47 million Iranians go to the polls to elect a new leader on Friday, including the country’s Jewish community of 25,000.

**20 Iyar marks 27 years since the battle of Sultan Yaakoub.

**A 70-year-old woman is reported in moderate condition following a Haifa beach near-fatal drowning incident.

**There are 77 cases of swine flu in Israel. Persons diagnosed with the illness from now on will remain at home, not in a hospital isolation unit.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)