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Rabbi Baruch Portugali honored at 250th anniversary of Chabad movement

The ceremony to honor Rabbi Portugali was attended by more than a hundred people.

The President of the International Observatory of Human Rights Luís Andrade, giving the formal tribute of honor in memory of Rabbi Baruch Portugali to Rabbi Eli Rosenfeld of Chabad Portugal.
THE TATTOO RABBI practicing martial arts.

The ‘Tattoo Rabbi’ is in the house

GIL HOFFMAN with his son Ami.

Grapevine September 28, 2025: A more patriotic viewpoint

Blake Richard Hoover.

Florida man arrested for Chabad fire after tip offs from his family


Fire at Florida Chabad center before Rosh Hashanah investigated as potential hate crime

The fire, which was contained to the classroom and resulted in no injuries, is being investigated as both arson and a hate crime, according to the Punta Gorda Police Department.

Firefighters respond to a blaze at the Chabad of Charlotte County.

Book and sword: Netanyahu hails IDF's haredi Netzah Yehuda battalion at Western Wall

MILITARY AFFAIRS: “Why did the Maccabees succeed?” Netanyahu asked the crowd. “They studied Torah. They learned. That was the foundation of their strength. But they also fought.

HUNDREDS OF haredi youth from seven ‘mechinot’ and three yeshivot hesder gather in front of the Western Wall before beginning their journey into the IDF, joining the Netzah Yehuda Battalion and other haredi units.

High Holy Day lifeline: Colel Chabad stands with needy families of IDF reservists

Uniting tradition with compassion, Israel’s oldest charity delivers financial aid and comfort to households shouldering both service and hardship.

EFRAIM DUCHMAN of Colel Chabad distributes Eshel food cards to reservists.

Squirrel Hill synagogue vandal fined, sentenced to five years probation

Talya Lubit was fined restitution fees of $10,534 following her conviction of conspiracy to commit an offense and for defacing a religious building.

 Vandalism outside Pittsburgh Jewish Federation, left, and a Chabad synagogue, right, in Pittsburgh, July 29, 2024.

Grapevine, September 14, 2025: New Year in Nepal

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PROF. MICHAEL SELA.

New community centers return light to the lives of Israel's senior citizens

Colel Chabad operates a total of 160 centers, fostering an enriching environment for the elderly and retirees.

 A COLEL CHABAD worker comforts a survivor of the Iranian missile attack on Bat Yam.

Air-raid sirens interrupt ‘First Bell’ as Jewish schools open across Ukraine

Staff guided parents and children into protected areas under rehearsed protocols, then resumed events once the all-clear sounded amid renewed Russian strikes nationwide. 

Air raid sirens cut into the “First Bell” ceremony at a Jewish school in Zaporizhzhia on September 1, 2025.

US antisemitism envoy-designate inaugurates a Kohen bridge to the Alter Rebbe's tomb in Ukraine

After decades of waiting, Kohanim can now make a pilgrimage to the Alter Rebbe’s tomb, thanks to a new bridge dedicated by Yehuda Kaplun and the FJCU.

Chabad Rabbi Yehuda Kaplun, on August 22 inaugurated a special bridge for Kohanim to visit the Ukrainian tomb of Chabad founder Rabbi Shneur Zalman.

Gideon Sa'ar visits Lubavitcher Rebbe's grave ahead of first Washington visit as FM

During the visit, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar met with Chabad officials, recited Psalms, and prayed for the success of his trip to the US capital, as well as for the return of the hostages.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at an event at the foreign ministry, May 26, 2025; illustrative.

Vilna Jewish leadership betray their heritage - opinion

Vilna was the center of the Zionist movement in the Soviet Union, hosting the Hibat Zion movement, Poalei Zion Party, and Chovevei Zion conventions.

 Vilnius, Lithuania

Ultra-Orthodox MK Goldknopf asks Netanyahu to finance Chabad's trip to New York

This comes after the Breslov hassidim received a framework that allows for NIS 10 million to be used in their Rosh Hashanah pilgrimages to Uman, Ukraine.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf seen in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023