Nepal

Chabad rabbis order Nepal emissary to turn down Israel Independence Day honor

The movement’s rabbinical court in Israel told Chani Lifshitz that she did not have permission to participate, without giving any more details.

By Marcy Oster April 23, 2020 4:59 pm

The world’s largest seder — in Nepal — will go on, despite slow earthquake recovery

The Asian land is reeling from ruined roads, crushing poverty and a gas shortage. Yet hundreds of tourists are expected at the massive annual seder in Kathmandu.

March 28, 2016 3:01 pm

Chabad rabbi rescues Israeli backpackers stranded in Himalayas

Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz, who has served in Nepal since 2000, located the tourists with a GPS device donated by the family of an Israeli who died in Nepal in 2014.

March 18, 2016 1:57 pm