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Highly publicized Purim celebrations were held in numerous Muslim countries in Africa and Asia, what would once be seen as a novelty, but is now accepted as matter-of-fact.

A priceless collection located in the newly-built Chabad library in Cascais, Portugal. chronicles the nation’s rich Jewish history through the lens of the region’s seforim, including a reshima the Rebbe wrote while there.

In keeping with true Arabic Abrahamic tradition, King Mohammed VI of Morocco wished to serve kosher food for the recent delegation from US and Israel. To do so, he needed some help from the local shliach…

During his recent trip to the Gulf Kingdom, Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef met with senior government officials, inaugurated the country’s first Jewish school, and officiated at the ceremony endowing Rabbi Levi Duchman as the Rabbi of the country’s Jewish community.

When Rabbi Levi Mentz was planning the first public menorah lighting in Forsyth County, Georgia, a long-time resident told him ‘Here a Jew needs to stay under cover.’ Four years later, hundreds of proud Jews joined for the groundbreaking of a new $4.7 million Chabad center.

On the first night of Chanukah, the reborn community of Brownsville lit a public menorah at a monument honoring the fallen Jewish soldiers of Brownsville in WWII.

Israel and Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic normalization, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday. Chabad has been active in Morocco for over seven decades, and their UN ambassador even visited the Rebbe. 

Watch: Using a blend of audio effects, custom-drawn illustrations, and a good dose of humor, Shazak Parsha videos keep children riveted as they listen, read, draw, and play their way through the weekly Parsha.

Kosher in Dubai just took a step forward, with the community’s Kashrus agency, headed by shliach Rabbi Levi Duchman, joining the Association of Kashrus Organizations (AKO), an international umbrella kashrus group.

Rabbi Levi Duchman, who has been running the Jewish Community Center of Dubai for the past six years, has been appointed by Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch as the first official shliach to UAE.

A joint American-Israeli delegation headed Sunday for Bahrain, where a number of agreements were signed following the historic peace deal brokered by President Donal Trump. After the signing, members of the delegation gathered in the country’s only shul for a minyan maariv.

Rabbi Dovid Morris recalls the time when he went on Erev Yom Kippur to receive lekach from the Rebbe for the second time, and the Rebbe’s response.

A fascinating shiur will take place tonight by Rabbi Chaim Polter on Nusach Hatefilah of Aseres Yemei Teshuvah. Join in person or online

Rabbi Shimon Posner describes what it was like to stand right in front of the Rebbe during tekios on Rosh Hashana.

Members of the joint US-Israel delegation to the United Arab Emirates to negotiate the historic peace accord joined the Jewish community in Abu Dhabi for Sharchis davening led by Rabbi Levi Duchman.

As the Breslov community worldwide searches for a solution for the annual Rosh Hashana trip to Uman, historic documents were published showing Rabbi Berel Lazar‘s assistance to those who traveled during the years of communism.

Watch: A three minute recap of Chof Av in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan, including the charter of visitors, the historic announcement by the U.S. and Kazakh Governments, and events by the local Jewish community.

In a historical first, follow the extraordinary life of the Rebbe’s father through the lens of a brand new video presentation as you travel with him from place to place.

Only hours before Chof Av, extensive international pressure prevailed over Kazakhstan government officials to allow 250 Rabbis, Shluchim, and members of Anash to visit he resting place of Harav Levi Yitzchak.

A representative of the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed program visited Crown Height’s plasma drive on Thursday to gain insight on the momentous success the frum community has had with the drives.