Month April 2019
Klal Yisrael is urged to daven for the refuah sheleimah of noted Posek Hagaon Harav Nissim Karelitz, shlita, who was taken to Bnei Brak’s Maayanei Hayeshuah Hospital on Thursday morning, with… Read more » The post Tefillos Requested as Harav Nissim… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Kulanu head Moshe Kahlon are set to meet Thursday morning to officially kick off coalition negotiations. Kulanu has not announced its demands for membership in… Read more » The post Pressure on to Bring Kahlon,… Continue Reading →
An architect of a still-secret U.S. plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict took to Twitter again on Wednesday to disclose another element that it would not contain – a confederation… Read more » The post Greenblatt: Trump Plan Doesn’t Include… Continue Reading →
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at a summit on Thursday intended to show Washington is not the only power with enough clout to… Read more » The post Spurned by Washington, N. Korea’s… Continue Reading →
Reminders for Erev Shevi’i Shel Pesach: Remember to make an Eruv Tavshilin today so that you can prepare for Shabbos on Friday, the first day of Yom Tov. Remember to… Read more » The post EREV YOM TOV REMINDERS appeared… Continue Reading →
New York – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio presides over a city that’s known for its skyscrapers but he is no fan of the glass towers that have transformed the Manhattan skyline in recent decades. De Blasio, a… Continue Reading →
I would like to give a shoutout to the Manasquan Reservoir staff, park rangers and the woman who helped reunite a lost boy with his parents. They deserve credit for their thoughtfulness, dedication, and professionalism. Today, I was at the… Continue Reading →
Aubervilliers, France – A French Jewish couple robbed in their Paris-area home may have been targeted because of their mezuzah, a watchdog group on anti-Semitism said. Four masked men threatened to kill the couple in Monday night’s incident in the… Continue Reading →
New York – Police have arrested a man on criminal mischief charges for smashing up New York City’s flashy sidewalk Wi-Fi kiosks. New York City police on Wednesday said the suspect, identified as 41-year-old Juan Rodriguez, was seen on surveillance… Continue Reading →
A California motorist told investigators Wednesday that he deliberately drove into a crosswalk in a quiet Silicon Valley suburb, hitting seven people and injuring eight, but did not say why. Read more on Yeshiva World News
IDF forces working with border police and the Civil Administration destroyed the apartment of 19-year-old terrorist Omar Abu Layla of Kfar a-Zivya in the Ephraim District. The heinous terrorist was responsible for the Ariel Junction/Gitai Avissar Junction attack that claimed the… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump renewed his threat Wednesday to send more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border following an incident in which Mexican soldiers confronted U.S. personnel. Mexico blamed the incident on confusion, and said it was not looking for confrontation with… Continue Reading →
Warsaw – A far-right Polish politician said that footage of locals beating an effigy of a Jew shows that his country is being spied on by Jews or Freemasons. Janusz Korwin-Mikke, a former lawmaker in the European Parliament and leader… Continue Reading →
A police dog that stumbled on a porcupine and got more than 200 quills stuck on his face while pursuing a suspect is resting comfortably Tuesday and will not lose his eyesight, authorities in Oregon said. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Chairman of the Yachad party, Eli Yishai, claims that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu promised him a ministerial post in the new government if he backed Yahadut Hatorah, which he did. Read more on Yeshiva World News
San Francisco – Facebook said it expects a fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the social network violated its users’ privacy. The company set aside $3 billion in its quarterly earnings… Continue Reading →
After touring the National Lynching Memorial recently, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper spoke of the “shame” he felt that some white people “kind of looked the other way during these lynching incidents.” Former U.S. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Lakewood Mayor Ray Coles today issues the following statement in response to Brick Mayor’s statement on Twitter yesterday – which was in response to an anti-Semitic Tweet. View this post on Instagram This is Brick. A post shared by The… Continue Reading →
New York – On April 7th, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York declared a public health emergency on account of the measles epidemic. He ordered a program of mandatory vaccination in parts of Brooklyn. The areas he ordered… Continue Reading →
Newark, NJ – A onetime aide to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was resentenced Wednesday to 13 months — down from 18 — for her role in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal. Bridget Kelly, dabbing her eyes with… Continue Reading →
Mashgichei Kashrus employed by Rav Landau Shlita were attacked on Monday morning as they exited the Coca Cola plant on Kahaneman Street in Bnei Brak. The Hamodia report cites that mashgichim were “attacked in an anti-Semitic incident” at 2:30AM as… Continue Reading →