Chabad Around The Globe: Jewish residents of Panama city were overjoyed to be greeted by a large Mitzvah Tank with Shluchim onboard all dressed up on Purim sharing the Purim spirit with those they met throughout the day • Photos

Reports over the past 36 hours indicate that Ben Gurion Airport is likely to reopen on Sunday, March 7. It should be noted that this decision is probable, but not final. Importantly, this change will only affect Israeli citizens. For the past 5 weeks, Israelis have needed special permission to enter or exit Israel, and this is now expected to end • Full Story

Purim is a celebration where Jews are supposed to rejoice, but in a year plagued by COVID-19, feelings of jubilation can be difficult to come by. To ward off pandemic exhaustion, the Solon Chabad in Solon hosted an outdoor “Purim DJ Dance Party,” where 52 cars full of families commemorated the holiday safely with music, dancing, games, sweets and noisemakers Feb. 25 • Full Story

Shortly before the Syrian civil war began in March 2011, the Obama administration offered an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights to the Assad regime in exchange for cutting ties with Iran and Hezbollah, the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported on Sunday • Full Story

Chabad Around The Globe: Purim was festively celebrated in Kyoto, Japan with a large scale Mishloach Manos distribution, Megillah readings and a lavish Seudah • Photos

Israel’s only deaf rabbi is giving a hand to the hard of hearing by translating the entire Torah into sign language. Speaking to the Jewish News from Rishon Lezion in Israel through a sign language interpreter, Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff admits that it’s a “big responsibility” to try to make Judaism “accessible and possible” for the 15,000 Israelis who are deaf or hard of hearing and who communicate in sign language. He jokes that he “wishes he had competition.” • Full Story

Two teens were arrested after they were caught on camera Wednesday morning toppling memorials dedicated to children killed during the Holocaust • Full Story

For the first time, a U.S. state has officially adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that has ignited debates worldwide over the extent to which criticism of Israel should be considered anti-Semitic • Full Story

Chabad Around The Globe: Following an almost yearlong lockdown due to Covid-19, Chabad of Panama utilized the loosening in restrictions for Megilla readings in every possible place and Mishloach Manos distribution to hundreds of Jews • Photos

The public is asked to say Tehillim for a Chassid in Yerushalayim who is now in a serious condition due to covid-19. The name for Tehillim is Aharon Uri Ben Simcha • Tehillim

The US government on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccinated in the coming weeks and setting the vaccine up for additional approvals around the world • Full Story

A COVID-19 outbreak has prompted Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh to switch to online learning, and several Pittsburgh-area Shuls with ties to the school either canceled or scaled back their in-person celebrations of the holiday of Purim as an additional precaution • Full Story

In addition to the regular Mishloach Manos packages that were distributed to residents, the Chabad House of Nehora, led by the Shlucha Mrs. Dikla Kochner, sent a car which circulated the community, whereupon all who came out to the sound of the music were handed a Mishloach Manos package. A special thanks to Roi Oren and his children who helped out • Photos

The London-based Arabic newspaper Rai Al-Youm, reports that Russia, in cooperation with the Syrian and under Israeli pressure, has been making “significant” efforts to locate the body of Israeli spy Eli Cohen in order to transfer it to Israel • Full Story

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, rain and wind, Chabad of Huntsville held its annual Purim celebration Friday. Usually, the Jewish community celebrates with a big crowd, music, food and drinks. This year, they had a drive-through event where people dressed in costume and drove by the synagogue to celebrate Purim • Full Story

Right before Purim, Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati received great news: the city has approved the permit to remodel the Yeshiva building as a replica of 770. Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, the Rosh Yeshiva, hurried downtown to accept the permit on behalf of the Yeshiva • Full Story

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Chabad around the globe: Last night, after reading the Megillah in Moscow, the dedication of a new Sefer Torah was held at the Marina Roscha Shul in central Moscow, led by Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, who was honored to write the final letter • Full Story, Photos

Throughout Purim, ChabadInfo.com will be sharing photos from Chabad Houses around the globe celebrating Purim. We bring you now to the Chabad House in Ethiopia, directed Rabbi Eliyahu Chaviv, celebrating Purim with a Megillah reading for the community with a variety of refreshments • Photos 

A group of Hasidic men were forced to deplane a Delta flight from Miami International Airport to LaGuardia, Wednesday night. Initial reports say that the incident unfolded after an elderly Chassidish man took off his mask, allegedly for a brief moment to eat something. Video shows the apparent son, saying that his father has heart issues, and that he has trouble breathing, “So he took off his mask for a minute,” the video shows • Full Story

A new coronavirus variant that has some similarities to the South African and Brazilian variants is on the rise in New York City, researchers stated on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report • Full Story

Exactly half of the 160 Israeli passengers who had intended to depart were actually able to board the Lufthansa LH690 rescue flight from Frankfurt to Israel on Tuesday evening. The rest had no choice but to stay in the airport indefinitely • Full Story

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel won’t rely on the Biden administration’s efforts to return to a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. “On Erev Purim, I say to those who seek to destroy us: Iran and its proxies in the Middle East: 2,500 years ago, another Persian tyrant tried to destroy the Jewish nation and just like he failed then, you’ll fail today,” the prime minister said • Full Story

Alternate side parking and street cleaning regulations are suspended Friday (February 26) for Purim. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.

Over two thousand years ago, on the first Taanis Esther, the Jewish people heeded the call of Queen Esther to unite in fasting and prayer for three days and nights, to avert Haman’s death decree against the Jews. Mordechai took this opportunity to gather thousands of Jewish children in study and prayer. Our Sages say that it was this gathering of the 22,000 children that began the unfolding of Salvation • Full Story