Month April 2019
Middlebury, VT – A Middlebury College chemistry professor whose written exam question asked students to calculate the lethal dose of a poisonous gas used in Nazi gas chambers during the Holocaust has taken a leave of absence, the school said…. Continue Reading →
Former left-wing revolutionary Judith Clark was granted parole Wednesday after serving more than 37 years behind bars for her role as getaway driver in a 1981 Brink’s armored truck robbery that left two police officers and a security guard dead…. Continue Reading →
The NYPD says an officer was wounded in a broad daylight gunbattle in upper Manhattan that left one suspect dead. It happened at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Washington Heights as officers were responding to a 911 call of shots… Continue Reading →
New York City Council voted on Thursday to enact a 5 cent tax on the use of paper bags in New York City stores. This, coupled with the recently passed… Read more » The post Paper Bag Tax Passes New… Continue Reading →
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and critically injured in Lakewood this evening. The accident occurred on Ocean Avenue near the intersection of Park Avenue at approximately 10:40 PM. Upon arrival, emergency personnel found the pedestrian in traumatic arrest… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world, in the category of leaders. Other people on the list are Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro, Egyptian soccer player Muhammad Salach,… Continue Reading →
Washington – Six Democratic senators have introduced a resolution to restore U.S. humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Congress appropriated $257.5 million in 2018 for bilateral assistance to the two areas, but the Trump administration has… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times We say this Aramaic text just before Pesach every year. We recite it once in the evening and again in the morning. Read more on Yeshiva World News
New York – The release of a dense, 400-page report on the results of a two-year investigation is an event uniquely unsuited to today’s minute-by-minute news cycles. That was the challenge faced Thursday by journalists who finally got to see… Continue Reading →
In recent years, the Hungarian government has taken many concrete measures to confront anti-Semitism. Despite it being a persistent phenomenon across Europe, the Hungarian leadership has laid out, in very clear terms, their rejection of anti-Semitism, as well as their… Continue Reading →
View this post on Instagram Ben Inzelbuch brings pizza for the hard-working DPW employees at the Pesach drop-off sites. A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) on Apr 18, 2019 at 5:23pm PDT
Boston – As thousands of Stop & Shop workers remain on strike in New England, some Jewish families are preparing for Passover without the region’s largest supermarket chain, which has deep roots in the local Jewish community. A number of… Continue Reading →
U.S. long-term mortgage rates increased this week, though they remain lower than a year ago in a positive sign for home sales. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose to 4.17% from 4.12%… Continue Reading →
A pro-Trump immigrant from West Africa was pummeled and knocked to the ground over the weekend for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, Maryland police said. Montgomery County police on Monday announced two arrests in connection with the alleged politically-motivated beat-down. Read… Continue Reading →
New York – – A Brooklyn judge on Thursday ruled against a group of parents who challenged New York City’s recently imposed mandatory measles vaccination order, rejecting their arguments that the city’s public health authority exceeded its authority. In a… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump’s pick to serve on the Federal Reserve, Stephen Moore, once criticized Trump’s positions on immigration, calling them “crazy” and “dangerous.” Economic adviser Larry Kudlow once compared them to Nazi Germany. Read more on Yeshiva World News
France – Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, a police official said Thursday, as France paid a daylong tribute to the firefighters who saved the world-renowned landmark. A judicial police… Continue Reading →
The Kosel Heritage Foundation announced that Birchas Kohanim that will take place on Monday, 17th of Nissan (April 22, 2019), the second day of Chol Hamoed Pesach in Eretz Yisrael. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Jackson County, TN – Authorities say a diver who helped save a youth soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand last year has himself been rescued from a cave in Tennessee. Jackson County Emergency Management spokesman Derek Woolbright said… Continue Reading →
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the below statement on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report released today on Russian interference in the 2016 election: “The President’s actions described in the report released today are a severe and striking departure from… Continue Reading →