Firecrackers were thrown into the courtyard of a Chabad House in Sri Lanka and stones were hurled at the building, alongside demonstrations by local residents calling for the Chabad House to be closed. MK Avi Maoz urgently appealed to Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to act swiftly with the local authorities: “Israel must ensure the safety of the Shluchim and Israelis before, G-d forbid, there are casualties.” • Read More

Apple has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the company discriminated against a Jewish employee after he requested accommodations to observe Shabbos • Read More

Campers & staff of Dovi’s CGI Florida gathered on the final Friday of the summer to present a gift of Torah by heart to the Rebbe, and to celebrate the collect Campers and staff of Dovi’s CGI Florida gathered on the final Friday of the summer to present the Rebbe with a gift of Torah by heart and to celebrate their collective and individual achievements at the 20th Annual MBP Award Ceremony • Read More, Photos

The annual “Beis Lubavitch” Seminar is once again underway in the picturesque Alps, bringing participants of all ages together for an uplifting Chassidishe experience filled with learning, farbrengens and inspiring programs • Read More, Photos

In a dramatic development, the chareidi representative on the board of the Anu Museum of the Jewish People (formerly known as Beit Hatfutsot) has resigned in protest of the museum’s refusal to comply with Yad L’Achim’s demand that it remove an exhibit that normalizes intermarriage • Read More

Oholei Torah’s Yeshivas Kayitz Gan Menachem summer program concluded an incredible summer with its annual end of year banquet, bringing together talmidim, parents, grandparents, mechanchim, counselors, and staff for a lavish banquet celebrating a summer filled with learning, growth, and fun • Read More, Photos

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will add four more New York City bus routes to its Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) program, aimed at improving bus speeds and reliability by enforcing existing traffic rules • Read More

After a full year of Yegiah in Yoreh Deah, Talmidim of Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz’ s Smicha Program marked a special milestone, celebrating their successful completion and receiving their Smicha from their dear Rosh HaMachon • Read More, Photos

The family and Israel Police are continuing an urgent search for Chabad bochur Nachman Kinan, who has been missing since Sunday, as authorities and volunteers work to determine his whereabouts • Read More

Newark Liberty International Airport is receiving a new surface radar system designed to give air traffic controllers a clearer, real-time picture of aircraft and vehicles moving across the airport’s runways and taxiways, helping prevent runway incursions and other dangerous incidents • Read More

Israel and Venezuela have agreed to renew consular relations and establish an official coordination channel between the two countries, marking the first direct consular framework since diplomatic ties were severed in 2009 • Read More

The Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday that it has identified the resting place of Shlomo Haimson HY”D, a Jewish soldier who was killed nearly 78 years ago while attempting to escape a British detention camp in Cyprus. His grave was located in Haifa following an extensive investigation by the IDF’s Missing Persons Investigation Department • Read More

A rare total solar eclipse swept across the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, August 12, bringing several minutes of darkness to parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia and Spain in one of the year’s most anticipated celestial events. It was the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe since 1999 • Read More

Nadav Kerem’s musical journey has taken him from studying jazz at a Tel Aviv music school to the world of Chabad nigunim, where he is now combining the melodies of Chabad with jazz and improvisation • Read More, Listen

Shliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Zalmanov recently met with Rabbi Moshe Havlin, Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Gat and Rosh Yeshivah of the Chabad yeshivah in the city, and presented him with the newly published book “R’ Zalman Der Lubavitcher,” Volume I, which documents the life and activities of the renowned Shliach and educator Rabbi Zalman Tuvia HaKohen Abelsky A”H, Chief Rabbi of Moldova and Chisinau and the first Shliach to Kiryat Gat • Read More

Singer Simcha Friedman and Nemouel Harush lead the singing in a powerful new video capturing the tremendous celebration marking the Siyum and Hachnasas Sefer Torah of the ninth children’s Sefer Torah at the Kosel, attended by tens of thousands of Anash, Temimim, and Jews from around the world • Watch

The ChabadInfo editorial team extends warm congratulations to Rabbi Avremke Eisenstein, director and editor at Chabad.Info Hebrew, and his wife, Shterni, on the birth of a baby boy, born in good health. Warm Mazel Tov wishes extended to the grandparents, Rabbi Eliyahu and Leah Eisenstein of Migdal HaEmek, and Shliach Rabbi Shimshon and Batya Pizem of Aco. Mazel Tov!

A historic new chapter in Jewish life in Moldova was marked in Chisinau on Wednesday, as Rabbi Menachem Mendel Axelrod, Shliach of the Rebbe, was officially inaugurated as Chief Rabbi of Moldova at a moving ceremony attended by leading Rabbanim, government officials, Jewish community leaders and hundreds of members of the local community • Read More, Photos, Watch