Wednesday night a direct missile attack hit the Nikolsky department store right next to the Kharkov synagogue. The intensity of the explosion blew out windows in the synagogue. At the time over one hundred people were sleeping in the synagogue and thank G-d no casualties • Full Story, Photos
Photos have been circulation around social media of broken glass windows in the historic Beit Menachem Synagogue in Kharkov, the Ukrainian city’s Chabad headquarters. As the Russian military amps up their indiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian cities, the action has moved closer and closer to the beloved synagogue. The Shluachim of Kharkov assisted hundreds of Jews in evacuating the city before departing themselves • Full Photo
Earlier this week, Chabad Shluchim in Kharkov organized two groups of Jews who wanted to flee the beleaguered city. One group was supposed to leave on Monday and a second group was supposed to leave on Tuesday. The second group was comprised of 18 Jews who lived in the same building in Kharkov • Full Story
Rabbi Levi Raices, Shliach of the Rebbe to Kharkov Ukraine, who just arrived in Crown Heights after a long and dangerous 5-day evacuation trip shared the experience of his harrowing journey, at the Gala Dinner for the Yeshiva in Queens • Full Story, Video
As the eyes of the world are on the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, hear from the Rebbe’s shluchim in the war zone what is going on the ground and what we can do to help. Join a live conversation with leaders of Jewish life on the Ukrainian border with Russia, with Shluchim Rabbi Yechiel Levitansky of Sumy, Ukraine Rabbi Levi Raices of Kharkiv, Ukraine • Full Details
Despite tensions continuing to build on Ukraine’s border just 25 miles away, the 400 students of Kharkov’s Ohr Avner Jewish School excitedly marked 30 years since the eastern Ukrainian Jewish school opened its doors • Full Story, Photos
Berel Grossbaum (Minnesota) to Chana Shmotkin (Detroit)
L’Chaim tonight in F.R.E.E.
Baby boy to: Shmuel and Esther Neft (nee Tyshenko) – Toronto.
Baby boy to: Menachem and Esty Sheinberger – Crown Heights
Baby girl to: Meir and Chanie Levinger (nee Richler) – Yerushalayim, Israel