Video, Photos: Chabad Shluchim from Across the Globe Gather for Annual Group Picture

Already an annual tradition, with thousands of rabbis posing together as part of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim), this year’s edition this morning carried added meaning as the Jewish community faces unprecedented adversity.
At the forefront of this year’s conference, the 40th year it is being held, is the tragedy in Israel, and exploring more ways to support the people of Israel, as well as strengthen Jewish pride at home in the face of rising hate and antisemitism. An estimated 1,400 Chabad rabbis were unable to travel to the conference from Israel as they chose to remain behind with their communities in this fraught time.
The rabbis stood, sat or clambered onto bleachers in front of 770 Eastern Parkway, home to Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters, as they represented their communities from across the world.

Photo: Chabad.org/Shmulie Grossbaum