Chabad Shluchim in Sri Lanka, Rabbi Mendy Crombie and Rabbi Roni Ard, met with Sri Lanka’s newly appointed ambassador to Israel for a discussion held against the backdrop of recent developments and incidents affecting Chabad activities on the island • Full Story

The new Chabad House in Hiriketiya, Sri Lanka, has become the center of an unusual confrontation after a group of local residents demonstrated outside the building, threatened Jews who arrived for prayers, threw firecrackers and rocks, and caused damage to the building’s windows • Read More

Firecrackers were thrown into the courtyard of a Chabad House in Sri Lanka and stones were hurled at the building, alongside demonstrations by local residents calling for the Chabad House to be closed. MK Avi Maoz urgently appealed to Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to act swiftly with the local authorities: “Israel must ensure the safety of the Shluchim and Israelis before, G-d forbid, there are casualties.” • Read More

Severe flooding — among the worst Sri Lanka has experienced in the past decade — continues to wreak havoc throughout the country, leaving widespread destruction and loss of life. According to officials, at least 153 people have been killed, while approximately 200 remain missing. More than half a million residents have been affected as communities struggle to cope with the scale of the disaster • Read More

A Golani commando wounded in Gaza was left speechless during a Purim service in Sri Lanka. As he read from a Megillah at the Chabad House in Weligama, he discovered it was dedicated to the memory of Major Moshe Avraham Bar-On, HY”D—a commander he had been part of a rescue mission to retrieve after a fears battle in Shuja’iyya, where he was also wounded • Full Story

Yesterday, Chabad of Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, held an event to strengthen the ties between the Jewish community and the local government officials. Minister of Tourism, Minister of Religious Affairs, Foreign Minister were among the government officials that participated in the event • Photos