Shanahan says additional soldiers are for 'defensive purposes to address air, naval, and ground-based threats in the Middle East,' US not looking for conflict with Tehran

A 40-year-old man was killed in a mechanical accident while he was fixing the shovel of a tractor near Moshav Arugot on Monday.
The worker/technician was found with no life signs near the tractor by locals from the town who called emergency services.

Mayor says shuttering Tel Aviv airport that operates frequent and convenient flights to the resort city will decimate tourism industry

Jewish communities in Argentina and Uruguay warily went about their business Monday after tens of millions of people were left without electricity for hours on Sunday.

Following a covert investigation, police arrested seven suspects allegedly involved in two instances of cemetery fraud.
In one case, three chevrah kaddisha workers and two contractors are suspected of removing or covering children’s graves dating from the 70’s in Yerushalayim’s Har Hamenuchos cemetery in order to create new burial plots. Some of these were sold for up to $28,000 apiece to overseas Jews.
The other case involved two senior officials of the Beit Shemesh Religious Council who illegally sold graves plots wholesale to foreign citizens for $250,000.
{Matzav.com Israel}

Arabs in Shomron, from the village near the community of Yitzhar, are suspected of starting a brush fire near Yishuv Yitzhar on Monday morning. The fire spread quickly due to the hot dry conditions in the area, reaching the Mitzpei Yitzhar neighborhood of the community, which hosts a Chabad yeshiva.

Former Egyptian President and Muslim Brotherhood member Mohammed Morsi died in court today and members of the Brotherhood are claiming the government is negligent in his death.
Mohammed Sudan, leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood in London, described Morsi’s death as “premeditated murder,” saying that the former president was banned from receiving medicine or visits, and there was little information about his health condition.
“He has been placed behind glass cage (during trials). No one can hear him or know what is happening to him. He hasn’t received any visits for a months or nearly a year. He complained before that he doesn’t get his medicine. This is premediated murder. This is slow death.”

Kansas City – A 15-year-old Kansas boy got a large knife to the face, and doctors say he’s extremely lucky. Jimmy Russell said her son, Eli Gregg, was playing Thursday evening outside of their home in Redfield, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Kansas City, when she heard him scream. She found him with [...]


As the first of its kind, the "fingerprint album" project coming this summer vows to be the most exciting project in Jewish music of recent years.
This pre-release single “Kilunee” is the first of eleven unique, uplifting compositions by Sruly Bodansky, sung by Shmueli Ungar and arranged by Avrumy Berko. Kilunee is the first song to be released of the full upcoming album.
The Fingerprint Album is an exclusive collaboration of the finest front-line Chassidic singers, bringing quality Jewish music – with a variety of upbeat and inspiring songs – to the masses.
לחן: ר׳ ישראל באדאנסקי
ביצוע: שמילי אונגר
עיבודים והפקה: אברומי ברקוי
מקהלה: מקהלת חברים – ישראל
מיקס: אברומי ברקוי / אולפני שניצלר