The Kremlin said Friday that Russian President Vladmir Putin may meet US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan at the end of this month, according to the Interfax news agency.
Last year, G20 leaders held their annual talks in Bueno Aires just days after the Russian seizure of three Ukrainian navy vessels off the coast of Crimea. The incident prompted Trump to cancel a previously scheduled meeting with Putin.
Trump and Putin have only spoken in a few phone conversations in recent months after the US officially withdrew from the landmark Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) missile treaty over Moscow’s violation of the agreement.

A resident of California’s East Bay area has scandalized his neighborhood by carving a giant swastika into his front yard — and his message to those offended by the sight of the Nazi symbol is “get over it.”
Helicopter footage filmed on Tuesday by a NBC news crew in El Sobrante revealed a 10 foot by 10 foot swastika in the backyard of motorcycle enthusiast Steven Johnson.
Speaking to local news outlet The Mercury News, Johnson denied that he was a Nazi and claimed that the swastika originated as an ancient Tibetan symbol.
“That Nazi (stuff) happened like 80 years ago,” Johnson told a reporter from the paper on Wednesday. “Get over it, I guess.

In honor of the upcoming Yom Tov of Shavuos when Moshe Rabeinu gave us the Torah, Shmaya Fischer presents the magnificent song “Tzadikim”, a beautiful melody that has never been recorded live. Shmaya is a rising star in the Chassidishe music scene. Many of you have been hearing about his incredible voice. Shmaya is blessed with vocals that are powerful, yet hartzig and sweet at the same time. After watching this incredible performance, it will be clear that he is living up to all of the hype. The amazing Sababa Band executed the song to perfection, along with the sweet harmonies of the Shira Choir.

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The world watched on in horror this week as Polish officials determined the fate of 50-year-old Gavriel Lavi of Bnei Brak.

Lavi has been unjustly held in Polish prison for three years without trial after his identity was allegedly stolen and used for fraud. Rav Chaim Kanievsky was involved last year in efforts to secure Lavi a trial, which only came into fruition this month.

During his absence, Gavriel’s wife Sigalit was left to raise their four children alone.

The verdict of the long-awaited trial was that Lavi would be released, on the condition that a steep $150,000 fine be paid by Monday, June 10th. If the fine is not paid, the father of 4 will remain in prison indefinitely.

President Donald Trump attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an interview that aired Thursday night as “a nasty, vindictive, horrible person” in his first public comments since reports that she told colleagues she would like to see him in prison rather than impeached.
“I think she’s a disgrace,” Trump said on Fox News. “I actually don’t think she’s a talented person. I’ve tried to be nice to her because I would have liked to have gotten some deals done. She’s incapable of doing deals. She’s a nasty, vindictive, horrible person.”

A man was reportedly arrested after authorities say he was plotting to throw explosive devices at people in Times Square.
The man, whose name has yet to be released, was planning to throw grenades at people in New York City’s iconic hub, according to a report in The New York Daily News.
The man was taken into custody on Thursday after police launched a sting operation to catch the man when he went to buy the explosives, CBS New York reports.
Officials said they believe the suspect was a “lone wolf” and was acting alone.
Read more at The Hill.
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The Israeli Defense Forces announced on Friday that, in cooperation with the Shin Bet intelligence agency, it thwarted an attempt to smuggle rocket-manufacturing materials to Hamas in the Gaza Strip through Egypt’s Sinai coast.
According to the statement, the Shin Bet found that the suspects in question were en route to Gaza with prohibited materials used to make projectiles fired at Israel by Hamas militants, including two dozen barrels of fiberglass.
“On May 11, 2019, two Palestinian vessels entered the forbidden area of entry (on the maritime border) of the southern Gaza Strip, in violation of the security regulations and ceasefire directives,” the IDF statement read.

{Audio below.] The following shmuess was delivered two years ago by the senior mashgiach, Rav Don Segal, who shared words of chizuk for the Yom Tov of Shavuos. The shmuess was delivered in English.
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By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman