For the first time in history, a strictly kosher shechita took place in the Central American country of Nicaragua. The country, home to a local Jewish community, is also a popular destination for tourists, among them thousands of Jews. Shochet Rabbi Eliyahu Ezagui arrived from New York to conduct the shechita under the supervision of local Shliach Rabbi Dovid Atar • Full Story, Photos

In early April, a mother was walking her toddler to her daycare in Victoria’s Jewish community centre when she spotted fresh graffiti scrawled on the building’s sign. As the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors who fled a Nazi concentration camp in Poland, the antisemitic messages “kill Jews” and “gas Jews” struck her hard • Full Story, Photos

N’Shei U’bnos Chabad of Paris, France held a special evening of learning in honor of the 10th yahrtzeit of beloved Shlucha Mrs. Batia Azimov, wife of legendary Shliach Rabbi Shmuel ‘Muleh’ Azimov. The couple were crucial to the immense growth of Jewish life in France. The event was held in the city’s Beth Chaya Mouchka Center. Attendees enjoyed meaningful learning, a beautiful concert, and tasty refreshments. Images captured by photographer Mordechai Lubecki • Photos

For the first time ever, masses have gathered in the central square of Aubervilliers, France to celebrate the Grand Kiddush Levana ceremony, as per instruction of the Rebbe exactly 30 years ago • Full Story, Photos

A moving event took place in the Hyper Lipskar supermarket in Kfar Chabad last week. The store’s owner, Reb Zami Lipskar, explained that he called a technician he never used before to repair their bread machine. “Reb Yisrael Feldman, who works in our office, asked him if he wants to put on tefillin,” Reb Lipskar said. “The technician answered: ‘I’ve never put on tefillin in my life and I won’t start now. At my age, I don’t make changes” • Full Story

An internal missionary publication that has reached the hands of Yad L’Achim reveals that Christian organizations are training their members who are IDF soldiers in how to get their Jewish comrades to convert. Due to the seriousness of the matter, Yad L’Achim sent an urgent letter to Defense Minister Benny Gantz calling on him to removes active missionaries from the ranks of the army and to stop drafting cult members • Full Story

On Sunday morning, family and friends of Duke University’s Jewish community gathered from all around the country to celebrate the Fleishman House’s ribbon cutting ceremony. The Fleishman House, formerly the King’s Daughters Inn, is located just off East Campus and will serve as the new home for Chabad at Duke University Undergrads. With three floors, a kitchen, 17 bedrooms and a 2,100 square-foot rooftop deck, Jewish students at Duke will have an official communal space to celebrate Shabbat and the High Holidays • Full Story

Yidden gathered this morning to say l’chaim with Paris Shliach Rabbi Mendel Azimov, who was chazzan for Shachris in the Chabad shul on Rue Des Rosiers to mark the seventh yahrtzeit of his father, legendary Shliach Rabbi Shmuel ‘Muleh’ Azimov. Rabbi Azimov was responsible for changing France’s Jewish landscape, bringing down over 400 Shluchim and making thousands of baalei teshuva over the decades of his tireless work • Photos

The last remaining Jew in Afghanistan, Zabulon Simantov, is on his way to Israel after leaving his home due to the complete takeover of the country by the Taliban, after the group installed its own government in Kabul in late August. He was greeted by Istanbul Shliach Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, who, with the help of Israeli-American businessman Mordechai “Moti” Kahana, helped facilitate the Jew’s journey out of Taliban-controlled Kabul • Full Story, Photos

To commemorate the yahrtzeit of Rachel Imeinu, 70 brave women rescued by Yad L’Achim from Arab villages visited her tomb in Beit Lechem last Thursday. The visit was part of the organization’s ongoing social/educational program aimed at deepening the Jewish identity of these women who for years were cut off from any trace of Judaism. It was meant to give them the tools to continue their journey back to our people and to afford them the merit of davening at the holy site • Full Story