Levaya of Rabbi Berel Raskin Z”L, Owner of World-Renowned Fish StoreThe following is via CHI:
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Berel (Berke) Raskin OBM, the Crown Heights icon who owned a world renowned fish store on Kingston Ave.
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Help to Bring our Dear Children Home Sholom Ubrocho,   I hope this letter finds you and yours well. I write to appeal to you to help us, we’ve been ripped asunder and desperately need your support to bring our dear children home where they belong.
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Rabbi Berland Hospitalized After Nearly Passing Out On ShabbosRabbi Eliezer Berland, the leader of the Shuvu Banim movement, was hospitalized over Shabbos.
Berland has reportedly not been feeling well the past week, and on Shabbos he nearly fainted, promoting his hospitalization at Hadassah Ein Kerem in Jerusalem.
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 3-Year-Old R”L Killed in Blaze, 4-Year-Old Seriously Injured; 20 Others Suffer Minor InjuriesA three-year-old infant R”L died in a fire that occurred in an apartment in Tzefat (Safed) on Shabbos on David Elazar Street.
The boy was identified as Elad Prizat Z”L.

Lieberman Pledges Not To Budge On Chareidi Draft Law, Warns Of New ElectionsHead of Yisrael Beiteinu Avigdor Lieberman clarified that without the IDF Draft Law in place in its entirety, the party would prefer to go to elections rather than join a government.
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Knife-Wielding Woman Shot By NYPD Officers In QueensNew York City police say officers shot a woman who was threatening them with a knife.
The woman was taken to a hospital after the shooting late Friday in Queens.
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Judge Blocks Trump From Building Sections Of Border WallA federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump from building key sections of his border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency, delivering what may prove a temporary setback on one of his highest priorities.
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Motzei Shabbos News Round-Up From IsraelA pedestrian was hit by a train and killed near the Segulah train station on Motzei Shabbos. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Avi Mearah said that “Due to the severity of the injuries sustained, there was nothing for first responders to do except to pronounce the death of the person involved.”
Fires that had been burning since Thursday across Israel continued to burn on Shabbos.

This Week on the Halacha Headlines Podcast – Extremist GroupsThere have been multiple news stories recently involving extremist groups and behaviors in the Orthodox community. The Monsey Anti-Vaxxer rally, the Lev Tahor cult and kidnapping episodes, Neturei Karta, Burqua Ladies, and may more examples come to imind.

 Protocol Pitfalls Abound As Trump Heads AbroadPresident Donald Trump was walking across the sun-splashed airport tarmac in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017 when the Israeli leader playfully warned his political ally about the confusing protocol he was about to encounter on his first visit to Israel as president.
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