In the run-up to Passover, donors have partnered with Chabad to send $2.5 million to support communities in Israel, Sydney, and around the world.
Jewish philanthropists led by Igor Tulchinsky, CEO of WorldQuant, have worked to provide financial support to Chabad emissaries across Israel ahead of the holiday.
WorldQuant is an asset management firm and hedge fund founded in 2007 by Tulchinsky.
The initiative comes amid the ongoing war with Iran, which has placed Jewish communities in Israel under pressure as local resources are stretched thin.
Organized through the Chabad Network Fund, the grant sends a message of support from Diaspora communities to Chabad emissaries in Israel, who have been helping Israeli communities, soldiers, evacuees, and grieving families since October 7.
"We see every day how deeply connected the Diaspora community feels to what is happening in the Holy Land," said Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, Chairman of the Chabad Network Fund, who facilitated the initiative. "Our visionary partners are sending a message of solidarity from Jews around the world to the very support system of the Jewish people. By strengthening the Shluchim, we are strengthening the heart of Israel."
Chabad sends emissaries to 300 cities for passover
The Israeli relief is part of a larger global campaign by Chabad Headquarters to ensure every Jew can access an authentic passover experience.
They are deploying 700 rabbinical students to over 300 cities worldwide to help create Passover for Jewish communities in places with limited Jewish infrastructure.
Additional support is also being sent to the Sydney Jewish community, who are still reeling from the Bondi terror attack in December.
The support for the Sydney community included Tulchinsky and Rabbi Kotlarsky gifting a new CTeen lounge space to Priva Schlanger for the CTeen Bondi community, in memory of her father, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the terror attack in Bondi during Hanukkah.