The Israel Defense Forces’ Medical Corps is in the midst of a pilot program that places nurses and male nurses in combat battalions, as part a series of changes designed to improve the military’s medical services.
IDF head nurse Lt. Col. Oshrat Gozlan told JNS in an interview that some 200 nurses and male nurses serve in the military today, but that unlike in the past, a growing number of them are in the field, together with combat soldiers.
“In the past, you saw them mainly away from the front, in first aid clinics or in the unit that accompanies hospitalized soldiers. Now, there is a trend involving growing numbers of nurses who are strengthening the medical chain in the field,” said Gozlan.

House Democrats have officially introduced a resolution to hold Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas.
The contempt resolution allows Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) to go to court to seek civil enforcement of the subpoena for Barr to turn over special counsel Robert Mueller’s unredacted report and underlying evidence, as well as for McGahn to provide documents and public testimony.
The resolution also gives any committee chair the rare power to go to federal court to seek civil enforcement of subpoenas, both current and future orders, so long as they are granted approval by the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Board.

By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss

As the Yom Tov of Shavuos is upon us, we celebrate that which we say daily in the blessings on the Torah.  “Asher bochar bonu mikol ha’amim, v’nosan lanu es Toraso,” that Hashem chose us from all of the nations and gave us His Torah.  In the very first posuk in the Torah, we are taught “Bereishis borah Elokim,” which Rashi explains to mean that the world was created because of the Torah.

Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a podcast deal with Spotify, the streaming platform announced.
According to Spotify’s press release, the Obamas, through the multi-year partnership agreement between their production company Higher Ground and Spotify, “will develop, produce, and lend their voices to select podcasts, connecting them to listeners around the world on wide-ranging topics.”
Last year, the Obamas and Higher Ground signed a production deal with Netflix.
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When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s return to the election drawing board, it sent political shockwaves throughout the country. It also proved shocking for the Trump administration since the government coalition failure comes just as it launches robust efforts to implement the first part of its long-touted Mideast peace plan.
The Bahrain “Peace to Prosperity” summit, which will see Americans, Israelis and the Arab League come together, is meant to act as the launching pad for a proposal arranged by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict once and for all.

In preparation for the Yom Tov of Kabbalas Hatorah, the Midwest Agudas Yisroel Vaad Harabbanim has released its latest issue of Safa Berura on the “Halachos of the Month of Sivan and Shavuos.”
This issue, the largest to date, is a comprehensive review of all the halachos related to the Yom Tov of Shavuos.
In addition, the kuntris has 12 simanim of further iyun into relevant Shavuos sugyos, for example- “Standing for the Aseres Hadibros”, “Birchas Hatorah and Nettilas Yadayim after Staying Up All Night”, and “the Minhag of Putting Trees in Shul.” Learning this kuntris is a certain way to enhance your Simchas Yom Tov!
 
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If you listen closely, you can hear the anticipation in the air.
The march towards the final Hadran of the 13th Daf Yomi cycle continues onward, with members of klal yisroel of all ages joining together in an unprecedented wave of hasmadah, delving deeply into the waters of Torah as the Global Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi draws near.  Buoyed by the excitement of this historic event, thousands have jumped headfirst into new Siyum learning initiatives to expand Limud HaTorah, with a senior delegation of Agudah dignitaries recognizing Riverside Abstract for its partnership in these impactful Torah programs at a special June 3rd celebration.

By Shiryn Ghermezian

President Trump on Thursday took aim at special counsel Robert Mueller and Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an interview at the American cemetery in Normandy, France, where he was marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
Speaking to Fox News’s Laura Ingraham just before a ceremony commemorating the storied invasion, Trump asserted that Mueller made “a fool out of himself” in his public comments last week on the Russia investigation and called Pelosi a “disaster” over her handling of a possible impeachment inquiry.
“Nancy Pelosi, I call her ‘Nervous Nancy,’ Nancy Pelosi doesn’t talk about it,” Trump said. “Nancy Pelosi is a disaster, OK? She’s a disaster. Let her do what she wants, you know what? I think they’re in big trouble.”

The Brooklyn Eagle reports: A Crown Heights man was sentenced to 24 years to life today for the 2014 botched kidnapping and murder of Menachem Stark Hy”d.
Erskin Felix was convicted of kidnapping, murder and tampering with evidence for masterminding and carrying out the fatal kidnapping of Menachem, whose murder roiled Williamsburg’s Jewish community.