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It was clear to Eitan Ralbrook that he did not want to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at a class party or on a family vacation abroad, and he knew that when he reached the age of mitzvos, he wanted to do something significant for others.

A Rwandan man convicted of hiding his involvement in the country’s 1994 genocide in an attempt to win asylum in the U.S. was sentenced Monday to more than eight years in prison.
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When travelers shop at dozens of duty free stores at airports worldwide, they may be paying for more than a bottle of vodka or a box of chocolates.
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Democrat Pete Buttigieg said Monday that he took in $24.8 million during the second fundraising quarter, more than triple what the South Bend, Indiana, mayor raised during the first three months of the year for his surprise hit presidential campaign.
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Brigadier-General Ofir Winter, who is currently serving as Military Secretary to Prime Minister/Defense Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has been appointed to head the IDF’s 98th Division, known as the Fire Division, which is made of soldiers who come from the paratroopers.

A 14-year-old boy was sadly Niftar on Monday night, nearly three years after he was struck by a vehicle in Boro Park.
Moshe Yehuda Wolpin Z”L (son of Reb Dovid) was 11-years-old when he was on his bicycle on the way to yeshiva when he was struck by a vehicle at the corner of Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road.

A funeral will be held Wednesday for a former New York City police detective who was a leader in the fight for the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund.
Detective Luis Alvarez appeared with former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart last month to plead with Congress to extend the compensation fund.

It was a festive day at Beaver Lake Estates in Monticello on Sunday, as the Shul welcomed a new Sefer Torah to its Shul, Congregation Ahavas Yisroel.
Sullivan County Sheriff Mike Schiff, one of the only Jewish Sheriff’s in the United States attended the event along with Undersheriff Eric Chaboty.

When your children wake up in the morning, do they jump out of bed excited about the school day ahead? When you walk through your children’s schools, do you notice joyful students, happy teachers and interactive lessons?
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Ending a brief media frenzy, South Korea’s military said it turned out to be a flock of birds that prompted it to launch fighter jets and alert journalists that it had detected an unidentified object flying near the border with North Korea on Monday.
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