As Israel paused to honor its fallen soldiers and victims of terror on Yom Hazikaron, hundreds of Chabad Chassidim and Shluchim fanned out across cemeteries nationwide with a mission of spiritual uplift • Read More, Photos

In a deeply emotional moment, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu donned the tefillin of IDF hero Yossi Hershkowitz, HY”D, who was killed in battle in Gaza. The moment, shared with millions on social media, took place exactly 37 years after Netanyahu’s historic visit to The Rebbe on Beis Iyar. The tefillin were placed on him by shliach Rabbi Or Ziv, honoring Hershkowitz’s memory as both a soldier and educator whose legacy continues to inspire Am Yisrael • Full Story, Photos

Israel’s Minister of National Security, MK Itamar Ben–Gvir, made a brief but meaningful stop at the Chabad of the Airport stand in JFK as he departed New York. The minister expressed appreciation upon hearing about the many activities conducted by ChabadAir to assist Jewish travelers • Read More

During the March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a group of Chabad Chassidim offered participants the opportunity to put on tefillin — a moving moment of reconnection to Judaism at the very place where an attempt was made to destroy Jewish life. Many marchers, young and old alike, responded with heartfelt emotion • Read More, Photos

As Pesach approached, a quiet revolution was unfolding in Sheepshead Bay. The grassroots initiative Lamptchernik, in partnership with Chabad of Sheepshead Bay under Rabbi Cohen’s leadership, led this year’s Mivtza Matzah campaign with unprecedented impact. Their efforts empowered hundreds of Crown Heights residents—many for the first time—to personally take part in the Rebbe’s Mivtzoim. • Read More, Photos

In a joint announcement Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed that the Israel Defense Forces carried out a powerful strike against a Hezbollah infrastructure site in Beirut. The site reportedly housed precision-guided missiles that posed a “significant threat” to Israel • Read More, Watch

A powerful explosion struck the Shahid Rajaei Port in Bandar Abbas, a southern Iranian city on the shores of the Strait of Hormuz, on Saturday. In recent months, shipments containing chemicals used for rocket fuel — including for medium-range missiles launched at Israel in the past year — reportedly arrived at the port • Full Story

The Vaad Hakohol – Crown Heights Jewish Community Council has issued an urgent community advisory regarding a planned anti-Semitic gathering set to take place Monday evening near the Barclays Center. In coordination with the NYPD and security agencies, the Vaad assures residents that strong security measures are in place to protect the Crown Heights community, and urges everyone to remain vigilant and avoid any engagement with the protesters • Read More

An unforgettable event was held a few days before Pesach, in a huge complex in the north of the historic city of Derbent, located in the Muslim Republic of Dagestan in Russia. The cornerstone was laid for a new and spectacular shul complex, completely renovated with the donation of Mr. Suleiman Karimov, a local Muslim who, for the sake of peace in the world, is investing a fortune to build a shul alongside a house of prayer • Full Story, Photos, Video

Less than a month ago, just a week before the Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon Harav Meir Mazuz, zt”l, fell seriously ill, he received a delegation of Yad L’Achim leaders at his home, where he signed an important kol koreh that turned out to be his last • Full Story