New York City will become the largest municipality in the country to allow legal residents to vote if the legislation is approved as expected in December • Full Story

For the first time since the arrival of Shluchim Rabbi Yakov and Mrs. Hana Poliwada to the small Panamanian town of Boquete in 2016, the town’s Mayor Joswar Alvarado appeared at Chabad’s yearly public menorah lighting. “This is definitely a milestone and honor in the recognition of our work in the community”, said Rabbi Poliwoda after describing the joyous event that included sing-along music, dougnuts and latkes for all. Uniquely, the menorah remains installed all year-round in the town’s central park – a standing testimony of the good will between its Jewish residents and the broader community • Photos

Chanukah in Springfield, Illinois was one for the books! Chabad of Springfield, directed by Rabbi and Mrs. Mendy Turen, was full of action from the start of Chanukah until it’s final moments; from programs to house visits, from Menorah lightings to a Grand Menorah Parade. Images captured by Yisroel Rambach • Full Story, Photos

A 26-year-old woman was stabbed and seriously injured next to Kever Shimon HaTzaddik in Jerusalem at about 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning as she was pushing a stroller with her twin babies on the way to taking her three older children to school in the morning. The female terrorist fled the scene • Full Story

Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida under the leadership of Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz held their grand community Chanukah celebration at the prestigious Castle Golf 18 Hole Golf Course with delicious Chanukah doughnuts, hot potato latkes & plenty of drinks, as well as clown & face painting with the highlight of lighting the grand Chanukah menorah by members of the community • Photos

The Jewish community of Dnipro, Ukraine converged on the city’s central square the seventh night of Chanukah for a large public menorah lighting. This comes just several days after the now well-known incident where anti-semitic vandals toppled the menorah overnight. Those gathered were addressed by the city’s senior Shliach Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetzky • Full Story, Photos, Video

Chabad on the Plaza was vandalized last week with electrical wires damaged, water lines broken, and items torn and strewn everywhere. The ark was found open, though the Torah was still inside. The space was deemed completely unusable. According to the Kansas City Police Department, on Nov. 30 at around 1:15 a.m., a caller reported a prowler around the building. The caller told police that he had seen an “unknown suspicious black SUV parked near the dispatched location and heard glass break in the immediate area.” The caller then saw the vehicle leave • Full Story

The giyur reforms of Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana has been widely condemned by almost all Rabbanim but there are members of the coalition who are dissatisfied for the opposite reason – they want the giyur reforms to be even more liberal • Full Story

A letter released by Rabbi Yitzchak Dayan, Chief Rabbi of Geneva, Switzerland, who inspected the manufacturer of popular vodka ‘Grey Goose’ personally, clarified once and for all that the vodka is indeed made from wheat, and is produced in a factory used only for wheat vodka. This comes following the fallout of an alert released last week from the Chicago Rabbinical Council and the Belz kashrus agency that the vodka was made from grapes • Full Letter