After street parties, Hasidic movement's emissaries fan out across NYC in 'mitzvah tanks' to give out matzah as part of festivities memorializing Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
The group is simultaneously dealing with strict government laws on speech, a Russian support base crippled by sanctions, and potential Western donors who want stronger condemnation
During a 3-day rush to Kfar Chabad, Mendel and Rivka Borodkin, who work at a girl's seminary in Dnipro, had to steer a group through a series of bureaucratic and other hurdles
Rabbi Jonathan Markovich says some people unable to leave the beleaguered Ukrainian capital are still sheltering in synagogue, while others being brought food by volunteers
Yisroel Silberstein of Chernihiv, close to Belarus and Russian borders, says food supplies cannot get through as Jewish homes hit, city bridges bombed or mined
Jewish leader in beleaguered Ukrainian capital fears looting as he stockpiles food, fuel in community center to help the elderly, poor Jews unable to flee the city
Consul says contribution is 'in line with Azerbaijan’s longstanding policy of supporting interfaith harmony,' notes close ties between Baku and Jerusalem
Viktoria Smyrnova of the Jewish community in Mariupol feels she's 'sitting on a bomb,' as Jewish organizations plan for crisis amid fears of Russian invasion
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