There is a 55-year-old Jew who is the father of two beautiful children. He owes the Cypriot government a 96K Euro fine for taxes owed by his business partner who fled the country • Full Story

Rebbetzin Miriam Moskovitz from Chabad of Kharkiv, a city with 30,000 Jews, said that “every few hours the situation seems to be changing, hopefully changing for the better”. As heads of their community, Rebbetzin Moskovitz said she and her husband, Chabad of Kharkiv director Rabbi Moshe Moskovitz, “can’t just jump ship when we’re the ones who are holding the community together” • Full Story

A 23-year-old man arrested and charged with stealing two torahs and other religious items from the Chabad of the Beaches in Long Beach has pled guilty to grand larceny and is to be sentenced on Feb. 22 to a six-month jail term. The Nassau County District Attorney’s office said Hunter McElrath pled guilty and will also receive five months probation and is ordered to stay away from the Chabad House • Full Story

Authorities in Sweden on Wednesday arrested a man accused of obstructing an investigation into a string of arsons at three Chabad centers and a Jewish-owned business in Massachusetts. Captured by the Swedish Security Service in Stockholm, where he awaits extradition to the US, 35-year-old Alexander Giannakakis was in March 2020 federally indicted in Boston for lying to the FBI about whether his younger brother — the man suspected of setting the fires — kept any property in a storage unit • Full Story

As Israel’s number of daily COVID cases and seriously ill patients continue to drop, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with senior health officials on Thursday morning to discuss lifting almost all COVID restrictions by March 1 • Full Story

Hundreds of FJC community rabbis and leaders from across the former Soviet Union joined a meeting on Zoom to discuss the situation and send a message of peace and unity. “We are not involved in politics” • Full Story, Photos

In the coming days, Israeli security companies will come to Ukraine to be added to the local security companies that already work with us, which is a vital need throughout the year but much more critical at such times • Full Story

In a surreal scene, 15 Russian decorated former top army officers and military personnel traveled this week to the village of Lubavitch – in order to pray at the kevarim of the Tzemach Tzedek and and his son, the Maharash • Full Story, Photos

The city of Zurich in Switzerland has landed a surprise win for Jewish people and Democracy this past week, when two Orthodox Jews were elected to the City’s powerful City Council • Full Story

Jon Voight, well-known movie star and staunch supporter of Israel, says that Judea and Samaria should not be labeled the “West Bank”, since they are in the “heart of Israel.” • Full Story