Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries

Chabad emissaries warned to be on ‘high alert’ after Soleimani assassination

Thousands of the Hasidic sect’s emissaries around the world were told “to maintain a heightened awareness” and report suspicious activity.

By Marcy Oster January 6, 2020 1:15 pm

Nearly 6,000 Chabad emissaries from 100 countries gather for conference

The most recent Chabad center was established in Kigali, Rwanda, becoming the Central African nation’s first synagogue.

November 25, 2019 11:04 am

Chief rabbi says Dutch Labour Party opposed an anti-Semitism definition to woo Muslims

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs said he was “shocked” that the Labour Party rejected a motion calling for the adoption of a definition of anti-Semitism, saying its vote aimed to curry favor with some Muslim voters. On Tuesday, a majority of lawmakers in the lower house of the Dutch parliament, the Tweede […]

November 30, 2018 10:59 am