Month March 2019
Ever since Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidency, speculation has swirled around what makes the choleric retired army captain run. No longer: It’s mothballs. This week, Bolsonaro instructed the nation’s… Read more » The post Bolsonaro Celebrates a Coup Brazilians… Continue Reading →
Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a Trump administration initiative banning bump stocks, the semiautomatic rifle attachments that enable the weapons to fire in long, sustained bursts… Read more » The post Bumping Bump Stocks Off Wish… Continue Reading →
Kudlow Calls for One-Half Point Rate Cut by Fed WASHINGTON (AP) – A top Trump administration official is calling on the Federal Reserve to cut its key interest rate by… Read more » The post Business Briefs – March 31,… Continue Reading →
On motzei Shabbos, Public Security Minister (Likud) Gilad Erdan told the news that he does not view Benny Gantz as being disqualified as a candidate to serve as Defense Minister, leading to a storm of responses, including from Prime Minister… Continue Reading →
The first great SUV of the year just arrived at your Kia dealership. Elegant, advanced and costing thousands less than comparably equipped competitors, the 2020 Kia Telluride seven- or eight-seat… Read more » The post AUTO REVIEW: 2020 Kia Telluride… Continue Reading →
Washington – U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, of Maine, and Dianne Feinstein, of California, want to create a Smithsonian Women’s History Museum. They’ve introduced a bipartisan bill to establish the museum in Washington, D.C. Collins said women have made invaluable contributions… Continue Reading →
City officials have ordered Jussie Smollett to pay $130,000 to cover the cost of the investigation into his report of a street attack that Chicago police say was staged to promote his career. Read more on Yeshiva World News
[COMMUNICATED] According to the latest demographic information, nearly 1 million of the 5.3 million Jews who live in the U.S. observe the Jewish Sabbath. An additional 2 million Jews around the world also observe Shabbos, including those in Israel, Europe,… Continue Reading →
Honda Motors, having made significant sales inroads with its small CR-V and its large Pilot, is tripling down on the SUV market with its new midsize Passport. This Goldilocks version… Read more » The post AUTO REVIEW: Honda Passport Is… Continue Reading →
Turkey’s main opposition party said it won control of Ankara in Sunday’s local elections, defeating President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party in the capital for the first time, and challenged his… Read more » The post Turkish Opposition Declares Ankara Win,… Continue Reading →
Another man charged in the Menachem Stark, H”yd, kidnapping case has testified against Erskin Felix, seemingly dealing a crushing blow to Felix, accused of kidnapping and killing Stark in a… Read more » The post Another Cousin Testifies Against Erskin… Continue Reading →
Ken Livingstone, former mayor of London, made ugly headlines on Sunday with his claim that “it’s not antisemitic to hate the Jews of Israel.” Livingstone quit the British Labour party… Read more » The post Former London Mayor: “Not Antisemitic… Continue Reading →
Friday’s exchange of letters between Attorney General William Barr and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., augurs a contentious court battle over Congress’ access to grand jury material incorporated… Read more » The post ANALYSIS: A ‘Road Map’ for… Continue Reading →
On a Sunday morning, a crane lowered a rusty remnant of the Holocaust onto tracks outside Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage — a vintage German train car like those used… Read more » The post German Train Car Arrives in… Continue Reading →
Columbia, SC – The man accused of killing a woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride had turned on the child locks in his backseat so the doors could only be opened from the outside,… Continue Reading →
There is no doubt that all of Torah Jewry was saddened and grief-stricken by the passing of the illustrious Rav of Bnei Brak, who for 30 years preserved and nurtured… Read more » The post The Pillar of Kashrus, Treasure… Continue Reading →
A Toms River man today is credited with helping saving a man who nearly jumped off the Verrazano Bridge. YWN reports, “Tuli Abraham, (of Toms River), was driving on the Verrazano Bridge on Sunday afternoon, when he noticed a car… Continue Reading →
Chatsworth, NJ – uthorities say fire whipped by high winds has spread over thousands of acres of state land in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, a forested area of coastal plain that stretches more than 1 million acres. State environmental protection… Continue Reading →
Yachad party leader Eli Yishai, who last week announced he is withdrawing from the election race, called on supporters to vote for Yahadut Hatorah. Speaking with Kol Berama Radio after announcing he is withdrawing from the election race, he explained… Continue Reading →
Warsaw, Poland – An American visitor to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp attempted to steal a metal part of the historic rail tracks where prisoners were unloaded, officials said Sunday. The 37-year-old man has been charged with attempted theft of… Continue Reading →