Month March 2019
As icy, lethal flood waters fed by rains and melting snow recede in Nebraska and Iowa, leaving destroyed homes, drowned cattle and swamped farmland behind, Midwest states downstream were set… Read more » The post More Flood Waters Rising in… Continue Reading →
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View this post on Instagram MBD and Shloime Daskal in Lakewood. A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) on Mar 20, 2019 at 10:22pm PDT View this post on Instagram Mordechai Ben David and Shulem Lemmer in Lakewood. A… Continue Reading →
Mozambique began three days of national mourning on Wednesday for more than 200 victims of Cyclone Idai, while the death toll in neighboring Zimbabwe rose to more than 100 from one of the most destructive storms to strike southern Africa… Continue Reading →
Gothenburg – Swedish automaker Volvo hopes to reinforce its reputation for safety-first driving by installing cameras and sensors in its cars from the early 2020s, monitoring drivers for signs of being drunk or distracted and intervening to prevent accidents. The… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes special counsel Robert Mueller’s report should be released to the public, even as he disparaged its very existence as “ridiculous.” “Let it come out, let people see it,” Trump told reporters as… Continue Reading →
A Review by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Until now, Purim was not as geshmak as the other Yomim Tovim throughout the year. Why was this so? Because until now, there was no Yerayach L’Moadim on Purim, Rav Yerucham Olshin’s… Continue Reading →
New York, NY, March 18, 2019—More than 19,500 supporters from across the globe came out in full force to Enlist for Chai during Chai Lifeline’s 48-hour “Join the Fight” campaign on March 12-14. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Kellyanne Conway’s spouse is a “husband from hell!” President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, escalating his awkward public fight with the husband of one of his closest advisers. A “whack job,” he added later. Read more on Yeshiva World News
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday lauded the White House’s warm ties with Israel during a visit to the country and promised to step up pressure on Iran, giving a public boost to Israel’s prime minister at the… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) To some, the most important question of the halachos of Mishloach Manos is whether one is permitted on Purim day before one has fulfilled the Mitzvah or must one wait… Continue Reading →
Poland – The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum in Poland urged visitors not to balance on the rails that were used to transport Jews to be murdered. The museum at the former Nazi concentration and extermination camp made the plea on… Continue Reading →
Turkey’s president has sparked an acute diplomatic spat with far-off New Zealand and Australia, referring to a key World War I campaign and the more recent Christchurch mosque shooting as targeting Islam. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Please note that YWN will be updated throughout Purim with any major news stories, and will resume normal postings after Purim. Please be aware, that the NYPD will have zero tolerance for intoxicated drivers, and other irresponsible driving. Read more… Continue Reading →
Washington – MoveOn, the progressive advocacy movement, asked Democratic presidential candidates not to attend this year’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference. The group on Wednesday posted a poll on Twitter of its members, showing that 74 percent of them… Continue Reading →
Smoking high-potency marijuana every day could increase the chances of developing psychosis by nearly five times, according to the biggest-ever study to examine the impact of pot on psychotic disorder rates. Read more on Yeshiva World News
View this post on Instagram A 3-year-old found his father’s Purim money, and decided to shred it. $500! A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) on Mar 20, 2019 at 3:52pm PDT
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(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Firemen from the Beit Shemesh district are continuing their annual tradition of bringing happiness to hospitalized children before Purim. The annual tradition was started by firefighter Itzik Biton a number of years ago and has continued… Continue Reading →
Some Republican senators defended late John McCain as a “hero” on Wednesday after President Donald Trump again denounced the Arizonan, who died of brain cancer in August. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tweeted that he misses his friend “today and… Continue Reading →