Month April 2019
For shoppers in Israel, kashrus is confusing at times and for consumers wishing to buy products manufactured after Pesach and not chametz that was sold, it requires knowing production codes. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A Southern California man who was imprisoned in Israel for trying to bomb a bus has been sentenced in the U.S. for lying to immigration authorities when he became a citizen. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Indianapolis – Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican foreign policy sage known for leading efforts to help the former Soviet states dismantle and secure much of their nuclear arsenal, but whose reputation for working with Democrats cost him his… Continue Reading →
Officials say the three people wounded in a shooting at a Southern California synagogue have been released from hospitals. The attack during a Pesach service Shabbos at Chabad of Poway… Read more » The post Synagogue Shooting Victims Released From… Continue Reading →
The man struck by a bus while riding on an electric bicycle on Route 444 near Elad on motzei Shabbos, as reported by YWN-Israel, died of his massive injuries in Tel Hashomer Hospital. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Washington – American Airlines pilots have warned that Boeing Co’s draft training proposals for the troubled 737 MAX do not go far enough to address their concerns, according to written comments submitted to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and seen… Continue Reading →
The Justice Department has informed the House Judiciary Committee that Attorney General William Barr may skip a Thursday hearing on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report if committee lawyers seek to question him. Read more on Yeshiva World News
As some were saying after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s spectacular election victory, now comes the hard part: making a coalition. On the first day back to work after Pesach vacation,… Read more » The post Coalition Talks Resume But No… Continue Reading →
New York – Adults in the United States who were vaccinated against measles decades ago may need a new dose depending on when they received the shot and their exposure risk, according to public health experts battling the nation’s largest… Continue Reading →
The ISA (Israel Security Agency/Shin Bet) revealed on Sunday that a car bombing attack planned for the last Election Day was thwarted B’chasdei Hashem. The ISA, in cooperation with the IDF, says they recently uncovered a terrorist cell that had… Continue Reading →
The Palestinian economy, which has for years been heading toward disaster, was the subject of an emergency meeting held on Sunday by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyhu and Finance Minister Moshe… Read more » The post Emergency Meeting on Palestinian Economy… Continue Reading →
The chareidi pedestrian who was struck by a bus in northern Israel on motzei Shabbos, as reported by YWN-Israel, had just left the tziyun of the Rashbi when the accident occurred. Read more on Yeshiva World News
These bags were placed on doors in Lakewood today.
Many thousands of Jews from all over Israel and abroad took part in the levayeh of the Kaliver Rebbe, Harav Menachem Mendel Taub, zy”a, Sunday afternoon in Yerushalayim. The levayeh… Read more » The post Thousands Attend Levaya of Kaliver… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Ford Motor Co.’s emissions certification process. Ford said in February that it had begun an internal investigation into whether its… Read more » The post Ford Under Criminal Investigation by… Continue Reading →
Boeing won’t say when it expects its 737 Max to fly again, after two deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people. But the toll on passengers and the… Read more » The post Canceled Flights, Swapped Planes: How… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) Pesach is over and everyone is putting away the Pesach dishes and bringing back the Chometz keilim. Family member go home. But – we can continue the joy – which is what Isru Chag… Continue Reading →
A construction crane fell from a building on Google’s new Seattle campus during a storm that brought wind gusts, crashing down onto one of the city’s busiest streets and killing… Read more » The post ‘Terrifying’: Crane Falls on Busy… Continue Reading →
In response to the recent violent attack on a Chabad House in Poway, California, Jewish organizations across the nation and beyond expressed their outrage at the assault by a reported… Read more » The post Jewish Organizations Condemn Violence in… Continue Reading →