Al Sharpton spoke at an event for Reform Jews and acknowledged how his “cheap” rhetoric stoked divisions with the Jewish community, publicly acknowledging his role for the incendiary rhetoric that helped fuel the deadly Crown Heights riots in 1991, which led to the death of Yankel Rosenbaum hy”d.
Without mentioning the Crown Heights riots specifically, Sharpton said he could have “done more to heal rather than harm.” And he said that all the public criticism he received paled next to the rebuke from Coretta Scott King, who was known for her closeness to the Jewish community. It appears to be the first time Sharpton has publicly shared the tale.

A delegation from ZAKA has flown down from Israel to participate in the search and identification of bodies in a mass grave identified in a building site over a former Jewish ghetto in the city of Brest on the Belarus border with Poland.
The grave was expected to yield above of 1,100 bodies, most of whom were shot in the head and many of them women and children.
“The sights are shocking to every Jewish heart,” ZAKA Executive Director Rabbi Tzvi Hasid said in a statement.
Read more at i24NEWS.
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 MK Rabbi Rafi Peretz, who is Chairman of Habayit Yehudi party, initiated a new policy for his party.

In order to strengthen themselves in the mitzvah of not speaking lashon hara, Peretz has instituted the limud of Chofetz Chayim which will take place at the beginning of every party meeting. The group will learn two rules of lashon hara every day before carrying on with official business.

Mi K’Amcha Yisroel

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Israeli former spy Jonathan Pollard, who spent 30 years in jail in the United States, gave one of his first media interviews after his release almost four years ago.
Despite strict parole conditions prohibiting him from speaking to the press, Pollard is opened up to reporters, complaining that the Israeli leadership doesn’t care about him.
“If you don’t care about someone like myself, who spent 30 years in prison on behalf of the land and people of Israel, then how much concern can you actually show or exhibit or feel towards anybody in the country, from our soldiers to our civilians?” he says.
Read more at Times of Israel.

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What’s your lucky number?
8! There should no more than 8 people at a meeting for it to be productive.
More than 8 people doesn’t allow everyone to participate, causes people to be reluctant to share their ideas, and allows for too many side conversations to distract from the main goals of the meeting.
Be thoughtful with your invite list and only invite the people who will be helpful additions at the meeting. Who has information to share? Who will be impacted by the decision? Who will be implementing the decision? Who will learn from participating?
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Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky a”h, the beloved “mamme” of Klal Yisroel, showered praise upon her beloved son, Rav Shlomo Kanievsky, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Kiryas Melech. In the following video, Rebbetzin Kanievsky, speaking to Rav Mahir Reiss, expresses her pride over her son:
“My husband [Rav Chaim Kanievsky] said that it’s a shame that Rav Shlomo has to travel and be busy worrying about parnassah [to support his yeshiva], because with his Torah learning, he could grow to become the gadol hador! By the time he was bar mitzvah, he had completed Shas. And he didn’t just learn it. He knew it!
“Bli ayin hara, [Rav Shlomo] has to travel to support the yeshiva. And my husband says that it’s a shame.

A heat wave may force authorities to ban Lag Ba’omer bonfires.
Lag Ba’omer falls on Wednesday night and Thursday, and the National Fire and Rescue Authority has already prohibited lighting bonfires in public parks, forests, and other potentially dangerous areas
Thursday will see a heat wave, affecting most of Israel. All areas of Israel will see heavy or extreme heat, and firefighters are liable to ban Lag Ba’omer bonfires due to the risk that the flames may quickly spread out of control.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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