Rav Shlomo Kanievsky, currently on a whirlwind trip to the United States in an effort to save his yeshiva, Yeshiva Kiryas Melech in Bnei Brak, will spend this coming Shabbos, Parshas Behar, in the Passaic, NJ, community.

Hate speech written on a shul wall was discovered early Thursday morning in Staten Island.
The words “synagogue of Satan” were visible from Bradley Avenue, written on the Chabad of Staten Island shul, located on Harold Street. Across the street, the letters “SOS” were written with spray paint on the Yeshiva Zichron Paltiel of Staten Island, referencing the aforementioned phrase.
Mendy Katzman, the associate director of Chabad of Staten Island, said that police believe the graffiti was written around midnight.
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The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre still wants to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence, his lawyer said Thursday.
Judy Clarke told a judge she hopes the case against Robert Bowers can be resolved without a trial. The 46-year-old truck driver wasn’t in court.
Authorities say Bowers killed 11 people and wounded seven at Tree of Life synagogue last October. It was the deadliest attack on Jews in US history. He has previously pleaded not guilty.
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An Argentinian rabbi returning from prayer services on Saturday evening was physically attacked by a group of individuals yelling racial slurs against Jews, according to a report in The Jerusalem Post.
Rabbi Elyahu Shaman, who serves as a cantor at a Buenos Aires synagogue, was wounded in the face and hand. Witnesses to the assault stood by and laughed, according to a statement given to the Post.
The incident comes a month after two Jewish worshippers were attacked outside the Mikdash Yosef Jewish center in Buenos Aires.

Thousands of Israelis have been evacuated from their homes and at least sixteen houses destroyed Thursday as fires rage out of control in central and southern Israel.
Homes have been reported as destroyed in both Kibbutz Harel and Mevo Modim, which sits near the Ben Shemen forest and just off of Route 443.
Residents from Harel, Mevo Modim, and a number of towns near Mevo Modim – including Gimzu, Kfar Daniel, and even Shilat – have been evacuated in part or entirely. Current estimates put the number of evacuated residents at about 3,500.
Officials say the Ben Shemen forest, a major nature preserve near the densely-populated coastal region, suffered “massive damage” in the fire.

Deputy Health Minister MK Yaakov Litzman blasted police conduct during a protest Wednesday after an autistic charedi teen was injured by Border Policemen and sustained a facial injury.

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Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef revealed that a rabbinate council member urged the removal of a sign that warns people against entering Har Habayis, wanting to replace it with one saying that entering the holy site is subject to halachic dispute.
“A sharp argument broke out and I explained to him that we respect every talmid chochom, but must remember: Who forbade entering? All the gedolei hadoros, all chief rabbis of their times from Rav Avrohom Yitzchok Hakohen Kook onwards … strictly forbade this,” Rav Yosef said.

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A rumor of a measles outbreak at the United Hatzalah clinic in Meron spread on Wednesday causing fear for the thousands who attend the annual celebrations at the kever of Rabi Shimon bar Yochai.
The Health Ministry, who reportedly sent the message, confirmed that they had sent no such message, according to United Hatzalah President Eli Beer.