Dezer Properties, in Partnership with Connecting Our Cultures, To Build World’s Largest Sukkah

The Dezer Sukkah will be built with over one million plus children’s building blocks and adjudicated by Guinness World Records, Ltd.® during Sukkot of 2012

NORTH MIAMI, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prominent New York/South Florida developer and founder of Dezer Properties, Michael Dezer, has partnered with Connecting Our Cultures, a non-profit organization committed to creating a more unified community through hands-on interaction and the education of many cultures, to deliver his most recent one-of-a-kind project -- the world’s largest Sukkah built out of children’s building blocks.

“Through the purchase of any number of blocks, or a brick in the pillars complete with logo or special dedication, companies or families will have the rare opportunity to participate in a project as truly unique as the Dezer Sukkah while simultaneously helping to unite our cultural community”

South Florida’s melting pot of cultures, all existing ostensibly under one roof, is the inspiration behind the Dezer Sukkah. A Sukkah is a temporary shelter with a roof of branches built in Jewish homes, yards, or temples in celebration of the festival of Sukkot. The Sukkah is symbolic of the shelters built by the Jewish people during their 40-year trek in the desert and represents the hut or booth where family, friends and strangers unite.

Slated for completion during Sukkot of 2012, the Dezer Sukkah will be built by over one million plus children’s building blocks and adjudicated by Guinness World Records, Ltd. ®. The dwelling, which will measure 30 feet long, 18 feet wide and 15 feet high, will be built at Dezer’s soon-to-open Dezer Collection, an art and auto museum located at 2000 NE 146^th Street in North Miami.

Representing the organization’s first project, the Dezer Sukkah will hold its official launch on Monday, October 17, at 11:00 a.m. at the Dezer-developed Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles Beach. Spokespeople from Guinness World Records, Ltd. ®, as well as community leaders and representatives from South Florida’s foremost cultural institutions and organizations, such as JAFCO, LUBOVITCH of Aventura, Best You Can Be Foundation, Caribbean American Heritage Florida Inc., Brazilian Cultural Center, Tacolsy Center, Haitian Heritage Museum, Latin Business Club of America and the Middle East American Professionals Association, will be in attendance to celebrate the diversity of our local communities and further awareness for this noteworthy cause.

“I am thrilled to be part of such an exceptional project that aims to unite South Florida’s diverse cultures under one roof – in this case, literally,” says Dezer. “The Dezer Sukkah will not only be the largest Sukkah ever built out of children’s building blocks, but will serve as a catalyst for the development of other cultural symbols in communities around the world.”

In addition to creating cultural unity, Connecting Our Cultures has teamed up with a number of local 501(c)3 partner charities to develop a fundraising platform that will continue to fuel the exchange of learning and experiences throughout the year-long development of the Dezer Sukkah. For each $3 block purchased, $2 will be designated to a partnering 501c(3) charity organization.

“Through the purchase of any number of blocks, or a brick in the pillars complete with logo or special dedication, companies or families will have the rare opportunity to participate in a project as truly unique as the Dezer Sukkah while simultaneously helping to unite our cultural community,” says Stacey Schrager, co-founder of Connecting Our Cultures.

For further information on how to participate in the Dezer Sukkah project call 786-323-0789 or visit www.connectingourcultures.org.