Chabad-Lubavitch announced it has emissaries in more than 70 countries, a record for the movement. New countries that added full-time emissaries this year include Cyprus, Croatia, Finland and India. Also for the first time, Chabad had a representative in Iraq during the holidays, Col. Jacob Goldstein, state staff chaplain of the New York Army National Guard.
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