Daily Archives: March 16, 2022

The narrow alleyway leading to the Chabad House in Kishinev, Moldova, was blocked by a truck; the beautiful, 130-year-old synagogue is undergoing a comprehensive overhaul. Workers are pouring concrete. “We planned on only doing a...

For most people, when the images of Russian tanks approaching Ukraine’s border began to be broadcast around the world, it was something looked upon as news from a distant front—horrific, but very far away. But...

Vanderbilt’s Chabad hosted a speaking event on Feb. 23 by Rudy Rochman, who describes himself as a “Jewish and Israel rights activist” who has “the intention,” as Chabad put it, “of creating a productive conversation around...

Administrators at Yeshiva University canceled a student-planned program that would have featured an anti-Israel speaker who supported terrorists. The program, which was scheduled for March 1 at the Benjamin Cardozo Law School in Manhattan, a...

Prominent conservative intellectuals, political leaders and journalists will gather in Brussels on March 23-24 for the third European National Conservatism (NatCon) conference hosted by the Edmund Burke Foundation, a conservative think-tank run by influential Israeli-American author...

One of America’s most powerful Christian supporters of Israel sees clear similarities between Iran’s race towards nuclear weapons and a daring Israeli strike on an Iraqi nuclear reactor back in 1981. In a wide-ranging interview,...

A boys’ yeshivah in Kharkiv, Ukraine, that also serves as a synagogue was damaged on Tuesday after it was hit directly by rocket fire—the third Jewish communal building to be damaged in the city. Chabad-Lubavitch of...

LeMa’anam, an association of doctors who treat Holocaust survivors voluntarily, has sent a large delegation of medical and humanitarian aid to refugees in Moldova. The delegation includes 35 doctors and primary-care physicians for families and children,...

United Hatzalah announced on Tuesday that it started sending airlifts with humanitarian aid directly from Israel to Moldova, which has taken in tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees. The first cargo plane, carrying 16 tons...

Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who was planning to kill all the Jews. This took place in the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire. The story is recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. It is also known as the Feast of Lots.