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Phuket Chabad House cancels Rosh Hashanah meal following anti-Israel protest

The protest organizers tried to justify their actions by calling the protest “an important step in protecting the traditions and customs of the Thai people from disturbances by foreigners.”

Tourists walk down Bangla Walking Street on March 24, 2024 in Phuket, Thailand; Illustrative.
Rabbi Ephraim Duchman, Director of Development of Colel Chabad, distributing gifts to children as Mrs. Rochel Marton looks on.

Picking up where he left off

Food packages prepared by JRNU to be delivered to Jews in Ukraine affected by the war with Russia.

Empty shelves, shattered warehouses: Ukraine's Jews prepare for fifth Rosh Hashanah at war

Photograph of Rome taken by the writer.

'Light, not fight': How Rome's Chabad prepares for Rosh Hashanah in the shadows of antiquity


Why Orthodox Jews are pushing back against permanent daylight saving time

Orthodox Jewish groups say a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent could upend their routine by pushing winter sunrises and the earliest permissible time for some prayers an hour later.

Daylight Savings Time (Illustrative)

Kyiv's Chief Rabbi leads humanitarian ops. for local community amid waves of Russian strikes

"We are distributing food, water, and essential supplies, strengthening families and giving them hope," Rabbi Markovich said of the volunteer operations amid Russian bombardment.

Smoke rises over Kyiv following a Russian ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian capital on July 11, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Chabad launches 'Born to Be a Yid' billboard campaign across New York City

The campaign was directed by Chabad spokesman Rabbi Motti Seligson of the Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center and Chabad.org.

Billboard of Chabad's newest campaign in NYC.

Coming full circle: Luxury watch belonging to Chabad rebbes found by hasidic children in Lyubavichi

The moving discovery came alongside a visit by Russia’s chief rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar, to the main summer camp outside Moscow.

Antique pocket watch and ruble coins discovered by Chabad summer camp kids in the town of Lyubavichi, Russia, July 12, 2026.

Chabad couple turns a small dream into Iceland's historic first Jewish cultural center - interview

"Our first priority was just to connect with people on a personal level, on an individual level, and find out what people felt was missing," Rabbi Feldman told The Jerusalem Post.

Jewish community at the opening ceremony of the Beit Shvidler Jewish Center of Iceland.

WATCH: Two men arrested for threatening Sydney Chabad security with fake gun during Shabbat prayers

Officers responded within minutes and arrested both suspects shortly afterward.

New South Wales Police officers; illustrative.

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.

Jewish families at a JRNU respite camp in the mountains.

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.

New York Police Department officers in the Bronx borough of New York City, US, May 16, 2023.

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.

ISRAELIS ARRESTED in the Philippines for suspected immigration violations.

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.

'Secular House' in Thailand, an Israeli activist organization.