Research warns that future of aromatic resin, once used in Temple incense, is in danger due to collapse of Boswellia tree populations from which sap is collected

Incursion comes amid relative calm along frontier, as Israel and Hamas largely abide by unofficial ceasefire

Defense minister calls Britain's seizing of oil tanker off Gibraltar 'piracy,' contrary to international regulations and nuclear deal commitments

Anonymous letter sent to Eyal Shani blames ultra-Orthodox community for measles outbreak: 'Jews are not wanted here!'

Rav Ezriel Meir of Lublin (1873-1941). Born to Rav Avraham Eiger of Lublin, a descendent of Rav Akiva Eiger. He reluctantly took the reigns of the Lublin Chassidim after his father’s petria in 1914. In 1913, Rav Ezriel Meir and his brother founded Yeshivas Ahavas Torah in Lublin, moving it to Warsaw a few years after WW I. Warsaw had the largest Chassidic community in the world at that time. Jews had first settled there during the 14th century, after the reign of King Kasimierz, and was then inundated by the Chassidic movement at the end of the 18th century. By 1939, Warsaw had a population of about 393,950 Jews, which was approximately one-third of the city’s total population.
Today in History – 5 Tammuz

BERLIN — Artur Brauner, a Polish-born Holocaust survivor who became one of post-World War II Germany’s most prominent film producers, died Sunday at age 100.
Brauner’s family said he died in Berlin, the German news agency dpa reported.
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A vacant pizza restaurant exploded Saturday in a thundering roar at a South Florida shopping plaza, injuring more than 20 people as large chunks of concrete flew through the air.
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The Justice Department is shaking up the legal team fighting for the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census but offered no specifics on why the change was being made.
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KABUL — The Taliban carried out a devastating suicide car bombing in central Afghanistan Sunday that killed 12 people and wounded over 150 others, said Afghan officials.
The attack came as an all-Afghan peace conference, which includes the Taliban, was underway Sunday in Doha in an effort to end the country’s relentless wars.