Yesterday, Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation ensuring Arizona kids have time at the beginning of each school day to take a moment of silence. The bill signing fell out on the 120th birthday of the Rebbe, an influential figure of the Jewish community who called for a moment of silence in schools at the beginning of every day shortly after the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan • Full Story, Photos

“It’s very hard to get in anywhere, and it’s also not fun to have to send your ninth-grader away,” said Chabad of Scottsdale Rabbi Yossi Levertov. He spearheaded the development of a yeshiva high school for boys in August. Its first class is already full despite the fact the school doesn’t yet have a name. Beis Chana High School of Arizona for girls is opening in August, and its first class is also full • Full Story

Rabbi Moshe and Chaya Sasonkin are heading out on Shlichus to Casa Grande, AZ to ensure the continuity of Jewish life in the city in between Phoenix and Tucson • Full Story

Southern Arizona’s Mega Challah Bake will be held in your own kitchen this year — with Chabad providing live instructions and entertainment via Zoom, plus ingredients for those who want them • Full Story

I never thought this could happen here. My brother is the Chief Rabbi in Berlin. He lives in a city where it’s dangerous to wear a Yarmulka. When walking with his son to synagogue he was attacked and spat on. But I thought it could never happen here. Written by Rabbi Shmuel Tiechtel • Full Story

Designed to offer a light in the community, Chabad of Flagstaff’s Molly Blank Jewish Community Center suffered an attack against its mission this past weekend. Sometime between 5:30 p.m. Friday afternoon and 7 a.m. Monday morning, vandals broke into the construction site and burglarized the center’s interior with hate symbols • Full Story