Shocky, who 21-year-old University of Akron student Mendl Weinstock brought to his sister Riva’s wedding—to fulfill a promise made five years ago—went widely viral after Mendl shared a photo of their arrival via Reddit. The llama, who wore a tuxedo and a kippah to surprise the bride, is basking in his internet fame.

• “How Jewish communities are reacting to the coronavirus scare” is a wide scan on the drama that surrounds COVID-19. Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi has also asked Jews to stop kissing mezuzahs.
   
• B’nai Brith is accusing Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center of misleading the public and appropriating intellecual property in a bid to take credit for an effort to urge the University of Toronto to address anti-Semitism on campus.
   
• The head of the Jewish Defence League of Canada has been banned from Toronto’s York University. Meanwhile, an event at York that was to feature a speaker with a history of anti-Semitic comments has been cancelled.

Trainers look fit for a dictator

“Storm Adrenaline,” a new line of sneakers from Puma, met with initial ridicule in Russia over their resemblance to an unfortunately familiar face. But the perceived similarity of the shoe’s name to Sturmabteilung, the Storm Detachment paramilitary wing of the Nazis—combined with the fact that Puma co-founder Rudolf Dassler was a member of the party during the Second World War—led to theories that the appearance isn’t a coincidence.

The CJN’s fakest Purim hits

• “Ahad Ha’Amalek” writes: “It’s time for us to humanize the other side.”
   
• From Yoni Goldstein’s Desk: “Our post-apocalyptic coverage will be epic.”
   
• Close enough to someday be real: “Israelis mark 50th anniversary of meaningless elections.”