Worry for Kherson abounds after the city of close to 300,000 fell, the largest Ukrainian city Russian forces have occupied to date. While many fled while they still could, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wolff, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Kherson, stayed behind, determined to assist every last Jew in the besieged city.
Since the war between Russia and Ukraine began, the conditions have quickly slid downhill. With the dawn of a new day and the understanding that time is very limited, many Shluchim took the chance to evacuate their communities and institutions.
As part of our school wide Dirah B’tachtonim campaign this month our focus is Ahavas Yisroel “loving another”. During today’s program we discussed different ways we can look out for others and be a true friend.
They outlasted Stalin’s terror and famine in the 1930s and the Nazi Holocaust of the Jews in the 1940s. And they remained even after the waves of mass immigration of the 1990s. But today, tens of thousands of Ukraine’s weary Jews are leaving their homes, forced by a war not of their making to flee towards neighboring Poland, Moldova, and Romania.
In preparation for Purim, we share a letter of the Rebbe – both in its preliminary, initial draft that includes the Rebbe’s numerous, meticulous notations and in its final draft – that includes these corrections and additions.
A group of five teenagers found out the hard way that stealing cars doesn’t pay, after they got caught red handed by Shomrim while still inside the car.
As humanitarian agencies sound the alarm on what may become the continent’s worst refugee crisis in 80 years, with the U.N. reporting that more than one million refugees have fled embattled Ukraine for safer ground, Chabad-Lubavitch in Europe has activated a network spanning the continent to absorb and assist the thousands of Jewish refugees running for their lives.
Russian President Putin announced the invasion of Ukraine late Wednesday night, and immediately followed it with action. The following is a summary of incidents, numbers and breaking news on the war.
Undercover Border Police officers acting under the direction of the Shabak on Thursday arrested a suspect in connection with two stabbing attacks in the village of Hizma in the last day.
Sons of Shluchim to the CIS countries who stay in Beit Chayeinu united together on Leil Chamishi in the zall hakatan in 770, learning a special koyvetz edited by sons of Shluchim about the Yinyan of “Vekitetu charvoteiem leitim”.
Since 1980, Rabbi Yoseph Yitzchak Zaltzman has served as a Chabad emissary in Toronto where he founded the Jewish Russian Community Centre of Ontario. He was interviewed in October of 2021.
