Israel-Iran War (2025)

The same Torah that commands us not to murder, underscores the vital importance of protecting the lives of the innocent, and guides us how and when to fight wars.

JERUSALEM—I wasn’t supposed to be here. My summer itinerary was carefully planned: I’d start in London, then make a quick family stop in Israel for a cousin’s bar mitzvah, followed by two weeks exploring Europe. I had plans to visit the museums of Rome, t...

We are living through extraordinary times.

One of 20 cluster bombs released by an Iranian missile struck Colel Chabad’s daycare center in Beersheva, in southern Israel, on Friday morning, sending deadly shrapnel through the walls and windows of the Tchelet Mordechai Campus. Glass scattered across ...

Since June 13, when Israel launched its operation to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities and reach other vital military objectives, Iran has been firing massive ballistic missiles and cluster bombs into civilian cities and population centers. The relentle...

JERUSALEM—When 1,500 exhausted travelers disembarked from a cruise ship at Cyprus’ Limassol port yesterday, they found something unexpected waiting for them: a full-scale humanitarian operation run by a handful of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and volunteer...

HEBRON—It’s a scene repeated from history on the ancient stones of Hebron, Jews once again gathering on the famous “seventh step” just outside the Me’arat Hamachpelah, the Cave of the Patriarchs. All are praying for their people’s survival in the face of ...

Rabbi Yosef Gerlitzky of Tel Aviv shares an on-the-ground update from the Home Front, as well as memories of his time as an emissary of the Rebbe to visit Iran and around the world.

The story of the Spies is more than just history. It parallels the current operation in Iran.

A few feet in any other direction, and today’s headlines would be filled with tragedy.