Month April 2019
Warsaw – The Catholic Church in Poland poured scorn Monday on an anti-Semitic ritual enacted over the Easter holiday that involved an effigy of Judas represented by a stereotypical Jew being hanged, burned and beaten. Residents, among them children, beat… Continue Reading →
(by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) For some reason it was missed. The oatmeal cereal was left in the diaper bag. The father was doing the bedikah in the house – and the diaper bag was… Continue Reading →
Yahadut Hatorah officials have given a written list of its demands to Likud’s Yariv Levin as coalition negotiations between the parties will be limited to writing during Pesach week. While the chareidi parties, Shas and Yahadut Hatorah, have recommended Binyamin… Continue Reading →
Statement of the Bishop’s Conference In the context of the events that took place in Pruchnik on April 19, the Church clearly expresses her disapproval of practices that violates human… Read more » The post Polish Clergy Condemn Anti Semitic… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Is the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict dead? After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coasted to another victory in this month’s Israeli election, it sure seems that way. On the campaign trail, Netanyahu ruled out Palestinian statehood and… Continue Reading →
Columbia, SC – Democrat Elizabeth Warren is proposing the elimination of existing student loan debt for millions of Americans, part of a sweeping set of education funding proposals announced as she and other presidential candidates seek to differentiate themselves in… Continue Reading →
Chairman of the Central Election Committee Justice Chanan Meltzer has turned to Attorney General Dr. Avichai Mandelblit and Israel Police with a request to launch a probe into election fraud at polling stations. Read more on Yeshiva World News
President Donald Trump and his business organization sued the Democratic chairman of the House oversight committee on Monday to block a subpoena that seeks years of the president’s financial records. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Veteran residents of the Upper Golan Heights admit they do not remember the last time they saw significant snow during Chol Hamoed Pesach, and this year in particular, a leap year, with Pesach falling in “spring” according to the Gregorian… Continue Reading →
San Francisco – Google blocked the accounts of the Iranian Spanish-language news channel that earlier this month published reports that Israel uses Palestinian prisoners for new medical trials. The anti-Israel news website Hispan TV reported Saturday on its still-active news… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – More than 250 El Al airlines crew members have been vaccinated against the measles after a flight attendant contracted the disease during a flight from New York. The flight attendant, 43, was hospitalized earlier this month with the… Continue Reading →
A 50-year-old Motorcyclist was killed on Sunday night on the Ayalon Highway near Holon near the Dov Hoz interchange. He was initially in serious condition following an accident that took place between his motorcycle and a private car. Read more… Continue Reading →
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) There was an accident at Tel el-Bida Junction on motzei Shabbos. MDA ambulances from the Jordan Valley district responded to the scene, north of Mecholah, along with PA (Palestinian Authority) ambulances. Read more on Yeshiva World… Continue Reading →
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New York – The World Jewish Congress has expressed its “disgust and outrage” following reports that an effigy made to look like a stereotypical Jew was hanged and burned in a Polish town as part of an Easter ritual. Robert… Continue Reading →
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States is not extending any waivers exempting importers of Iranian oil from U.S. sanctions and there will be no grace… Read more » The post Pompeo: No Grace Period After… Continue Reading →
Colombo – Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 200 people, the country’s health… Continue Reading →
(VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Despite the unseasonably cold weather, tens of thousands of mispallalim participated in Chol Hamoed Pesach Birchas Kohanim at the Kosel on Monday, the second day of Chol Hamoed Pesach in Eretz Yisrael. Read more… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – More than 100,000 people attended the Priestly Blessing prayer service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday. This mass priestly blessing takes place twice a year, during Passover and Sukkot. Attendees receive the Biblical blessing from hundreds… Continue Reading →