The Mayor of Lod, Israel Yair Revivo recently injured himself at home, when after stumbling and falling on a glass railing, a shard of glass penetrated his hand. As soon as he arrived home from the hospital, Revivo sent his tefillin to be checked by a sofer and was shocked by the results • Full Story

Rabbi Raziel Cohen doesn’t want you to have to draw a gun in synagogue. But if you must, he doesn’t want you to waste precious time unbuttoning your kapota, a type of jacket worn by men in the Chabad Hasidic community on Shabbat and Jewish holidays • Full Story, Video

Jewish President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelenskyy, is in the midst of a diplomatic trip to Washington DC. In addition to meeting President Joe Biden, President Zelenskyy, escorted by Ukrainian Shluchim Rabbis Meir Stambler and Refoel Rutman, visited the National Holocaust Museum. Joining the President’s entourage was DC Shliach Rabbi Levi Shemtov, who blew shofar for the President following his speech in the museum • Photos

The Jewish Community of the UAE welcomed two new Sifrei Torah, generously donated by that Jaffa Family Foundation. The event commenced with the morning prayers and a lavish breakfast, followed by writing of the final letters. Singing and dancing uplifted the crowd in welcoming the new Torahs • Photos, Video

In the year of many challenges, presented to us by the global pandemic, Ukrainian Mitzvah Tanks  continued to spread light and hope across the country. With the support of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS, twelve rabbis drove over 7,000 km through 60 settlements and visited over 1,000 Jews. About half of those people had no prior connections to the Synagogue on wheels and many didn’t even know they were Jewish • Full Story, Photos

The ‘Ruchniyus Division’ of Eshel Hospitality is hard at work preparing sidrei limmud for the thousands of bochurim arriving to spend Tishrei by the Rebbe MH”M. Last night the mashgichim who will be responsible for managing the sedarim gathered in Eshel to discuss final preparations and farbreng about the importance of their task. Images were captured by photographer Yinon Suissa • Photos

The Port Authority Police Department and the Consulate General of Israel in New York held on Tuesday morning an intimate gathering at the Ground Zero memorial to mark the 20th Yahrzeit (anniversary of death in the Jewish calendar) of the victims who perished on 9/11 • Full Story

Rabbi Mendel and Gitty Fayershteyn have been tapped to develop and direct youth programs under the auspices of Chabad of Fort Lauderdale, FL. Fort Lauderdale’s younger population is rapidly growing, with over seven high schools filled with Jewish teens, and with many young Jewish professionals moving to the area in search of job opportunities. The Fayershteyns will be working primarily with teens and young professionals with the official opening of CTeen and Chabad Young Jewish Professionals in the city • Full Story

“It’s so important for patients and families to feel a sense of belonging and community while they’re away from home during treatment for substance use disorder,” said Rabbi Yosef Lipsker, the founder and director of Chabad of Berks County [Pennsylvania] and a spiritual consultant. For over 20 years, Rabbi Lipsker and his wife Chana, on behalf of Chabad, opened their home for Shabbat and other religious events to thousands of patients and families seeking substance use disorder treatment at Caron • Full Story

For nearly 20 years, the little blue house on the edge of the University of Delaware’s Newark campus was students’ home away from home. On Friday nights, dozens of young men and women would flock to the building for Shabbat dinner, the home-cooked meal a highlight of their week. Jews worldwide were so shocked last year when an arsonist set fire to the Chabad Center. The blaze caused about $200,000 worth of damage • Full Story, Photos