The Ufa City Council bestowed the prestigious honor on the Chief Rabbi of the Republic in recognition of 27 years of educational initiatives, Chesed activities, and efforts to promote intercommunal dialogue. Rabbi Krichevsky dedicated the distinction to the Jewish community, its dedicated staff, and its supporters.
Although the summer of 2026 is in the rear view, Thursday night’s reunion served as a reminder that the Gan Yisroel experience doesn’t end when the buses leave Parksville.
At the world’s largest Jewish conference, Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky launched twelve initiatives aimed at removing barriers to Jewish life, expanding education and strengthening communities around the world.
At the world’s largest gathering of Jewish leaders, thousands of rabbis take part in an iconic tradition: the annual group portrait, a powerful display of Jewish pride and resilience.
While much of the attention surrounding the annual Kinus Hashluchim focuses on Chabad’s global reach, Motzai Shabbos’s intimate Melaveh Malka revealed a lesser-known force behind it: the brotherhood that allows Shluchim to build Jewish life at some of the world’s furthest frontiers, knowing an entire family stands behind them.
Thursday’s General Session brought thousands of shluchim together for an unfiltered look at the realities of shlichus, its hurdles, its highs, and the stories in between.
Fifty focused meetings across eleven tracks at the world’s largest Jewish conference gave thousands of rabbis a full day to collaborate on timely challenges and share strategies to strengthen Jewish life worldwide.
Representing Jewish communities in 110 countries across the globe, the shluchim gathered at the most visited Jewish religious site outside of Israel to pray for themselves, their families, and their communities back home.
As shluchim from around the world gather for the International Kinus Hashluchim, Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky announces 22 new communities across nine countries that will receive the Keren Hashluchim Mikvah Grant.
Thanks to a CKids grant, two summers at CKids Gan Israel Florida gave a Pittsburgh teen the confidence to lead and share the joy of Yiddishkeit. Now shluchim can pick up CKids grants of their own at the CKids canteen during the Kinus.
Many of the shluchim entering the Oholei Torah ballroom on Wednesday night had landed only hours earlier. By the end of the evening, they were sitting shoulder to shoulder, watching a farbrengen of the Rebbe together.
In a first-of-its-kind initiative at the Kinus Hashluchim, Merkos 302, in partnership with CKids Gan Yisroel overnight camps and their affiliates, is bringing the spirit of summer camp to the Kinus with the launch of the CKids Canteen, located in the former Crown Heights Community Council storefront at 387 Kingston Avenue. .
The evening was filled with incredible music, electrifying performances, and an energy that reflected this year’s theme in every way. From the excitement in the room to the thousands joining from around the world, it was a night that truly embodied PURE JOY.
After 14 years at the Chabad center led by Rochel’s parents, the couple opened CASA Chabad in downtown San Antonio. The name stands for Chabad Alamo San Antonio and, in a city with deep Hispanic roots, means “home.”
As Crown Heights prepares for the arrival of thousands of Shluchim next week, Kinus organizers met with senior NYPD officials to review security plans and coordinate police coverage throughout the neighborhood.
Despite freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall, members of the Jewish community in Irkutsk traveled to the Pivovarikha forest outside the city for an annual memorial service honoring Jews murdered during the Soviet regime.
Sukkos in Crown Heights is filled with an unmistakable energy of connection, inspiration, and joy. But Sukkos would not be complete without fulfilling the Rebbe’s call to ensure that every Jew has the opportunity for this Simcha by bringing the Lulav and Esrog to the streets.
