Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem against attempts to draft members of their community into the Israeli military. [Chron.com] The head of the Egyptian security in North Sinai, Gen. Ahmed Bakr, says two Americans and their Egyptian tour guide have been released after being abducted four days ago. [The Times of Israel] The parents of deceased billionaire Eva Rausing want her to have a Jewish burial in South Carolina. [The Algemeiner] Shlomo Bentin, a neuropsychologist, was killed in a bike …More

Friends of the missing Jewish student Lauren Spierer attended a special synagogue ceremony to pray for her safe return. Ms Spierer, 20, was last seen on June 3 after attending a party with friends at Indiana University. The ceremony, held at Scarsdale Synagogue in her home county of Westchester, New York, was lead by Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman. He said: "We have been told that wherever ten gather in the times of God, their voices will be heard. "May that be so this evening, and may the light of hope we have lit guide …More

Search parties fanned out today looking for an Indiana Univesity student with a dangerous heart condition who has been missing for four days. Lauren Spierer is a pint-sized student who weighs less than 100 pounds and is 4-foot-11 and had just completed her sophomore year at the school's Bloomington campus. She was last seen at about 4:30 a.m. on Friday morning walking to her apartment. The Indiana Daily Student reports that Spierer was at Kilroy's Sports Bar Thursday night and then at a friend's party. She was …More