A 2,600-year old bulla (seal) bearing a Hebrew name was uncovered recently in earth excavated in 2013 from beneath Robinson’s Arch at the foundations of the Kosel in the Old City of Yerushalayim. The seal bears not only a name but also a role—the most prominent in the courts of the kings of Yehuda and Yisrael.
The seal, which was used to sign documents, bears the Hebrew name and title “Adoniyahu Asher Al Habayit,” which literally translates as “Adoniyahu, who is over the house.” The term, which means “royal steward,” is used throughout Tanach to describe the most senior official serving under a king of Yehuda and Yisrael.

A neo-Nazi official was reportedly appointed mayor in a German city, sparking criticism.
Stefan Jagsch, a member of the extreme-right National Democratic Party, was appointed the district mayor of Waldsiedlung — a village near Frankfurt — last Thursday, The New York Times reports. The position had been unfilled for more than 10 weeks, the newspaper noted, and Jagsch was the only candidate to volunteer for the job.
Jagsch’s official Facebook page contains a banner criticizing the “Lying Press,” and he has posted content against Muslims, migrants and established political parties, the Times reported. He has also reportedly come up in annual reports by a state domestic security agency.

The Israeli Yated Ne’eman blasted “chareidi” internet rebels in an editorial, stating that unprincipled bloggers who until now “slyly” attacked the askonim of the gedolei hador in an attempt to influence public affairs, are now insulting the Torah leaders themselves.
“The time has come to put an end to that speculative, crazy world of impudent journalists and people with interests who think they can dictate the agenda of faithful Jewry and therefore allow themselves to attack that which is most precious to the Torah public – the disseminators of Torah,” the article concluded.
{Matzav.com Israel}

According to a survey conducted among 400 religious Zionists, more of them seek answers to shailos with the Google search engine than direct their questions to rabbonim.
In response to the question, “When you have a regular halachic shailah, what do you do first?” 49 percent answered, “I look for an answer on the internet,” while only 34.8 percent said, “I ask my regular rov.”
Among respondents aged 30 and younger, 53 percent said that they have a regular rov to whom they feel comfortable to address their shailos.
{Matzav.com Israel}

Justin Chan reports for In The Know: A self-proclaimed “anti-vaxxer” from New Zealand revealed on-air that she nearly cost her son his life after she chose not to vaccinate him.
In an interview with radio station The Hits, Ally Edward-Lasenby, who had vaccinated one of her children but decided not to vaccinate her son Cameron, said that she chose not to because she had seen research that linked vaccinations with autism.
“I made what I thought was an informed decision at the time, and I chose not to immunize Cameron,” she explained.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation on Monday to ban flavored e-cigarettes statewide in an effort to protect young people from the unknown consequences of vaping, Reuters reports.
“Common sense says if you don’t know what you’re smoking, don’t smoke it,” Cuomo told reporters at a news conference. “And right now, we don’t know what you’re smoking in a lot of these vaping substances,” he said.

New York schools are required to provide a moment of silence to observe the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, according to a new state law approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Monday, the NY Post reports.
The law calls for a brief moment of silence at the beginning of the school day every 9/11 to encourage dialogue and education in the classroom among a new generation of students who weren’t alive during the 2001 terror attacks that leveled the World Trade Center’s twin towers and killed more than 3,000 people — the worst foreign attack on American soil. The law goes into effect immediately.