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Hungarian Jewish community extend olive branch to Magyar, including Orban allies

Magyar said on Sunday that he would aim for a "pragmatic relationship" with Israel, but would not provide a blanket block of the European Union's decisions regarding Israel.

Election winner Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza Party looks on, on the day of a meeting with Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok after the parliamentary election, at Sandor Palace in Budapest, Hungary, April 15, 2026.
RABBI JONATHAN Markovitch celebrating Passover with his community.

Kyiv chief rabbi on Holocaust remembrance: ‘We must not live inside it' - interview

Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, Director of Chabad of the Bluegrass and Chairman of the Kentucky Jewish Council.

New Kentucky law says authorities must contact Chabad before cremating unnamed body

The Chabad of Roslyn/Old Westbury building.

Long Island town ordered to pay $19M after blocking Chabad synagogue construction


Grapevine September 28, 2025: A more patriotic viewpoint

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

GIL HOFFMAN with his son Ami.

Florida man arrested for Chabad fire after tip offs from his family

Police arrested Blake Richard Hoover, alleging that Hoover was motivated by antisemitism when he is thought to have set fire to the Chabad.

Blake Richard Hoover.

Fire at Florida Chabad center before Rosh Hashanah investigated as potential hate crime

The fire, which was contained to the classroom and resulted in no injuries, is being investigated as both arson and a hate crime, according to the Punta Gorda Police Department.

Firefighters respond to a blaze at the Chabad of Charlotte County.

Book and sword: Netanyahu hails IDF's haredi Netzah Yehuda battalion at Western Wall

MILITARY AFFAIRS: “Why did the Maccabees succeed?” Netanyahu asked the crowd. “They studied Torah. They learned. That was the foundation of their strength. But they also fought.

HUNDREDS OF haredi youth from seven ‘mechinot’ and three yeshivot hesder gather in front of the Western Wall before beginning their journey into the IDF, joining the Netzah Yehuda Battalion and other haredi units.

High Holy Day lifeline: Colel Chabad stands with needy families of IDF reservists

Uniting tradition with compassion, Israel’s oldest charity delivers financial aid and comfort to households shouldering both service and hardship.

EFRAIM DUCHMAN of Colel Chabad distributes Eshel food cards to reservists.

Squirrel Hill synagogue vandal fined, sentenced to five years probation

Talya Lubit was fined restitution fees of $10,534 following her conviction of conspiracy to commit an offense and for defacing a religious building.

 Vandalism outside Pittsburgh Jewish Federation, left, and a Chabad synagogue, right, in Pittsburgh, July 29, 2024.

Grapevine, September 14, 2025: New Year in Nepal

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PROF. MICHAEL SELA.

New community centers return light to the lives of Israel's senior citizens

Colel Chabad operates a total of 160 centers, fostering an enriching environment for the elderly and retirees.

 A COLEL CHABAD worker comforts a survivor of the Iranian missile attack on Bat Yam.

Air-raid sirens interrupt ‘First Bell’ as Jewish schools open across Ukraine

Staff guided parents and children into protected areas under rehearsed protocols, then resumed events once the all-clear sounded amid renewed Russian strikes nationwide. 

Air raid sirens cut into the “First Bell” ceremony at a Jewish school in Zaporizhzhia on September 1, 2025.

US antisemitism envoy-designate inaugurates a Kohen bridge to the Alter Rebbe's tomb in Ukraine

After decades of waiting, Kohanim can now make a pilgrimage to the Alter Rebbe’s tomb, thanks to a new bridge dedicated by Yehuda Kaplun and the FJCU.

Chabad Rabbi Yehuda Kaplun, on August 22 inaugurated a special bridge for Kohanim to visit the Ukrainian tomb of Chabad founder Rabbi Shneur Zalman.