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Kyiv Jews return from Carpathian retreat into night of Russian strikes

After spending nine days at a respite camp in the mountains, Jewish families from the Simcha community returned to one of the heaviest drone and missile attacks that Kyiv has seen in recent months.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jewish families at a JRNU respite camp in the mountains.
New York Police Department officers in the Bronx borough of New York City, US, May 16, 2023.

Man known to police, security enters Brooklyn Chabad with knife, bat is removed by bystander

The man, who is apparently not Jewish, entered the building wearing a kippah and holding a knife and a bat, was promptly confronted by worshippers and bystanders, and was removed from the building.

|ByYOAV ETIEL, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISRAELIS ARRESTED in the Philippines for suspected immigration violations.

Israelis arrested at Philippines Chabad house for overstaying visas, working without permits

Authorities said the foreign nationals were being held temporarily at the police station pending their transfer to a detention facility in the capital.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
'Secular House' in Thailand, an Israeli activist organization.

Israeli organization's 'Secular House' opens in Thailand as non-religious alternative to Chabad

The 'Secular House' is the brainchild of the Free Secular Movement, an Israeli activist organization that promotes secularism and the separation of religion and state in Israel.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Kyiv Jewish man doused with pepper spray outside synagogue

A Jewish man was attacked with pepper spray outside a Kyiv synagogue, in what Chabad called a “deliberate, cruel and prepared antisemitic act.”

OCTOBER 12, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A ODESAN JEW prays in the Chabad Odesa synagogue.

Rabbi Baruch Portugali honored at 250th anniversary of Chabad movement

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

OCTOBER 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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’ is in the house

Arrivals: David Braslawsce, 28, from Beaver, Pennsylvania, to Hadera, 2025

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
THE TATTOO RABBI practicing martial arts.

Grapevine September 28, 2025: A more patriotic viewpoint

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
GIL HOFFMAN with his son Ami.

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

Police arrested Blake Richard Hoover, alleging that Hoover was motivated by antisemitism when he is thought to have set fire to the Chabad.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Blake Richard Hoover.

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.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2025ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
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.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025ByJUDITH SEGALOFF
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.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2025ByALAN ROSENBAUM
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.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
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.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PROF. MICHAEL SELA.