Chicago police are stepping up patrols at synagogues as well as Jewish schools and businesses after an attempted arson at a synagogue and vandalism near others.
Police say they’re seeking to identify a person seen on surveillance video about 12:30 a.m.

Thankfully, there were no serious injuries after a car collided head-on with a school bus in Monsey on Monday morning at Route 306 & Viola Road.

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At the 50th Year Hatzolah International Conference in Jerusalem, members of the Executive Branch of Chevra Hatzolah announced the formation of Hatzolah Emergency Air Response Team (HatzolAir), a 501c(3) to be operational Summer 2019.
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The following is via the NY Post:
A massive load of more than 1,000 polished Yemenite Shofars or antelope horns were stolen from a Brooklyn home, police said Friday.
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The following is via Fox News:
A white firefighter has sued the FDNY after claiming he was barred from participating in a color guard ceremony honoring deceased members of the Vulcan Society — a fraternal organization of black firefighters.
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Iowa farmer Tim Bardole survived years of low crop prices and rising costs by cutting back on fertilizer and herbicides and fixing broken-down equipment rather than buying new. When President Donald Trump’s trade war with China made a miserable situation worse, Bardole used up any equity his operation had and started investing in hogs in hopes they’ll do better than crops.

(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com)
The case of the sandwich shop in Lakewood flying an Israeli flag on Israel’s Independence Day and the alleged statement of the mashgiach of the store’s hechsher has made international waves.
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A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone Sunday night, landing less than a mile from the sprawling U.S. Embassy, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

Across Iran’s capital, the talk always seems to come back to how things may get worse.
Battered by U.S. sanctions and its depreciating rial currency, Iran’s 80 million people struggle to buy meat, medicine and other staples of daily life.
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House Democrats will hear from former CIA Director John Brennan about the situation in Iran, inviting him to speak next week amid heightened concerns over the Trump administration’s sudden moves in the region.
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