Schools are closed in the South and the central Gush Dan region due to the sensitive security situation, according to Israel’s Home Front Command, which is responsible for civil defense.
This is the first time since Operation Protective Edge in 2014 that the country is on such high alert.
Special security advisories for southern and central Israel called for all non-essential work has been cancelled. Those working in life-saving jobs, such as healthcare workers, are not under the advisory.
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, and Shin Bet internal security chief Nadav Argaman made public statements Tuesday afternoon, addressing the elimination of a senior Gaza terrorist and the ensuing wave of rocket attacks on central and southern Israel.
In a televised live address, Netanyahu said Baha Abu al-Ata, the Islamic Jihad terrorist eliminated in a targeted strike in the Gaza Strip Tuesday morning, was a “ticking time bomb” who had carried out numerous attacks on Israel in the past, and continued to threaten Israeli civilians and security personnel.

Israel killed a top commander from Iran-backed Islamic Jihad in a rare targeted strike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and terrorists responded by firing rockets at Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv.
In the most serious escalation in months, an Israeli missile attack also targeted the home of an Islamic Jihad official in Damascus, killing two people including one of his sons, Syrian state media said. Israel declined any comment on that incident.
“Israel executed two coordinated attacks, in Syria and in Gaza, in a declaration of war,” Islamic Jihad leader Khaled Al-Batsh said at the Gaza funeral of Baha Abu Al-Atta.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the sudden passing of Rav Hillel Mandel zt”l of Chicago. He was 62 years old.
Rav Mandel was a veteran mechanech who served as the menahel of Yeshiva Ohr Boruch/the Veitzener Cheder in Chicago. He also served as an educational consultant for Torah Umesorah and delivered numerous lectures over the years on chinuch on other topics.
Rav Mandel, who formerly learned at Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, was beloved by talmidim and their parents alike, and devoted himself b’lev v’nefesh to tinokos shel bais rabbon and their wellbeing. Over the year, Rav Mandel taught in mosdos haTorah in Montreal and Los Angeles as well.

In this exciting episode of SHMUZIK we take a look at the life of a talented musician. Ever wonder what the wedding/concert life is like for these talented musicians day in and day out. Some of them have performed with world-renowned stars of the secular market, others have played with the Israeli philharmonic, some have even played on Broadway, others in bands for the Army. Tune in Monday, November 11 at 8:30 PM for a candid conversation with three of the biggest musicians in the industry; Danny Flamm of New York Brass Co., woodwinds expert Mark Fineberg and drummer extraordinaire Gal Gershovsky.

Mr. Sydney Krupnick z”l, a longtime resident of Lakewood, NJ, has passed away at the age of 95.
Mr. Krupnick was a successful realtor who used his success in the real estate field to assist many Jewish institutions.
Mr. Krupnick was born on September 20, 1924 in New York City and raised in the all Jewish settlement of Woodbine, New Jersey, a small farming community supported by the Baron de Hirsch Fund, where his father had a chicken and dairy farm. When Sydney was 13, he celebrated his bar mitzvah in the shul that was built by the Jewish farmers with their own hands.

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Rav Yehuda Lowy, grandfather of the Maharal (1539)
Rav Leib Baal HaYisurim in Tzefas (1836)
Rav Aharon Weiss of Benedkwits (1851-1932). At the age of 20, he became Rav of Benedkwits, a town near Munkatch. He opened a yeshiva there. In 1907, he moved his yeshiva to Raswigeff region of Munkatch, where he served as Rav and Dayan.

CBS acting Chief Executive Officer Joe Ianniello is in line for a hefty haul when Viacom completes its proposed merger with the broadcast network.
While he won’t get to lead the combined entity, he’ll collect $100 million severance and remain chief of CBS with a new contract entitling him to tens of millions of dollars more.
The arrangement illustrates the extent of CBS’s effort to persuade Ianniello, a 22-year company veteran, to support the tie-up without having a shot at the top job.
It’s yet another example of the extravagant compensation practices of the billionaire Redstone family, which controls both Viacom and CBS and has for years heaped money on executives at a rate rivaling Silicon Valley’s tech giants.

Amazon.com plans to launch a new supermarket brand distinct from the Whole Foods Market chain the company acquired two years ago, a sign of the retail giant’s hunger for a slice of the grocery market beyond high-end organic food.
The company has posted four job listings for “Amazon’s first grocery store” in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. An Amazon spokeswoman confirmed the listings and said the store would open in 2020. The brand will be distinct from Whole Foods and will have a conventional checkout line, unlike the company’s cashierless Amazon Go convenience stores, she said. Amazon’s plans for the store were reported earlier Monday by CNET.