Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cemented his standing as the leader of the Israeli right after an unusual set of circumstances led to members of his party unanimously signing a document on Sunday promising that he is their only candidate for prime minister.
“Likud will not give into the manipulations of other parties who are trying to weaken the party with false spins,” Likud Tourism Minister Yariv Levin told JNS. “Voters need to know that if they want to ensure that a strong Netanyahu leads a right-wing government, then they must vote for Likud with Netanyahu as its clear leader.”

 Nefesh B’Nefesh, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency, KKL-JNF and Jewish National Fund-USA, welcomed 95 new Olim this morning. The Olim on this group Aliyah flight were comprised of 35 families and singles ranging in ages from one year to 80 years old; and come from a variety of states, including Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia, Quebec and Texas.

For as long as we’ve had access to public Wi-Fi networks—the ones in the airport, the Starbucks around the corner and your hotel room—we’ve been told the same thing. They’re unsafe. You should never enter sensitive information while on a public network, the advice goes, or even think about logging into your bank account. The second you log on, you’re practically begging hackers to steal all your data.

Rav Yitzchak Luria Ashkenazi from Tzefas, the Arizal (1534-1572), born in Jerusalem, son of Rav Shlomo Luria Ashkenazi, who is believed to be descended from Rav Yechiel Luria, Av Beis Din of Brisk and author of “Chochmas Shlomo on Shas and the Yad Shel Shlomo. His father passed away shortly after his birth, and Rav Klominus taught him. He and his family moved to Egypt when Ran Klominus died. There he learned with Rav Dovid ben Zimra, the Radvaz from age 14. Among the other talmidim was Rav Betzaelel Ashkenazi, author of Shitas Mekubetzes.

By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
Let us continue our crash course on the art of prayer.  The posuk says, “Va’ani sifilasi lacha Hashem eis ratzon – And I let my prayer come before You at a time of favor.”  This posuk clues us in on a great secret:  That we can carve out for ourselves a favorable time for our supplications.  The key to success in this area is to preface our prayers with the performance of a mitzvah.  When doing so, Hashem is happy with us because of our mitzvah and therefore He looks more favorably at the request which follows it.

Just hours after calling for bipartisan action on legislation providing “strong background checks,” President Trump made no mention of the proposal during an address to the nation in which he decried the “mentally ill monsters” who carry out mass shootings as well as violent video games that he blamed for fueling animus in the U.S.
“Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger — not the gun,” the president said in the Diplomatic Room of the White House.
Two days after the shooting in El Paso Texas, the president for the first time addressed the suspected gunman’s alleged anti-immigrant bias.
“In one voice, our nation must condemn bigotry, hatred and white supremacy,” he said. “These sinister ideologies must be defeated.”

Turkey will launch an operation east of the Euphrates in northern Syria against the U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG militia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday.
“We entered Afrin, Jarabulus and Al-Bab. We will go into the east of the Euphrates next,” Erdoğan said, referring to areas captured by Turkish-backed Syrian rebels.
Erdoğan has threatened to enter Syria for the past year-and-a-half, but was thwarted by the United States, which proposed establishing a 19-mile “safe zone” along the border in December.