The secret Jewish history of the Jews of North Dakota

🇮🇱  Terror attacks in Israel: An Israeli man was killed and five others were wounded in a truck-ramming attack at a checkpoint Thursday morning. (Times of Israel) … Four IDF soldiers were wounded while inside the occupied West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday night, after being targeted by a large explosive device detonated by Palestinian fighters. (Times of Israel) … An Israeli man was wounded in a stabbing attack Wednesday night at a light rail station in Jerusalem. The assailant was a 14-year-old Palestinian boy, who was shot and killed by police. (Haaretz)

💰  Longshot Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy backtracked on his proposal to cut American aid to Israel, telling an Israeli newspaper this week that he would only stop sending funds if Israel asked him to. (Algemeiner)

🏋️  Iran banned a weightlifter for life after he took a photo with an Israeli athlete at an international competition in Poland. Iran forbids its athletes from competing against Israelis, including at the Olympics. (JTA)

😲  A minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government reportedly wants to deny press credentials to foreign journalists critical of Israel. (Haaretz)

🇵🇬  Papua New Guinea is expected to open an embassy in Jerusalem next week. At the moment, the U.S., Guatemala, Honduras and Kosovo have embassies in the Israeli capital. (Times of Israel)

✍️  Sefaria, the digital library of Jewish texts with 650,000 monthly users, is launching a new project that will allow anyone to participate in the writing of a Torah.  (eJewishPhilanthropy)

🦞  An update to a story we shared yesterday about hundreds of shellfish being tossed onto the property of a Jewish fraternity at the University of California, Berkeley. It now appears it was a prank by a Jewish student. (YnetNews) 

Shiva call ➤  Elissa Czuker, a philanthropist who served on the board of directors of the Republican Jewish Coalition, died at 53. A prominent member of the Beverly Hills Orthodox community, the mother of nine supported a variety of organizations including the American Society for Yad Vashem, ArtScroll, Israel Bonds and Chabad.

What else we’re reading ➤  Archaeologists find mysterious 2,800-year-old channels near Temple Mount in Jerusalem … Rep. George Santos, the self-described Jew-ish congressman, led a life in Brazil at odds with his GOP politics … How Joyva candy became a staple of Jewish households, mahjong tables and Passover celebrations.