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

Did you ever wonder how to explain to someone on Mivtzoim or in your Chabad House, the basic beliefs about the coming of Moshiach in a nutshell? Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman, Shliach of Oro Valley, Arizona, wrote a column in the ‘Arizona Jewish Post’ highlighting the fundamental beliefs about the Messianic era • Full Article

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman who is suspected of stealing from a Phoenix synagogue. Phoenix police and Silent Witness report that on August 17 at 11 p.m., a woman entered Chabad of Arizona near State Route 51 and Lincoln Drive • Full Story

Jewish students at Arizona State University finally have a kosher meat restaurant on the Tempe campus they can enjoy. Chick-In opened at Wilson Hall, 240 Orange Mall, about a month ago • Full Story

Cheder Lubavitch of Arizona has a new home on Chabad of Arizona’s Phoenix campus. A group of parents, led by Yaakov and Rochel Welner, who wanted a Chasidic emphasis for their children’s education, started the school with five first-grade students • Full Article

Two girls from Boro Park were R”L killed when the vehicle they were traveling in collided with a tractor trailer. The accident occurred on 26 Menachem Av, the night between Monday and Tuesday. The fatal accident occurred in Arizona • Full Story

Julia says the moral of this story is that there are miracles. “The rabbi says Yaakov was sent as a sign that there are still miracles and it came with two fire trucks and two paramedic trucks and bells and whistles… We needed the lights to wake us up that there are miracles and that’s what Yaakov is,” Julia says. “He’s a miracle” • Full Story

Over 200 community members, supporters and friends of the Chabad Jewish Community Center of Flagstaff and Northern Arizona University, directed by Rabbi Dovie Shapiro gathered at the High Country Conference Center for their first gala celebration, titled “Forging the Future” ● The gala celebration launched the $2.2 million capital campaign for the building of the new center ● Full Story, Pictures