Birth, in 1565 BCE, and Yahrtzeit, in 1446 BCE (or 1436 BCE) of Yehuda, son of Yaakov Avinu (Midrash Tadshe).
Rav Yitzchak of Posen, the rebbe of the Magen Avraham and the author of Sheilos Uteshuvos Be’er Yitzchak (1685). A talmid of Rav Yonah Teumim (the Kikayon D’Yonah), Rav Yitzchak served as Rav in Loitsk, then succeeded Rav Moshe (the Chelkas Mechokek) as Rav of Vilna, before moving to Posen., there replacing Rav Sheftel Horowitz, the son of mthe Shelah Hakodesh.
Rav Dovid Dov Meisels of Uhel, the Binyon Dovid (1944)
Today in History – 15 Sivan

Israel signed an agreement on Monday with the World Bank that is aimed to support developing countries with cybersecurity.
By joining the Digital Development Partnership, Israel, along with other donors, will promote through this Multi-Donor Trust Fund the digitalization and cybersecurity in the developing world.
For the first time, the Jewish state will join hands with the development community in promoting a strategic sector and sit around the table with key players in the arena, such as Japan, the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark and Norway, as well as with major entities such as GSMA.

Trump-Pence 2020 national press secretary Kayleigh McEnany previews the president’s big reelection kickoff.
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The US will send 1,000 additional US forces and more military resources to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran, the Pentagon announced Monday.
“In response to a request from the US Central Command for additional forces, and with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and in consultation with the White House, I have authorized approximately 1,000 additional troops for defensive purposes to address air, naval, and ground-based threats in the Middle East,” acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said in a statement.

Democrats are preparing to kick off a campaign totaling hundreds of millions of dollars to blunt Donald Trump’s head start in the 2020 campaign as their party’s candidates slug it out for the right to take him on.
Democratic super PACs are set to soon launch a yearlong $150 million advertising onslaught countering the millions the president’s campaign has already spent targeting voters.
On top of that, billionaire Tom Steyer is funding other groups testing a range of strategies to register and turn out people to vote. And the Democratic National Committee this week began training hundreds of college students to work as field staff in battleground states, an effort that will continue throughout the campaign.

The White House has decided not to invite Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon or other Israeli government representatives to a conference in Bahrain on June 25, when the economic part of President Trump’s peace plan will be presented, Channel 13 News reported.
Senior administration officials said that inviting Israel could harm the conference’s purpose.
“During the economic conference in Bahrain, we will present our economic vision for the Palestinian people and therefore we want to focus on the economic aspect and not on the political aspect.”
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan on Sunday urged the international community to take immediate action to oust Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, saying this was the only way to ensure the diplomatic process with the Palestinians moves forward.
Speaking at The Jerusalem Post conference in New York, Erdan lambasted Abbas over recent remarks in which the Palestinian leader said that even if Ramallah was on the verge of bankruptcy, the P.A. would continue paying the salaries of terrorists and their families.
“This is the number one priority for the Palestinians: encouraging and rewarding attacks against us,” said Erdan.

Fatah booted the council chief of the West Bank village of Deir Kadis Friday after four Israelis showed up at his son’s wedding celebration.
Radi Nasser was also removed from his job at the Palestinian Authority education ministry after videos emerged showing the Jewish men at the Thursday event, Haaretz reported. Nassar denies inviting the Jewish guests and says he threw them out when he learned of their presence.
Some of the Palestinians at the wedding filmed the Jews, and the video clips quickly spread on Palestinian social media, sparking outrage, Haaretz reported.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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As the summer of 2019 begins, Catskills Hatzolah is finalizing location updates to their computer dispatch system for this year. If anyone is aware of any inaccuracies or any changes that have occurred since last summer, either new camps and colonies or name changes they should be notified as soon as possible. These updates are critical for responding members to arrive as fast as possible in the event of an emergency Chas V’Shalom.
All sites currently in the system can be verified by clicking HERE.

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}