The Chabad community of Paris, France held a special Chol Hamoed kinus Torah in accordance with the instruction of the Rebbe MH”M in the city’s Beth Chaya Mouchka synagogue. Speakers included Rabbi Elchonon Dov Marozov, Rabbi Moshe Vishedsky, several local bochurim, and Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Segal, Rosh Kollel of Kollel Tzemach Tzedek in Eretz Yisroel. Images captured by photographer Mordechai Lubecki • Photos

Pesach was a very busy season in Chabad of North Cyprus, the Turkish, Muslim-majority half of the Island of Cyprus. Whether delivering matzah non-stop to the enclave’s Jewish residents and many tourists, or preparing for a special seder for 600 people, Rabbi Chaim Azimov worked non-stop to prepare for a smashing holiday • Photos

Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ohr Elchonon Chabad in Los Angeles, Harav Ezra Schochet, paid a Yom Tov visit to leading Roshei Yeshivos in Bnei Brak, on a visit being described as ‘historic’ • Full Story, Photos

Rabbi Yossi Rapp, Director of Chabad of the Airport, led the newest officers of the NYPD 71st precinct in an educational session regarding Jewish holidays and customs. “Crown Heights is in great hands with this wonderful group” said Rabbi Rapp following the intriguing lecture • Photos

The IDF struck sites belonging to terrorist factions in central and northern Gaza on Wednesday night, just hours after a rocket was fired at a home in Sderot. Thankfully, no one was hurt in the home. Then, at around 2:15AM, more than a dozen rockets were fired into Israel • Full Story, Video

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, represented by the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has started a project to restore the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt Today reports. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mustafa Waziri, explained that the synagogue is located inside the Babylon Fortress. It is of great importance as it is the oldest synagogue in Egypt and the Middle East • Full Story

Despite martial law, constant sirens, and the occasional explosion heard in the distance, life continues in Dnipro, Ukraine’s Golden Rose Synagogue, the center of Jewish life in the city of 1,000,000.  “Every day, collective prayers are held in the synagogue,” says Shliach Rabbi Abraham Yosef Yitzchak Karshenbaum, “several lessons are held during the day so that the words of the Torah sound in the main prayer hall constantly” • Photos

Rabbi Uriel Vigler, of Chabad Manhattan and Be’Lev Echad, speaks about Passover and Chabad’s program helping wounded IDF soldiers heal • Full Story, Video

Hordes of people filled the Ford Amphitheater in Brooklyn yesterday for a unique concert featuring famed singer Yakov Shwekey, together with the Yeshiva Boys Choir. Those in attendance enjoyed an energetic, and at some times emotional performance. Images captured by ChabadInfo.com photographer Dov Ber Hechtman • Photos

Miriam escaped Ukraine on her own as her husband was forced to stay and fight. Miriam was in her eighth month of pregnancy, and she escaped with her three children in the backseat of the car. She was filled with anxiety at the thought of having nowhere to birth the baby, but at the border of Poland, she was greeted by Rebbetzin Dina Stambler of Chabad of Poland. Mrs. Stambler assured Miriam that Chabad would help with everything • Full Story, Video

The newest release by California Shliach and musical artist Rabbi Yoey Muchnik addresses one of life’s most complex contradictions. On the one hand, we have much to be grateful for, whether it’s “five kids, two cars, and a drone,” or a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Life is just great! And our Instagram accounts are there to prove it! • Full Story, Listen

As per the Rebbe MH”M’s instruction to hold kinusei Torah during Chol Hamoed, Toronto Anash gathered this evening in 770 Chabad Gate, the regional headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch, for a special kinus Torah. Among the speakers were both married bal habatim, as well as bochurim in town visiting for Pesach. The kinus was capped off by a special farbrengen from Rabbi Noam Wagner of South Africa • Photos, Video

Rideshare company Uber has followed the lead of airlines and has dropped its mask mandate effective today. Uber is leaving it up to customers and drivers to decide whether or not they want to wear a mask and is telling customers “if you ever feel uncomfortable, you can always cancel the trip” • Full Story

Hundreds of children gathered with their parents this afternoon in Chabad-Lubavitch of Southern Ontario in Thornhill, Ontario for an exciting rally in honor of Chai Nissan, the birthday of the Rebbe MH”M’s father. After Torah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah, the children enjoyed an exciting story from guest Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz, as well as a special performance • Photos

Palestinian Arabs reported on Monday night that the IDF attacked targets in the Gaza Strip in response to an earlier rocket attack on Israel. According to the reports, the attack took place in the Khan Yunis area • Full Story, Video

From the desk of Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi and Senior Shliach to Turkey, as well as Founder and Director of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States: Empires and rulers have come and gone, but one constant has remained – the Jewish communities throughout the Middle East. They have waxed and waned, but they have always been here. The thriving Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States attests to that. We represent many thousands of Jews in dozens of cities throughout the Middle East and the greater Islamic world • Full Story