With the help of famous Chassid and venerated Shliach Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan of Moscow, the house of the Rebbe Rashab in the city of Rostov-On-Don, underwent major, much needed renovations. Two students of Rabbi Kogan’s, Rabbis Eliyahu Ezagui and Yisroel Elkayim, flew this week to the Russian city to check up on the current status of the building’s repairs • Full Story, Photos

”There are more Jews in Europe who think that there will be no more Jewish community here in a decade than those who think that there is still hope,’’’ declared Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Chairman of the European Jewish Association • Full Story

Rabbi Dovid Atar, Shliach in the Central American country of Nicaragua took advantage of the extra pair of hands lent by visiting shochet Rabbi Eliyahu Ezagui, who as ChabadInfo.com previously reported conducted the first ever shechita in the country, to milk cows at a local dairy farm in order to produce Kosher dairy products • Full Story, Photos

The FBI, NYPD Intel Division, NYPD JTTF (Joint Terrorism Task Force, and ICE officials have interviewed Eliya Haliwa, and confirmed that he does not have any connections to terror groups, contrary to rumors otherwise. Additionally, highly credible sources have confirmed that Haliwa has admitted both to the NYPD and to his Jewish wife that he is not Jewish • Full Story

The Rabbinical Council of Europe is partnering together with the European Jewish Association to distribute 100,000 Menorah lighting kits to Jews all over the continent this Chanukah. RCE Director Rabbi Aryeh Goldberg said that “we are committed to providing Jews all over the European continent the opportunity to light Menorah this year, even those who live in remote communities without a steady Jewish presence” • Photos

The directors of three Batei Din in the US sent a letter on Monday to Chabad shluchim across the country regarding the alarming Haliwa fiasco. The Rabbanim, Rabbi Chaim Sperlin of L.A., Rabbi Sholom Shuchat of Brooklyn, and Rabbi Moshe Liberow of Boston, wrote that they held a conference call to discuss the situation and formulate guidelines to prevent such a situation from occurring again in the future • Full Story

George Washington University Shliach Rabbi Yudi Steiner shared in an Instagram story an antisemitic email he had received and his response showing pride in his Jewish identity. The Rohr Chabad Center at GW’s Instagram story shared a screenshot of the email alleging that “Am Yisrael Chai,” which translates to “The People of Israel Live,” is the equivalent of “Heil Hitler.” “It’s a chant of Jewish supremacy: ‘We will oppress you goyim all we like’” • Full Story, Photos

“Eliyah Hawila,” the Lebanese imposter who deceived a Jewish woman in marrying him, claimed that he studied at an Israeli technological institute in 2019. Hawila’s Linkedin account was deleted on Monday around midnight and his Facebook and Instagram accounts have also been deleted. His social media accounts had listed various Jewish activities, including volunteering for a Jewish student organization in Texas and involvement in a pro-Israel organization • Full Story

A new mikvah was just finished in the village of Lubavitch, the seat of the Lubavitcher Rebbeim for 101 years, and home to the resting places of two Lubavitcher Rebbeim. Until now, visitors to the village would need to go to mikvah in the nearby city of Smolensk, or even dip into a nearby river. Visitors can now utilize the beautiful, state of the art facility before davening at the resting places of the Rebbeim • Photos

The new space, centrally located in Pittsburgh’s East End, will be a spot for young professionals to get together on a regular basis, said Rabbi Henoch Rosenfeld. The CYP Loft is also available for meetings; in fact, two groups, the Chabad Young Business Network, and Women, Wine and Wisdom, have both started holding their meetings at the new location • Full Story, Photos

According to the report, it is the first time in years that official data on the number of intermarried couples in Israel has been published. The report indicates the extent of assimilation in Eretz Yisroel, a phenomenon that experts have been warning about in recent years • Full Story

A shocking story came to light on Sunday of a Jewish newlywed Sephardic woman in Brooklyn who recently discovered that her new husband, supposedly named Eliya, may not be a Lebanese Sephardi Jew as he claimed but possibly a Muslim Palestinian who may have lived in Beirut • Full Story, Photos

A precedent-setting halachic ruling by Hagaon Harav Yehudah Silman states that a  G-d-fearing Jew cannot be an officially certified tour guide in Israel. The question was originally brought to Yad L’Achim by a chareidi man who was taking the Tourism Ministry’s course to become a licensed tour guide. He soon discovered that to receive his certification he would have to learn Christian theology in depth – raising concerns of idol worship • Full Story