Month April 2019
The U.S. Jewish community experienced near-historic levels of anti-Semitism in 2018, including a doubling of anti-Semitic assaults and the single deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history, according to new data from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued today…. Continue Reading →
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó said on Tuesday he had begun the “final phase” of his plan to oust President Nicolas Maduro, calling on Venezuelans and the military to back him… Read more » The post Venezuela’s Guaido Says Troops Have… Continue Reading →
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) On 13 April 1944, sisters Susan-Zsuzsa and Lili Klein wrote their father Hugo a short letter: “Dear Daddy, We are well – goodbye.” Hugo had been drafted into a forced labor battalion in 1943; his wife Matild… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump, three of his children and seven of his companies filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Deutsche Bank and Capital One Financial Corp to block the banks from… Read more » The post Trump Sues Deutsche Bank and… Continue Reading →
On Monday, April 15, shortly before Pesach, Project LEARN, Agudath Israel’s special education division, hosted a meeting of New York City special education yeshivos with Howard Friedman, General Counsel of the city’s Department of Education, and the leadership of the… Continue Reading →
Rainy days followed by heat waves – the pattern in Israel in recent weeks – means that conditions are ideal for the spread of mosquitoes, and spreading they are indeed… Read more » The post Local Authorities Gearing Up for… Continue Reading →
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party meets on Tuesday to hammer out its position on whether to demand a second referendum on any Brexit deal as part of its campaign for… Read more » The post Britain’s Labour Meets to Decide… Continue Reading →
The phenomenon of illegal Palestinian construction in Yehuda and Shomron continues to gain momentum, including cutting roads, construction of agricultural roads, and the construction of new structures. Recently, as part of the struggle for Area C and the attempts to… Continue Reading →
Betar Illit Mayor Meir Rubinstein sent a letter to chareidi representatives involved in coalition negotiations towards forming the next coalition government. Rubinstein cites that the chareidi housing shortage has reached a critical stage and land between Betar and Tzur Hadassah… Continue Reading →
Japanese Emperor Akihito, in his final remarks as his three-decade reign drew to a close on Tuesday, thanked the people for their support and expressed hope for a peaceful future.… Read more » The post Departing Japanese Emperor Akihito Thanks… Continue Reading →
Outgoing Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel, the former head of the Ichud Leumi faction, recently announced his decision to step down and retire from politics. It now appears he is using his political position to secure himself a cushy position,… Continue Reading →
On Tuesday afternoon, 120 members of the 21st Knesset will undergo their inauguration and take their seats – except perhaps for one. Knesset officials said Tuesday that they had turned… Read more » The post Knesset Officials: No New Non-Leather… Continue Reading →
News13 on Monday evening aired a story in which they quoted statements made over recent years by leading rabbonim from Yeshivat Bnei David, the first and a leading pre-IDF mechina located in Yishuv Eli. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Hundreds of security troops were at the Shomron community of Kochav Hashachar Tuesday to demolish four buildings that officials claimed were illegally built. They were faced by dozens of protestors… Read more » The post Six Arrested as Security Forces… Continue Reading →
Shares in Asia fell on Tuesday as readings on China’s manufacturing activity failed to meet expectations, underscoring weakness in the world’s second-largest economy despite Beijing’s attempts to spur growth. European… Read more » The post Asian Stocks Fall on Softer… Continue Reading →
Israel has again imposed limits on the range Gaza fishing boats can sail off the coast. The new restriction came after Islamic Jihad terrorists fired a rocket at Israel Monday… Read more » The post Israel Reimposes Gaza Fishing Limits… Continue Reading →
New Zealand police said on Tuesday a man was arrested and bomb disposal officers found a package with a suspected explosive device at a vacant property in Christchurch, where 50… Read more » The post Suspected Explosive Device Found, Man… Continue Reading →
New York – Quarantines in California. Fines in New York City. Orders for some people to avoid public places in Rockland County, New York. As an outbreak of measles surges across the United States — with 704 cases this year… Continue Reading →
Leiden, Netherlands – When Boeing launched its 737 MAX jetliner in response to Airbus’s record-selling A320neo, a wave of poker-faced satisfaction spread through Airbus headquarters in France. Its reasons for cheering Boeing’s decision to make a similar jet, based on… Continue Reading →
The Jerusalem District Court on Monday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for the terrorist who murdered 19-year-old Tekoa resident Ori Ansbacher HY”D last February. The evaluation is expected to take place in the coming weeks. Read more on Yeshiva World News
United Nations – The U.N. political chief warned Monday that the worsening Palestinian financial crisis poses a growing risk “of a financial collapse of the Palestinian Authority.” Rosemary DiCarlo told the U.N. Security Council that “a sustainable resolution” to the… Continue Reading →