A new synagogue in memory of the city’s famous Chief Rabbi between 1926-1939, rabbi and kabbalist Levi Yitzchak Schneerson OBM, was recently inaugurated in Dnipro, the central Ukrainian city previously named Yekaterinoslav. The event was honored by hundreds of community members, dignitaries, rabbis, and guests together with the sponsors and patrons of the new institution • Full Story, Photos

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, sent a beautiful letter to the participants in the Kinus Hashluchim which took place last week in Almaty. In it he lauded the steadfastness and accomplishments of the great Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, thanking Chabad as well for their work in continuing the Shlichus which the Rebbe’s father initiated in the former Soviet country • Full Story, Photos

When Chabad of Kazakhstan set out to raise an ambitious $500,000 for their annual Chof Av campaign, they had no idea that they would end up with an excess of $850,000 (!) to support their Shlichus in seven Kazakh cities from over 3,000 donors from across the globe • Full Story