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80 years after the Frierdiker Rebbe’s visit to Chicago, Rabbi Meyer Ebert visited the home where the Frierdiker Rebbe was hosted, as well as the location of the shul where he davened and said maamorim.

During a visit to the ancient Jewish cemetery of Harbin, China, Beijing Shliach Rabbi Shimon Freundlich paid tribute to the long and nearly-forgotten Jewish history of China, with a visit to the grave of the city’s chief rabbi.

Watch: A new animated short film depicts the festive feel in the air as a new Nasi assumes the mantle of Jewish leadership. In his opening statement, he focuses on the Geulah and the importance of living it now.

A new Chabad seminary, for girls coming out of highschool, will be opening in the historic city of Prague, led by shluchim Rabbi Manis and Dini Barash. The student body will be kept to a maximum of 25 girls.

For the first time in decades, the first floor of 770 Eastern Parkway, including the antechamber of the Rebbe’s room, received a new coat of paint, a thorough cleaning and much needed repairs.

In what the local Jewish community is calling “unprecedented”, the Guatemalan Government’s Ambassador to Mexico sent a special letter of greeting upon hearing the news that the 7th sefer of Rambam had been translated into Spanish.

While in the Polish town of Dynów to celebrate the wedding of Chayale Schochet and Yosef Yitzchok Kalmenson, the families of the chosson and kallah took the opportunity to print a Tanya near the kever of the the famed Rebbe known as the “Bnei Yissaschar”.

An unprecedented hachanah for the Kinus is underway, as shluchim worldwide gather to learn and internalize the sicha of Chayei Sara 5752, with the goal of being more “Vision Conscious” in their shlichus.

A group of students from Chovivei Torah were among the first to enjoy the sports facilities at the new Major Owens Health & Wellness Center, located at the site of the Bedford-Union Armory. “The activities help the bochurim learn better,” one staff member said.

On the Simchas Torah shliach Rabbi Y. Yitzhak Hecht arrived in Kingston, N.Y., only two people showed up to shul. Today, the community boasts minyanim three times a week and numerous Torah classes, and is preparing for the opening of a new state-of-the-art mikvah.

A recent discovery of original audio reels of the Sichos from the years 5748 – 5752, has the team at JEM’s Ashreinu app hard at work digitizing these newfound treasures, uncovering many new events in the process. 

With three different travel programs already on their roster, CTeen International is set to add a fourth program for high school teens for Summer 2022.

For the first time, a global preparation will take place ahead of this year’s Kinus Hashluchim, allowing Shluchim to ready themselves and get into the ‘Kinus spirit.’ 

Dormroom Drama, a stampede in Meron, hate and a miracle in Boston, collapse in Surfside, Satmar and Lubavitch Achdus, the Tefillin ban that didn’t happen, a Heartrending “Hoshia”, and the fascinating story of the Rebbe’s revolver. Here are the most-read articles on Anash.org of this past year.

As we conclude the last moments of 5781 and prepare for the start of the new year, Anash.org remembers the tears and the joys, the hardship and hope of a year gone by.

Live at 1:00 PM ET: A historic global gathering will unite Jews around the world to daven for the Geulah ahead of Rosh Hashana, featuring Rabbis Yisroel Meir Lau, Shlomo Amar, Berel Lazar, Sholom Ber Lipsker, and others.

Istanbul Shliach Rabbi Mendy Chitrik took a three-week trek across Turkey, documenting centuries of Jewish history in the country, and the state of the Jewish communities today.

At the end of a packed week with hundreds of visitors from New York and shluchim from across the Former Soviet Union, the shluchim to Alma Ata sat down to farbreng and noted the miraculous nature of the events. The President of Kazakhstan also noted 20 Av with a special letter.

Jews from all walks of life celebrated the dedication of a new Torah at the Chabad Lubavitch-Alaska Jewish Campus, including Satmar chassidim, Litvish roshei yeshiva and their students, modern orthodox and unaffiliated Jews.