Month April 2019
Yeshiva Ohel Torah was burglazred over Pesach, and the NYPD has released details and photos of the suspect they are looking for. The NYPD tells YWN that on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 8:00PM, a man forcibly entered the Yeshiva Ohel… Continue Reading →
Centrist Republican Richard Lugar, a soft-spoken foreign policy powerhouse who championed nuclear nonproliferation during 36 years in the U.S. Senate, died on Sunday at age 87. The Lugar Center, a… Read more » The post Former Senator Lugar, Nuclear Nonproliferation… Continue Reading →
Outgoing Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman after a first round of coalition talks on Sunday evening explained he will be fighting for healthcare issues in coalition negotiations, no less than matters of religion. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Poway, CA – Family and friends remembered a woman killed in a shooting at a Southern California synagogue as a generous person dedicated to spreading kindness, with her daughter telling the crowd Monday that she knows her mother would forgive… Continue Reading →
As part of their efforts to contain a significant measles outbreak, officials in New York closed more schools, issued more fines and lobbied the Legislature Monday to eliminate religious exemptions for required vaccinations. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The post Post Pesach Bread Delivery appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Consumers Up in Arms Over Post-Pesach Frozen Bread Pesach Alert: Erroneous ‘Kosher L’Pesach’ Label on Gefen Olive Jar Post-Pesach Storm Sweeps Israel Gov’t Recommends Slashing Price of… Continue Reading →
New York – Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg met Monday with the Rev. Al Sharpton, as the Indiana mayor faces scrutiny of his record on race and is stepping up his outreach to African Americans. Buttigieg and the civil rights… Continue Reading →
Murphy Signs Bills Aimed At Helping Those Facing Foreclosure ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law a measure aimed at helping the state… Read more » The post Regional Briefs – April 29,… Continue Reading →
Preparations are well underway at the tziyun of the Rashbi, where hundreds of thousands if mispallalim will visit on Lag B’Omer. United Hatzalah and Hachnasas Orchim are working in earnest to prepare for the annual event. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a new ban on drilling for oil and gas off the New York coast. Members of the Democrat-led state Legislature passed the… Read more » The post NY Gov. Cuomo Signs Offshore… Continue Reading →
Airbnb Inc. guests will soon be able to book luxury suites in the heart of New York’s iconic Rockefeller Center. The home-share titan is taking over 10 floors of 75… Read more » The post Airbnb To Offer 200 New… Continue Reading →
For the second time this week, The New York Times printed an offensive cartoon which depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a negative manner. The first cartoon depicted President… Read more » The post NY Times Prints Second Offensive… Continue Reading →
Washington – The Israeli ambassador to the United States linked The New York Times to the “Jew-hatred of growing parts of the intellectual class.” Ron Dermer was speaking Monday in the U.S. Capitol at the annual Holocaust Days of Remembrance… Continue Reading →
Prosecutors, public defenders and community groups in Massachusetts plan to file a federal lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over its policy of arresting people at courthouses on civil immigration matters. Read more on Yeshiva World News
It began as a work by friends who loved singing and the purity of the Kumzitz. As the music and camaraderie developed, the series took on a life of its own; as a cult classic. Read more on Yeshiva World… Continue Reading →
A flight carrying singer Shulem Lemmer and his family was held up after landing at JFK Airport in New York, after it was suspected that his daughter had measles. JetBlue… Read more » The post Flight Carrying Orthodox Jewish Family… Continue Reading →
Poway, CA – A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder and three counts of attempted murder in the weekend attack on a Southern California synagogue. San Diego County prosecutors also charged John T. Earnest on Monday with an earlier… Continue Reading →
The FBI says it got tips about a threatening social media post about five minutes before the deadly attack at the Chabad of Poway synagogue near San Diego but it was too late to identify the suspect. Read more on… Continue Reading →
In this scruffy, high-desert town encircled by prairies and potato farms, Sen. Cory Gardner drew shouts of approval last week for his message that Democrats are shoving the country toward socialism. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Miami – A bill prohibiting anti-Semitism in Florida’s public schools and universities is going to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Senate unanimously passed the bill Monday, two days after a gunman opened fire in a California synagogue, killing one and… Continue Reading →