Rabbi Mendel Belhamou, Shliach in Ambergris Cay on the majestic Caribbean coast of the beautiful Central American country of Belize, conducted the printing of Tanya last night, 24 Teves, in honor of the Alter Rebbe’s yartzeit. The printing was followed by a special farbrengen in the Chabad House with members of the local community. The occasion was a double celebration, as 24 Teves is Rabbi Belhamou’s 30th birthday. The printing was organized by Rabbi Eliyahu Ezagui, who previously traveled to the country • Photos

Two Jewish man were allegedly attacked in Bay Ridge by an assailant incensed over his Israel Defense Forces sweatshirt • Full Story

CDC shortens recommended isolation and quarantine period for people who test positive for Covid-19 from 10 days to 5, if asymptomatic • Full Story

Baal Menagen Dovid Caytak is embarking on a project to finish recording all of the niggunim that the Rebbe taught, in honor of the upcoming Yud Alef Nissan which will mark 120 years since the Rebbe’s birth • Full Story

Hundreds of people, men and women alike, stood outside of 770 as the levaya of R’ Michel Raskin, OBM, a long time resident of Crown Heights and Founder of the iconic Raskin’s fruit store on Kingston Ave, who merited to provide the grocery needs of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, passed through the service lane of Eastern Parkway on its way to Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens • Photos

Israel has begun trials of a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in what is believed to be the first study of its kind • Full Story

As part of his campaign to spread the learning of Inyonei Geulah U’Moshiach, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Ezagui visited the Alexander Rebbe to gift him a copy of his now well-known book ‘Dvar Malchus’. The book expounds on the Rebbe MH”M’s famous explanations on the Rambam’s Hilchos Melachim • Full Story, Photos

Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced the launch of a digitized placard reader program in Brooklyn, a major step toward cracking down on abuse and ensuring public servants use their parking privileges appropriately • Full Story

New York City will require proof of at 2 doses of the coronavirus vaccine for a variety of activities for workers and customers — indoor dining, gyms and performances — to put pressure on people to get vaccinated. This applies to anyone 12-years of age and older • Full Story

In a modest yet impressive ceremony, a newly renovated building was dedicated at Moscow’s ‘Tomchei Tmimim’ Yeshiva.  The building will serve as a dormitory for the Yeshiva’s growing number of students arriving from cities all over Russia and the FSU. The students, many with limited previous knowledge in Jewish studies, blossom at the yeshiva, growing into future Rabbis and community leaders upon graduating • Full Story, Photos

At least 760 more flights were canceled across the US on Monday morning as the Holiday travel chaos sparked by COVID-driven shortages and delays continued • Full Story

The Chabad House at Rutgers University serves as a home away from home, a spiritual oasis for the thousands of Jewish students who roam the halls of the prestigious institution. Consider joining Chabad House at Rutgers University’s year-end campaign, and take comfort in knowing you helped keep the flame of Judaism burning for the next generation • Full Story, Donate

A new synagogue in memory of the city’s famous Chief Rabbi between 1926-1939, rabbi and kabbalist Levi Yitzchak Schneerson OBM, was recently inaugurated in Dnipro, the central Ukrainian city previously named Yekaterinoslav. The event was honored by hundreds of community members, dignitaries, rabbis, and guests together with the sponsors and patrons of the new institution • Full Story, Photos

An abortive terrorist attack south of Jerusalem last month was foiled by the terrorist’s malfunctioning gun – a malfunction that ultimately led to the discovery and arrest of an entire Hamas terrorist network • Full Story

Iran has threatened attacks on Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility, Yerushalayim, Tel Aviv, and Haifa in a series of tweets from an account run by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps • Full Story

A new Chabad seminary, for girls coming out of highschool, will be opening in the historic city of Prague, led by shluchim Rabbi Manis and Dini Barash for the upcoming school year • Full Story

Germany to pay some $1,400 per person to dispense emergency COVID funding for 150,000 Jews persecuted during the Holocaust • Full story

Rabbi Sholom and Goldie Eagle (nee Wasserman), together with their daughter Toby, recently moved to Malibu, California to establish a welcoming Chabad presence at Pepperdine Universityn • Full story

At the far end of the smallest rocky Desert on Earth, you find … the lowest point on Earth. Located at more than 400m below sea level, the Israelian side of the Sea is a very peculiar landscape, full of contrasts! Photographer Shmuel Amit visited and captured some astonishing photos at the site • Photos

The Ministry of Agriculture’s Veterinary Service of Israel has declared a state of emergency after discovering a second outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in chicken coops in the Galil near the town of Margaliot. This is the second outbreak in less than a week in the Galil promoting the state of emergency • Full Story