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A beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of Norwegian officials and prompted speculation that the animal may have come from a Russian military facility.
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New York – Alan Dershowitz was among dozens of protesters outside the offices of The New York Times in Midtown Manhattan who decried the newspaper’s publication of a cartoon with anti-Semitic imagery. The demonstrators on Monday night chanted “shame on you” and carried signs reading “Anti-Israel, Anti-Semitic, NYT Guilty” and “NYT guilty of 120 years [...]

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rabbi Mordechai Neustadt zt”l.
Rabbi Neustadt was most well known for his efforts to save Russian Jewry from spiritual annihilation.

IDF Spokesman Brigadier-General Ronen Manelis announced on Tuesday morning that the rocket fired on Monday from Gaza was fired by the Islamic Jihad. Manelis said the rocket fell kilometers from the coast after the terrorists fired it to land in Israel.

“The attack on the mispallelim of Chabad of Poway on Pesach, by a monster who brought hate and horror into the kedushas beis haknesses, left us grief-stricken and heartbroken,” said LCSW, Shomrim of Lakewood, NJ, in a statement.
The shooting brought to the fore the horrific ramifications of latent anti-Semitism when actualized, and it also brought to the fore the heroism of individuals who fought hate with love.
“We mourn the passing of Lori Gilbert-Kaye who lost her life while protecting others in a courageous act of heroism,” said LCSW. “We extend our heartfelt refuah shelaimah to the injured, including Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who continued to lead his congregation with strength and courage despite his own injuries.”
 

The man accused of opening fire inside a Southern California synagogue was a star scholar, athlete and musician whose embrace of white supremacy and anti-Semitism has dumbfounded his family and others who thought they knew him well.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó appeared Tuesday to be staging a military-backed challenge to President Nicolás Maduro, beginning a tumultuous day in the capital, as thousands flocked to the streets and forces loyal to Maduro appeared to violently respond to the demonstrations.
By noon, six people had been wounded by firearms, according to an official with the Caracas Metropolitan Clinic. It was not immediately clear whether they were injured by rubber bullets or bullets. A seventh person, a reporter in the interior state of Barquisimeto, was injured by a rubber bullet, according to Venezuela’s journalists union. In Caracas, an armored vehicle ran into a crowd of Guaidó supporters.

HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen Shlita, head of the Shas Moetzas Gedolei Torah, has instructed Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri not to enter into any government coalition until the matters of yeshiva funding and conscription of bnei torah have been arranged.