On the 13th of Av (August 7), the Thursday after Tisha Be’Av, thousands are expected to gather at one of the world’s most legendary musical venues, Bethel Woods in upstate New York, for a historic outdoor celebration of Jewish pride, soul, and connection. Less than twenty-four hours before Shabbos Nachamu, Yamim Baim will deliver a full-length Ishay Ribo concert with guest performances by Chassidic music legend Avraham Fried, as well as Zusha and Shmuel. The star-studded concert will include the first-ever live performance of Kol Pa’am Mehadesh, Ribo and Shmuel’s brand-new duet that has already struck a chord across Jewish communities worldwide.

In a series of behind-closed-doors fundraisers recorded in 2024 and obtained exclusively by CNN, President Donald Trump is heard describing aggressive foreign policy threats, hardline domestic crackdowns, and eyebrow-raising fundraising tactics — offering a glimpse into the unfiltered rhetoric he reserved for high-dollar donors. According to the audio, Trump told one private gathering that he had warned Russian President Vladimir Putin he would “bomb Moscow” if Russia invaded Ukraine. “With Putin I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m going to bomb the [expletive] out of Moscow,’” Trump said.

Iran planned to shower Israel with thousands of ballistic missiles in the coming years. Even after Israel destroyed thousands of its missiles and launchers, the Islamic Republic still boasts that it can cause serious damage to Israel and/or the US if it chooses to do so. “Our armed forces are at the height of their readiness,” said Major General Ebrahim Jabbari of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), speaking to the semi-official Mehr News Agency. “The warehouses, underground missile bases, and facilities we have are so enormous that we have yet to demonstrate the majority of our defense capabilities and effective missiles.” “In case of a war with Israel and the U.S., our facilities will not run out even if we launch missiles at them every day for two years,” he added.

Elon Musk’s plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans looking to upend the two-party system that has dominated U.S. politics since almost the beginning. From the Anti-Masonic Party in the early 1800s to last year’s ill-fated No Labels, nascent political parties have been a near-constant feature of U.S. politics. Some are impactful, others ephemeral, but few endure for long. Though the Republican and Democratic parties have had a lock on political power since the Civil War, they have remade themselves over and over, often when faced with the prospect of losing voters to third parties.

Staff and children at Camp Yeka in western Ukraine were forced to take shelter overnight as drone sirens sounded overhead, triggering emergency safety protocols. The camp, which serves Jewish children from across the country—many from areas still affected by war—temporarily suspended activities as staff guided campers to bomb shelters. All individuals were reported safe. The alert marked a disruption in what has otherwise been a summer of respite and community for the campers. Located in a region previously considered more stable, Camp Yeka has implemented safety procedures to respond to the evolving security situation in Ukraine. Despite the incident, camp programming has resumed, and operations continue as planned.

Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company to top $4 trillion in value on Wednesday after two-year investor frenzy. Nvidia shares rose 2.5%, or $3.97, in early trading Wednesday, topping $164 each. At the beginning of 2023, Nvidia shares were around $14 each. The poster child of the AI boom, Nvidia has grown into the most valuable company in the world, surpassing Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet. The stock’s movement carries more weight on the S&P 500 and other indexes than every company except Apple. Two years ago, Nvidia’s market value was below $600 billion. In its most recent quarter, Nvidia overcame tariff-driven turbulence to deliver another quarter of robust growth amid feverish demand for its high-powered AI chips.

Seven pedestrians were injured, four of them seriously and critically, after being hit by a car on Highway 77 near the Poriya Junction. MDA paramedics treated the injured—a woman around 25 years old who was critically injured, two men and two young women who were seriously injured, another person who was moderately injured, and a woman who was lightly injured—and evacuated them to the medical center in Poriya. Police initially investigated a suspected car-ramming attack but later issued a statement saying it was a traffic accident. An initial investigation reveals that a driver lost control of the vehicle. The incident occurred after a minor traffic accident when the victims got out of their vehicle to check the damage and were then run over by a passing car.

BREAKING IN LAKEWOOD: A dead body has just been found inside a porta-potty at Red Square, outside the Lakewood Police Department headquarters. Detectives are arriving at the scene now.

With assaults on ICE agents up 700%, Hakeem Jeffries once again refuses to condemn the violent rhetoric behind it.

BREAKING: Biden’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor, pleads the Fifth and refuses to testify in a closed-door House hearing on the massive cover-up of Biden’s health.