Rav Shmuel Yehuda Katzenellenbogen (1521-1597). The son of Rav Meir of Padua (the Maharam Padua), Rav Shmuel was born in Padua. He served on the Beis Din of Venice and became Rav of the city and headed its yeshiva. His sefer, Drashos R’ Shmuel Yehuda, also called Shteim Esre Drashos, is sometimes erroneously named Drashos Mahari Mintz.
Rav Yaakov Temerlis (1668). Borns in Worms, he traveled to Lublin and then Kremenitz, Poland. Late in life, he moved to Vienna. His sefarim included Sifra DiTzniyusa DeYaakov, a kabbalistic commentary on the Torah.
Rav Chaim Abulafya, born in Chevron, Rav of Tzefas, Izmir (Turkey), Tveria (1660-1744), known as a miracle worker

Yeshiva Bochrim Nearly Drown In Mediterranean In Bain Hazmanim IncidentThanks to the quick response by the maritime police on the Mediterranean Sea and rescue teams on the ground three yeshiva bochrim who partially drowned on Wednesday were rescued and survived the incident.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Tuesday that his first international trip in office will be to Israel in May.
“I promised to be the most pro-Israel governor in America, and that the first delegation I would lead would be to the State of Israel,” said the Republican governor. “I’m pleased to report that I’m keeping that promise. Our delegation will bring business, academic and political leaders to help strengthen the bond between Florida and Israel.”
The six-day trip will seek to further economic and other cooperation between the Sunshine State and the Jewish state, where the governor and his cabinet plan to be at the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.

Portland – Deputies in Portland, Oregon responded to a possible home invasion, but the intruder they found wasn’t alive or a person. It was a robotic vacuum cleaner. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports a house sitter in Cedar Hills called 911 Monday, saying someone was inside the bathroom. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says deputies entered the [...]

Warren Releases 2018 Tax Return, Reveals $900,000 In IncomeDemocratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has released her tax return for 2018, reporting that she and her husband paid more than $200,000 in taxes on a joint income of about $900,000 last year.
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Tallying ballots from soldiers, diplomats and prisoners likely to be completed Thursday morning, with Naftali Bennett's party 0.02% short of entering Knesset

Washington – The American Academy of Pediatrics called on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Tuesday to issue a full recall of the “Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play Sleeper” infant rocker, which has been linked to 32 infant deaths, it said on its website. The infant deaths were tallied by an analysis from the [...]

 Barr Says ‘I Think Spying Did Occur’ On Trump Campaign [VIDEO]Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday he is reviewing the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, declaring he believed the president’s campaign had been spied on and wanted to make sure proper procedures were followed.
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Several 2020 Democrats support Bernie Sanders’ Medicare plan; Peter Doocy reports.
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Bicycle Battery Explodes In Netanya Garage Injuring Two, One Of Them SeriouslyA man in his 50s suffered smoke inhalation and a woman around 25-years-old suffered burns after an electric bicycle battery exploded in a Netanya parking garage.
The incident occurred around 5:00PM in a garage on HaAhva Street in the city.

The choice between Netanyahu or Gantz, socio-economic issues and the security situation were the top three considerations, but voters are often swayed by how religious they are

Washington – As President Donald Trump rails against an influx of migrants at the border, two of his most influential White House power players are at odds over the future of his immigration policy. Fresh off orchestrating a shake-up at the Department of Homeland Security, an ascendant Stephen Miller is making a renewed push to [...]

 Trump Says He Won’t Deliver Tax Returns To Congress [VIDEO]President Donald Trump, facing a congressional deadline for his administration to provide his tax returns, said Wednesday that he “won’t do it” while he’s under audit by the IRS.
Trump told reporters on the White House lawn that “I would love to give them, but I’m not going to do it while I’m under audit.”
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A passenger on an El Al flight which landed in New York opened the plane’s emergency exit and attempted to jump out of the aircraft Wednesday.
The incident took place on flight LY001 from Tel Aviv to New York after the Boeing 747, which had about 400 passengers, landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport. (JFK) Wednesday morning local time.
El Al stated that “when the plane arrived at the gate and during the descent of the passengers, an American passenger opened one of the rear passenger doors that are not intended for passengers. Two EL AL crew-members who noticed the passenger kept their cool and acted resourcefully in grabbing the passenger as he hung from the door at a great height, and thereby saved his life.”

 Kiddush Hashem In JacksonOver the past five years, the town of Jackson, NJ, has experienced a massive influx of frum Jews seeking housing in the vicinity of Lakewood. As is the case in many other towns in the area, the sharp increase in the Jewish population has generated no small amount of tensions between the new arrivals and the town’s existing populace.
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A Spirit-ual PesachBy Gabriel Geller
As over the past few years more wine lovers have been adding wine as a regular companion to their weeknight dinner, the period known as the 9 days during the Hebrew month of Av have been dubbed “the wineless week” (and change).
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While American millennials have a liberal reputation, young Israeli Jews, who have never known a real peace process, identify as right-wing at much higher levels than their parents

Caracas, Venezuela – Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is lambasting U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s remarks at the U.N. Security Council as both “ridiculous” and “racist.” In a televised address early Wednesday evening, Maduro said Pence’s comments show U.S. leaders “think they are superior to Venezuelans.” He added that on Pence’s face he could see “the [...]

A bill banning abortions after a heartbeat is detected cleared the Ohio Legislature and is headed to Governor DeWine’s desk, who says he will sign it.
The Republican-controlled Ohio House has again passed a measure to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected Wednesday with a 56-39 vote, sending the heartbeat bill back to the Senate, who agreed to its changes.
Ohio would join five other states that have passed such restrictive abortion measures. A fetal heartbeat can be detected as early as five or six weeks into pregnancy, before many women even find out they’re pregnant.
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Jerusalem Mayor Leon Meets With US Ambassador To Israel FriedmanOn Wednesday, the Mayor of Jerusalem, Mr. Moshe Leon, met with the US Ambassador to Israel, Mr. David Friedman, at the US Embassy in the capital.
The two discussed the work of the embassy in the city, the assistance required from the Jerusalem municipality, and joint issues of work in dialogue between the embassy and the municipality.

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