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Birth of Moran HaGoan Rav Elyashiv 100th Birthday ba”h

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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman today boycotted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s speech to Israel’s Knesset to protest the visiting leader’s refusal to lay a wreath at Har Herzl.  Lieberman also boycotted a meeting between Lula and Prime Minister Netanyahu, claiming the Brazilian president slighted Israel by refusing the customary diplomatic visit to [...]

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The government has approved the construction of a new security fence on Israel’s southern border to stop infiltration by Sudanese and Eritreans.

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Government Approves Southern Border Fence

Abraham Tischler, who excited the media and the people of the 44th Council District with his energetic campaign to become the youngest member of the New York City Council, threw his support behind Joe Lazar today and urged his supporters to do the same. Tischler wasted no time in announcing his endorsement of Lazar, doing [...]

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18-Year-Old Tischler “Disappointed” with David Greenfield for Knocking Him Off Ballot, Denying His Dream

Birth of Baby Boy to Yisrael & Esty Rubin ( Bodner)

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the modern-day Haman, today called the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a “big lie” used by the U.S. as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.
Ahmadinejad’s comments, made during an address to Intelligence Ministry staff, come amid escalating tensions between the West and Tehran over its disputed [...]

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Ahmadinejad: Sept. 11 Attacks a ‘Big Lie’

Birth of KALEB SALAMON

Yahrtzeits, Friday, 19 Adar
Rav Dovid (ben Tzvi Elimelech) of Dinov (1804-1874). Rav Dovid was the author of Tzemach Dovid and the son of the Bnei Yissoschar. He succeeded his father as Rebbe in Dinov following the latter’s petira in 1841.
Rav Yaakov Shamshon of Kossov (1880)
Rav Yehudah Greenwald of Satmar (1920)
Rav Meir Yechiel Haldshtok, founder of [...]

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Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 19-20 Adar

Engagement of Chayala Stamm & Yitzchok Seizler

The body of missing Jewish businessman Shmuel Alexander Biton is located by ZAKA in Haiti.

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