Police in Springfield, Missouri, said they arrested a man who showed up at a Walmart store carrying a rifle and wearing body armor, terrifying shoppers who fled from the store.
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London – Large chunks of Britain, including London, were hit with a power cut Friday afternoon that disrupted train travel and snarled rush-hour traffic. Power supplier National Grid said issues with two generators had caused a loss of power across parts of the country and that they had been resolved. Power failures were reported as [...]

Helena, MT – A judge on Thursday ordered the publisher of a neo-Nazi website to pay a Jewish real estate agent $14 million for inciting his readers to harass her family with hundreds of threatening and anti-Semitic messages and calls. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen entered Tanya Gersh a default judgment in her civil lawsuit [...]

Washington – Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s ire, sued the FBI and the Justice Department on Thursday over his firing. The lawsuit, the second this week from an ex-FBI official challenging the circumstances of his termination, says the firing was part of Trump’s plan to rid the [...]

Comments come after president tweeted that Macron was giving Tehran 'mixed signals' by saying they were representing the US in talks

Islamic body calls for Jerusalem mosques to shut Sunday in bid to boost attendance at Al-Aqsa as Jewish day of commemoration coincides with Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday

by Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
And the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which will be neither measured nor counted.
          Hosea 2:1
The Talmud (Yoma 22b) teaches us that Jews may only be counted in the fulfillment of a mitzvah.  Therefore, King David was harshly punished for ordering a census, “so that I may know the number of the people” (Shmuel II 24:2) but not when doing so for waging a required war.  (Shmuel II 18:1)   

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Focusing on Social Services in our Community
A total of five Lakewood organizations were recipients of grants awarded by the WellCare Health Plans of New Jersey, Inc. Community Connections program. The grants were bequeathed to entities who play prominent roles in the social services network that supports overall community health and wellness. 
Two of the awardees are famously known to Lakewood residents by their acronyms: LRRC and LCSC. Ironically, this sometimes leads to confusion between the two entities. However, although both share the altruistic goal of making crucial services available to Ocean County residents, the two organizations are actually quite distinct.
Inside the LRRC

The ever-increasing number of stray dogs on Har Hazeisim has prompted the International Committee for Har Hazeisim (ICHH) to appeal to the Jerusalem Municipality to intervene. Jeff Daube, the co-chairman of the ICHH Israel Chapter has reached out to Councilman Don Ilouz (Hitorarut Party) to take action against the dogs who may pose a threat to mourners and visitors who come to Har Hazeisim. Mr. Ilouz informed Mr. Daube that he had reached out to the City Council and to Mayor Moshe Lion to tackle the stray dog problem.