Caytak studied in Rabbinical schools in the US, Israel and in the United Kingdom. 

After completing his studies, he was ordained by Rabbi Yitzchak Yeruslavsky Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Malachi, Israel.

Rabbi Menachem has always been active from a young age volunteering with outreach programs during his yeshiva years and working with Jewish youth.  As a student he would spend his Friday afternoons visiting Jewish shopkeepers sharing with them a Jewish thought or the chance to put on Tefillin. As his studies grew so did his commitment to enriching the lives of Jewish people. As an intern Rabbi, he provided educational programs and holiday events for the Jews in Kirkland Quebec, US Virgin Islands and Oklahoma City. Rabbi Caytak has also directed at a Jewish children's overnight camp in Kalkaska Michigan.

Mrs Chana Caytak

Born and raised in West Bloomfield, Michigan, Mrs Chana Shemtov studied in Cheder Lubavitch and CMHS.

From a young age, Chana has been involved in giving and volunteering to the community. For years, she has dedicated her time in helping kids with special needs, providing much needed warmth and friendship for those that where in need, through an organization called Friendship Circle.

After graduating High School she studied at the Beis Chana Women's seminary in Tzefat, Israel Studying Teaching and Education, and graduated majoring in Judaic studies.

As a successful organizer she directed camps in Plano, Texas, Toledo, Ohio and Kalkaska Michigan.

In addition, she taught at a Jewish School in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.