Chabad Across Israel Mobilizes: Thousands of Emissaries Aid Millions of Jews

Within hours, Chabad Shluchim’s individual efforts following the attack in Israel coalesced into a massive aid network, and within days an emergency “situation room” was established to lead an all-encompassing program. Ever since, Chabad-Lubavitch of Israel’s United Front program has been on the ground tending to the extraordinarily wide range of humanitarian needs of Israeli civilians and military personnel impacted first by the terrorist attacks, and now by the IDF’s Operation Iron Swords.

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Brooklyn to Gaza in 48 Hours: Dozens Called Up on Jewish Holiday

Chaim Pinson was celebrating Shemini Atzeret in Brooklyn and was ready to retire for the night. It was Friday, and Pinson had spent a joyous evening dancing with the Torah at the central Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in the Crown Heights neighborhood. Coming from Miami to visit family in New York, where he grew up, the 31-year-old was having a great holiday.

Festival-Goers Who Escaped Re’em Massacre Thank G-d in Eilat

Rabbi Mendi Klein of Chabad of Eilat was visiting patients in a local hospital when he saw a familiar face running towards him and gave him a huge bear hug. “Rabbi Mendi! My son needs to say Birkat Hagomel!”

Chabad Centers Near IDF Bases Provide Lifelines for Soldiers Headed to War

More than 360,000 IDF reservists have reported to duty in what was the fastest and largest call-up in Israel’s history. Many of these young men and women came straight from their synagogues, where they were celebrating Simchat Torah, or from the homes of family members or hotels where they were spending the Sukkot holiday. Some flew in from abroad. But few had the time to adequately pack supplies, never mind shop for specialty items they’d need on the frontlines.