Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi landed in Cairo on Sunday for high-level talks with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, the first visit by an Israeli foreign minister to the Arab state since 2008 • Full Story

Join the global “Meron Tefillin Project”! This campaign is being held tomorrow, May 31, in honor of the 45 souls who perished one month ago on Lag B’Omer in Meron, among them, the late Rabbi Ariel Tzadik, who dedicated his life to Mivtza Tefillin. R’ Ariel stood countless hours by the Western Wall, putting Tefillin on thousands of Jewish visitors • Full Story

Yamina leader Naftali Bennett told his party’s lawmakers Sunday that he intends to join with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid in forming a coalition, a move that, if completed in the next few days, would end more than 12 consecutive years of rule by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu • Full Story

Students of the smicha program on Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch – Moscow were tested by a special guest, Rabbi Chaim Sholom Deitsch, Rosh Kollel of Kollel Tzemach Tzedek in Jerusalem, together with Russia’s Head Shliach and Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar. The bochurim have been learning diligently under the auspices of Rabbi Dovid Rosenzweig, director of the program • Photos

The Chabad emergence, documented in this Pew Report, is a game changer for American Jewish life. The numbers are startling: 38% of all US Jews have engaged in some way with Chabad programs • Full Story

On Thursday night, hundreds of United Hatzalah volunteers gathered in Meron to mark the Shloshim of those that perished in the horrific tragedy. The Shloshim was marked with a Kumzitz in the bleachers area with the Hatzalah members singing together “Kerachem Av”, a heartfelt song by Shragee Gestetner A”H, a singer who was one of those killed in this horrific incident. In the background on the bleachers, photos of each of those killed in the tragedy can be seen • Video

Last night after midnight, two terrorists threw Molotov cocktails into the yard of a Chabad resident living in the Shaar Hair neighborhood, near Shikun Chabad in Lod. In the hours that followed, the magnitude of the miracle and the disaster that was averted by pure hashgocho protis became clear • Full Story, Photos, Video

The mechanchim of the Chabad mosdos in Moscow, who are currently attending the annual Kinus Hamechanchim in Russia, stood together with head shliach and the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar • Full Image

Among the various summer alternatives available for Bais Menachem’s Yeshivah Bochurim in Wilkes-Barre, a small, yet dedicated and creative, group decided to embark on an adventurous option – Panama • Full Story, Photos

Lod resident Rina Bloch today attended a heated meeting of the Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs in the Knesset. The meeting descended into a shouting match as participants discussed the recent Arab riots in Lod • Full Story

This morning, a person who entered the track area at the Kfar Chabad train station in violation of safety rules, was hit by a passing train. Emergency and rescue teams from Israel Railways, police and MDA have been on site • Full Story

This summer, Rabbi Binyomin and Mrs. Fraida Wormflash, together with their two children, will be moving to Toronto, Ontario as new shluchim of the Jewish Youth Network. The couple will help develop programming alongside JYN founders Rabbi Shmuli and Chani Nachlas • Full Story

A stranger visiting the Tzemach David synagogue and study hall in Jerusalem would never imagine that the innocent-looking facility was actually a training center for Christian missionaries in how to conduct themselves as religious Jews • Full Story

During the pandemic, ChabadAid Nigeria has been working actively to provide humanitarian aid to local communities. Inspired by the vital work done by ChabadAid, three prominent local, non-Jewish businessmen to come forward and donate to the Charidy campaign to open the new Chabad House in Lagos • Full Story, Photos

An exciting and impressive Torah dedication was held on the eve of Shavuos in the synagogue of the town of Malachovka, in Russia’s Moscow region. Malachovka was home to the Frierdiker Rebbe for about six weeks as he was preparing his exit from the Soviet Union, as well to many other chassidim over the decades • Full Story, Photos

The Crown Heights Jewish Community held a meeting with NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams on Tuesday, where the highly influential community leaders threw their full support behind the candidate • Full Story

Chabad of Noe Valley in San Francisco is bulking up security after discovering a hateful message scrawled near its front gate. “It was very unsettling to think that someone would take out their rage on children,” said Rabbi Gedalia Potash, “and express themselves in such an unsettling way” • Full Story

Chabad of Plano, Texas, under the auspices of Rabbi Mendel and Mrs. Rivka Block, completed and dedicated a new Torah scroll for their bustling center. The Sefer Torah was dedicated by longtime community member Mrs. Debbie Schechter, in memory of her late husband Jerry • Full Story, Photos

A Toronto yeshiva is taking the Ontario government and Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health to court, alleging that COVID restrictions have harmed the religious rights of students. In legal documents filed May 20 at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah (YYH) and a representative student seek to have the lockdown restrictions struck down under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms • Full Story

Talmidei hashluchim from Yeshivas Beis Menachem of the Poconos (formerly known as Wilkes-Barre) flew together with 25 bochurim to Florida as a reward for their success in the mivtza hachanah before Yud Alef Nissan this year. Throughout their excursion, the bochurim noticed many hashgacha protis moments, which came to define their trip • Full Story, Photos

On April 15 at approximately 2:30 a.m., four individuals broke into the Chabad House at San Diego State University. Two students and one person visiting from Hawaii stole two pictures and some apples. The fourth person reportedly did not steal anything. Those who stole proceeded to post what they had stolen on social media • Full Story, Photos

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday condemned the recent anti-Semitic attacks in the US, echoing an earlier statement by President Joe Biden. “When hateful ideology rises, violence is never far behind. I join President Biden in condemning anti-Semitic attacks at home and around the world. We have a responsibility to do everything we can to stop hate in all its forms,” he tweeted • Full Story

An Israeli child on Monday was still battling for his life in Italy after his baby brother, parents and maternal great-grandparents all perished when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in an Alpine resort town • Full Story

Mark your calendars! The Groner family invites the entire community to rejoice and celebrate the completion of the writing of a Sefer Torah in honor of Hachossid Hatomim Horav Yehuda Leib Groner A”H, who dedicatedly served for decades as personal secretary of the Rebbe MH”M “and did not move from his tent” • Full Story