The change marks a return to a historic funding model for Chabad’s development work retired in the 1990s

Donation, which will be paid out over five years, will help improve, subsidize Rudlin Torah Academy, alongside general support for the federation

JFNA CEO Eric Fingerhut: ‘There's no other religious faith that has to incur this kind of expense just to protect itself in its places of worship and communal gathering’

Donations follows a similar challenge grant by the San Diego-based couple last year

Gilles Darmon, who launched Latet a year after immigrating from France, believes the country is strong, wealthy enough to tackle income inequality