America has decided to return its ambassador to Syria after an absence of four years as the White House seeks to improve diplomatic relations with Damascus.

**HaGaon Rav Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg Shlita has left for a one-month fundraising mission in N. America.

**Aver 400 soldiers are graduating from IDF officers’ training school today. Over 20% are shomer shabbos soldiers.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)