Overview
- Organizers reported more than 6,500 shluchim and guests at the gala banquet in Edison, New Jersey, with a live global webcast of the proceedings.
- Thousands gathered earlier for the iconic group photo outside 770 Eastern Parkway, representing 111 countries and over 6,000 communities.
- A Sefer Torah was completed and dedicated in memory of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, with hakafos at 770 and a global farbrengen scheduled to follow.
- Program segments highlighted on-the-ground resilience, including Rabbi Yaakov Raskin’s account from Jamaica during Hurricane Melissa and reflections from U.S. Marine Sgt. Ben Crage and Air Force Chaplain Rabbi Levi Pekar.
- Thursday’s general session at Brooklyn’s Bedford Armory featured a candid “Shlichus Without Filters” panel and previewed plans to apply AI tools to children’s Torah learning.