Month April 2019
New York – A Jet Blue plane was stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday night because of possible measles cases on board. Crew reported two active measles cases, officials said. The plane will be secured at a… Continue Reading →
A Jet Blue flight at JFK Airport was temporarily placed into quarantine, Sunday night, after two passengers showed possible signs of having the highly contagious measles virus. Sources tell YWN that JetBlue Flight 410 from Santo Domingo Republic was carrying… Continue Reading →
New York – The New York Times apologized for publishing a political cartoon widely criticized as anti-Semitic. In a second statement on the cartoon issued Sunday, the newspaper said it was “deeply sorry for the publication of an anti-Semitic political… Continue Reading →
From before we were married my wife has been going away every year to Pesach hotels or what not. Her whole life she never knew anything else. Baruch Hashem we have the means to easily go away every year to… Continue Reading →
Two-day delivery is going out of style. Amazon, which hooked shoppers on getting just about anything delivered in two days, announced Thursday that it will soon promise one-day delivery for its U.S. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Elad Mayor Yisrael Porush sent an urgent letter to all chareidi MKs who have just been elected to the Knesset, demanding that the coalition negotiations include budget allocations for the chareidi cities, which he says are discriminated against in comparison… Continue Reading →
President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday, April 28, 2019, hosted, for the fourth time, a meeting of ‘Zikaron BaSalon’ ahead of Yom HaZikaron (Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day). This year, Beit HaNasi hosted Holocaust survivor Yosef Hershkovich who was born… Continue Reading →
Coalition talks between Likud negotiators and the chareidi parties began on Sunday, April 28, 2019. The factions met in Knesset on Sunday ahead of the start of talks at 6:30PM. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The Vhaarev Na program, the brainchild of Rabbi Dovid Newman, is not merely a learning program but a lifestyle, where bochurim learn and then chazer again and again until they “own” the gemara. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Washington – The United States signed a document agreeing to pay North Korea for the care of American Otto Warmbier but never paid the $2 million Pyongyang demanded, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. Bolton, who… Continue Reading →
As presidential campaign season gets into higher gear, candidates are starting to pile up the gaffes, or rather, expose the true nature of their proposals. Bernie Sanders, a Jewish candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020 is the… Continue Reading →
Attorney General William Barr objects to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee in a closed session dedicated to redacted portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report, a congressional Democratic… Read more » The post Attorney General Balks at Closed-Door… Continue Reading →
As Pesach departed, Jews around America and the world were shocked to learn the news of a deadly shooting that left one person dead and three others wounded at the… Read more » The post San Diego Area Communities React… Continue Reading →
Poway, CA – President Donald Trump placed a condolence call to the spiritual leader of the Poway, the California synagogue where a shooting Saturday killed one and injured three others. “He spoke about his love of peace and Judaism and… Continue Reading →
York Regional Police say they are investigating after anti-Semitic graffiti was found on a Vaughan home – just outside of Toronto – on Shabbos. Police said they were made aware of the graffiti after receiving a call Saturday morning. Read… Continue Reading →
Authorities say seven people have been shot, at least one fatally, in Baltimore. Police department spokeswoman Chakia Fennoy said authorities received a call shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday reporting that multiple people had been shot. Read more on Yeshiva World… Continue Reading →
Jewish communities, once again faced with the aftermath of an attack on a place of worship, are reassessing their security needs in coordination with local and state authorities. In New… Read more » The post Increased Security at Jewish Institutions… Continue Reading →
Two-way tolling could be returning to the Verrazzano Bridge. U.S. Reps. Max Rose, Jerrold Nadler and Nydia Velazquez on Sunday announced plans to introduce federal legislation to restore two-way tolling… Read more » The post Push to Bring Back Two-Way… Continue Reading →
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is shrugging off her state’s governor’s endorsement of former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign over her own. Speaking to reporters after an event Friday at a bar in Nashua, New Hampshire, Gillibrand said,… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Currency used in the Theresienstadt Ghetto was donated to the National Library of Israel. The six bills featuring a Star of David and a sketch of Moses holding the Ten Commandments were received by the National Library days… Continue Reading →
Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday, said that people “have to get their shots.” He added that vaccinations “are so important.” Measles in the U.S. Read more on Yeshiva World News