Month March 2019
Chicago, IL – A lawsuit against Boeing Co was filed in U.S. federal court on Thursday in what appeared to be the first suit over a March 10 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people. The lawsuit was… Continue Reading →
London – British police arrested three people near London suspected of inciting anti-Semitic hatred in the Labour Party’s ranks. The arrests, which happened earlier this month but were reported only Thursday on Sky News and other media, were rare interventions… Continue Reading →
Borough Park, NY – A potentially explosive rally that had more than half a dozen groups calling on their followers to protest remarks by Councilman Kalman Yeger turned into a glorified shouting match, with the handful of demonstrators who showed… Continue Reading →
An Eritrean national who was employed by the Jerusalem Kretchnif Rebbe Shlita to perform janitorial work for a number of months during the past year tried to sue the rebbe and the chassidus for NIS 300,000. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Bismarck, ND – It didn’t take long for a New York City councilman’s claim that he’s the world’s tallest male politician to draw some challenges. Robert Cornegy Jr., a 6-foot-10 (208 centimeter) councilman from Brooklyn, was certified by Guinness World… Continue Reading →
Shas party chairman, Minister Aryeh Deri, admitted on Thursday, that the veto of Eli Yishai of the Yachad party becoming a cabinet minister was his doing, as alleged by Yishai. Read more on Yeshiva World News
London – Vera Schaufeld, a Holocaust survivor, was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace on Thursday for her services to Holocaust education in Britain. An MBE is awarded to those who… Continue Reading →
As we gather around the Seder this year, it’s time for us to reflect upon our national and personal transformation. Winston Churchill the Prime Minister of Great Britain once famously said “Some people like the Jews, and some do not. … Continue Reading →
This is simply shocking. On the NYC Housing Authority website, there is an application for HPD’s “Compliance package”. There is a question which states “Please identify the ethnicity of the majority ownership of the filing entity”. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel’s annual Pesach pamphlet containing directives for hotels and restaurants operating during the yomtov, explaining what measures must be taken to kasher kitchens, was halted from being printed at the last moment. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Hartford, CT – A federal judge on Thursday rejected Nestle SA’s bid to dismiss a revised lawsuit claiming that it defrauded consumers by filling bottles of its Poland Spring water with ordinary groundwater. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer said… Continue Reading →
Beautiful #MAGARally tonight in Grand Rapids, Michigan – thank you, I love you! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!! https://t.co/3xlMOaaTR5 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2019
Over 1,000 people, many of them strangers, attended the Levaya of an American lone soldier in the IDF, hours after a call went out on social media urging those who could to make it. Read more on Yeshiva World News
As a publicist, I have never believed the adage that all publicity is good publicity. I have always cautioned my clients about the perils of the public eye. I have… Read more » The post I Set Up The Trump… Continue Reading →
The relentless persecution endured by the Jews of yesteryear included decrees forcing them to hold public debates with their religious adversaries. This usually put the Jews in an impossible situation.… Read more » The post Without Question appeared first on… Continue Reading →
Boom Times for U.S. Energy Sector (The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS) – Energy numbers from three very different sources across the country are surging. Renewables, natural gas and even nuclear power… Read more » The post Business Briefs – March 29,… Continue Reading →
Stocks finished broadly higher on Wall Street Thursday as bond yields rose, easing concerns about a troubling drop in long-term yields over the past week. Gains in financial, technology and… Read more » The post Rising Bond Yields, Company Earnings… Continue Reading →
Nutley, NJ – A New Jersey sports official who told student athletes Adolf Hitler was a “good leader” with “bad moral character and intentions” has been suspended. The Nutley Board of Education took the action Monday night against high school… Continue Reading →
Several Palestinians angry at comments by Councilman Kalman Yeger protested outside his district office Thursday evening, though turnout was small and protesters considered the event a disappointment. The controversy began… Read more » The post Few Attend Protest Against Kalman… Continue Reading →
The matter of the Chilul Shabbos involved in the construction of the Bnei Brak light rail has dropped from the public agenda in recent months, but this coming Shabbos will mark a renewal as the organization calling itself ‘Nemanei Shabbos’… Continue Reading →