Month April 2019
When it came to population growth last year, cities in central Florida grew by stadiums. Metro Orlando grew by 60,000 residents last year, almost as large as the number of people who can fit into the city’s Camping World Stadium,… Continue Reading →
[By Chaskel Bennett – From the YWN Archives 2016] Let’s be honest, the past few weeks and months have been extremely painful for anyone who cares about the reputation of our community. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Mueller Report Released – On Thursday, the Justice Department released a redacted version of the complete Mueller report to Congress and to the American people. The report contains ten instances in which President Trump may have attempted to obstruct the… Continue Reading →
Israel – Jerusalem projected the colors of the French flag onto its Notre Dame compound in solidarity with the burned cathedral in Paris. The Israeli capital’s mayor, Moshe Lion, extended sympathy to Paris, which saw significant portions of the landmark… Continue Reading →
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(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) Everyone grew up with it and it signifies the end of the Pesach Seder. Father bought the kid (a sheep or goat) for two zuzim. Read more on Yeshiva World… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Defense Ministry says the country’s military exports were $7.5 billion last year, down 18% from the previous year. The ministry said on Wednesday that despite the drop, the 2018 figures were a “major success” and the second-highest level in… Continue Reading →
Washington – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday rejected a North Korean demand that he be replaced as President Donald Trump’s top negotiator, as the United States and Japan vowed to continue to enforce tough sanctions on North Korea… Continue Reading →
Love them or hate them, electric scooters are everywhere — zipping along city streets and littered on sidewalks, to the dismay of pedestrians and drivers who must share the road. Read more on Yeshiva World News
(By Chaim Dayan and Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer) Seder Night is the climax of the Pesach festival. It also presents a considerable challenge concerning our children. Many parents ask themselves what can be done to encourage children to participate in Seder… Continue Reading →
Please note: We will not be updating any of our forums from sundown tonight, April 19, until after sundown on Sunday, April 21, in observance of Pesach (Passover). We will also not be accepting any ads over Pesach that do not pertain… Continue Reading →
A 10-year-old boy in Israel is in critical condition after he contracted the measles The young boy was hospitalized at Schneider Medical Center in Petah Tikva is attached to a ventilator. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Washington – U.S. homebuilding dropped to a near two-year low in March, pulled down by persistent weakness in the single-family housing segment, suggesting the housing market continued to struggle despite declining mortgage rates. Some of the weakness in homebuilding reported… Continue Reading →
Palm beach, FL – President Donald Trump says some statements made in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report are “fabricated & totally untrue.” Tweeting Friday from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump dubbed the more than 400-page document… Continue Reading →
The following was released by the Trump Campaign: After issuing 2,800 subpoenas and 500 search warrants, interviewing 500 witnesses, employing 40 FBI agents and 19 lawyers, and spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, President Trump has been fully and… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Israeli airstrikes and tank fire targeted Hamas positions along the Gaza border in retaliation for Palestinian snipers shooting at Israeli soldiers. The incident Friday, in which no one was injured on either side, was the first disturbance of… Continue Reading →
The Israeli start-up behind last week’s failed lunar landing said Thursday that it is still investigating a malfunction that caused the spacecraft to plummet to the moon’s surface. SpaceIL, the non-profit that undertook the lunar mission, said that engineers in… Continue Reading →
Moscow – Russian Jews honored a nuclear physicist who during communism helped established the first and only official Jewish religious seminary to ever open in the former Soviet Union. At last week’s Limmud FSU conference of Jewish learning in Moscow,… Continue Reading →