Hundreds gathered last night at the resting place of the Arizal in Tzfas, Eretz Hakodesh in honor of 5 Menachem-Av, his yahrtzeit. Photographer Shneur Navon flew his drone over the gathering, capturing beautiful images of the yahrtzeit proceedings • Photos

“Bringing Heaven Down to Earth: 365 Meditations of the Rebbe”, a well-known book in communities throughout the world, is sold out in Russian bookstores. The price rose 22 times, but that didn’t lower the demand: an additional print run of 30,000 copies has been ordered and is expected to be snapped up within a month • Full Story

The United Arab List (Ra’am) announced Wednesday afternoon that it would oppose another law that is due to be voted on imminently in the Knesset. While the coalition largely backs the legislation, the United Arab List has thus far refused to agree to support the bill, forcing the government to push off the preliminary vote in the Knesset plenum • Full Story

Israeli activist Rudy Rochman and two other Israelis were arrested last week in Nigeria for alleged contact with Biafran separatists while filming a documentary on African ‘Jewish’ communities. Shliach in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, Rabbi Yisrael Uzan, has been able to provide the trio with Kosher food since their arrest • Full Story, Tehillim

The Washington Nationals selected Elie Kligman with their final and 20th round pick on Tuesday, making him the second observant Orthodox Jewish player ever drafted into the league — and the second in two days. “That day of Shabbas is for G-d”, he said, “I’m not going to change that” • Full Story

Jonah Handler, 15, miraculously survived the collapse of the Champlain Towers when he and his mother were among the few people rescued alive from the rubble. His mother, Stacie Fang, z’l, 54, died of her injuries shortly after she arrived at the hospital and was the first victim identified in the disaster. Jonah’s family filed a lawsuit against the building’s condo association last week, the latest in over a dozen lawsuits filed since the collapse of the building on June 24 • Full Story

Religious Zionist chairman Betzalel Smotrich blasts PM Naftali Bennett during Knesset discussion: Secretly, you despise the camp of which you were a part until yesterday • Full Story

More than 60 Jewish children who were rescued from Arab villages attended special camps run by Yad L’Achim this summer in a large, picturesque facility in the northern part of the Israel. One of the campers, 16-year-old Yosef, was rescued from Ramallah just two and a half weeks ago, together with his mother and sister. In camp he had the opportunity to celebrate his bar mitzvah • Full Story, Photos

Over two thousand people, men and women alike, gathered in Kfar Chabad’s event tent for a special education seminar in memory of renowned educator Rabbi Shlomo Gerberchik. Those gathered heard from many various speakers, including Mara D’Asra of Kfar Chabad, Horav Meir Ashkenazi, as well as watched a professionally prepared film on the subject. Moments of the event were captured by ChabadInfo.com photographer Mendy Kurant • Photos

Having identified a critical need for self-defense training, Raziel Cohen, aka The Tactical Rabbi, an NRA and DOJ-certified firearms instructor, has put together a series of specialized full-day training courses designed to provide community leaders and shluchim with the tools they need to address their unique set of challenges • Full Story, Photos

Whether it was learning Chassidus overlooking breathtaking views of the Chiriqui Highlands or doing mivtzoim while horseback riding, the bochurim had a most uplifting, memorable week on this unique summer journey • Full Story, Photos 

This past Sunday, Rabbi Yisroel Aryeh Leib Koenig manned the Tefillin stand on Jerusalem’s Jaffa St. like he does most days. Little did he know that one of his customers would tell him the story of his family connection to the Rebbe’s father • Full Story

Russia is grappling with a surge of coronavirus infections since early June, with the number of daily cases increasing from about 9,000 to 23,000 in a month’s time. There’s also been a record spike in deaths, with Russia’s coronavirus task force saying it is due to the spread of the Delta variant • Full Story

Chabad on Campus – France gathered over Shabbos for a regional Kinus Hashluchim. The Shluchim shared ideas and discussed their affairs, joining together to share chizuk for each one to take back to his place of shlichus. Images of the Kinus captured by photographer Mordechai Lubecki • Full Story, Photos

The US will prioritize placing pressure on Israel regarding its policy of demolishing the homes of terrorists, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday. “We attach a good deal of priority to this, knowing that the home of an entire family shouldn’t be demolished for the action of one individual,” Price said at a press briefing • Full Story

The Chabad House, under the auspices of Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, has been at the forefront of the rescue and recovery efforts in Surfside, FL, following the tragic collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium building, raising both funds and collecting supplies for the families displaced from their homes and awaiting news of loved ones • Full Story, Photos 

In addition to attacks on Jews related to the Israel-Hamas conflict, recent assaults on Jews include the stabbing of a Boston rabbi and bullets fired through synagogue windows. Dozens of Jewish institutions have been vandalized across the US since May, including Holocaust museums, Chabad houses, and schools • Full Story

Rabbi Yisrael Uzan, Shliach of the Rebbe MH”M in Abuja, Nigeria, performed the first ever known burial of a Jew in accordance to Halacha in the country. The niftier was an active member in the local community • Photos

During a series of historic events commemorating the Holocaust last week in the ‘Jewish Shtetel’ of Chernivtsi, Ukraine, the regional governor made a surprise dramatic announcement: the ‘Jewish House’ nationalized during the Communist regime will be returned to the community and serve as a warm home for education and enrichment programs • Full Story, Photos

After consultation with professionals and public advocates, the team at ‘My Maor’ concluded that in order to better achieve their goal, they should update their recent petition to more broadly cover the broader issue of protecting Jewish online content that presents Jewish values to the public. Join their efforts by signing the petition • Full Story, Petition

A ceremony was held to thank members of Israel’s National Rescue Unit for their help in trying to find survivors in the mountain of rubble left behind where a condo building collapsed in Surfside, Miami. The Israeli team of seven from the IDF’s Home From Command flew out to the US and began working at the site three days after the building collapsed last month • Full Story

MK Walid Taha doesn’t specify why Islamist party is threatening to boycott further Knesset votes, but sources say Ra’am is upset about coalition’s outreach to Joint List, general disregard for its core demands • Full Story

A man already charged with stabbing a rabbi outside a Jewish school in Boston now faces additional hate crime offenses, prosecutors said Thursday. Khaled Awad, who is originally from Egypt, arrived in the U.S. with biased views against Jews, Christians and American culture, Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Margaret Hegarty said during a court hearing • Full Story