Month May 2019
The New York State Education Department will not appeal the court ruling striking down its new guidelines for private-school education, but will seek to reimpose guidelines through the rulemaking process.… Read more » The post NYS Education Dep’t to Issue… Continue Reading →
Trump Slaps Tariffs On Mexico – On Thursday evening, President Trump tweeted that the United States would begin placing tariffs of 5% on all imports from Mexico until the illegal immigrant crisis was solved. The planned tariffs will go into… Continue Reading →
Chicago – After President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on Chinese imports earlier this month, Francis O’Brien slapped a new 4% fee on every item of furniture he sells. The fee, said O’Brien, who owns two Furniture Market retail stories… Continue Reading →
An appeals court said Friday it will speedily consider President Donald Trump’s challenge to congressional subpoenas seeking financial records from two banks with which he did business. The 2nd U.S.… Read more » The post Court OKs Expedited Appeal in… Continue Reading →
Here we go again. This image was taken by a YWN reader on Friday at around noon. It was taken on the “B68” bus which runs down Coney Island Avenue, in a predominantly Orthodox Jewish community. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Vitkija – Lithuanian soldiers and officials attended the unveiling of a plaque honoring the late chaplain of what Nazi hunters say was a local unit of Holocaust-era murderers of Jews. The municipality of Vitkija hosted the unveiling of the plaque… Continue Reading →
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday that Mexico won’t respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of coercive tariffs with desperation, but instead will push for dialogue. A… Read more » The post Mexican President: We Won’t React… Continue Reading →
There was yet ANOTHER hate crime targeting the Orthodox Jewish community in NYC, this one in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. A note with the words “HITLER IS COMING” was placed on a wall at the Jewish Children’s Museum on Eastern… Continue Reading →
A levee breached Friday along the Arkansas River, prompting a flash-flood warning and evacuation of a rural area in western Arkansas. Officials said the levee breached at Dardanelle, about 60… Read more » The post Record Flooding Causes Levee Breach… Continue Reading →
Stocks tumbled on Wall Street Friday after the U.S. announced plans to expand its trade war to Mexico. The slump all but guarantees the market will end May with its… Read more » The post Stocks Slump After U.S. Expands… Continue Reading →
Seattle – Amazon.com Inc is interested in buying prepaid cellphone wireless service Boost Mobile from U.S. carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Amazon is considering buying Boost – currently one… Continue Reading →
A mural outside the Jewish Children’s Museum where people can place sticky notes with their good deeds was defaced with an anti-Semitic message Thursday. The museum is situated on the… Read more » The post Mural at Jewish Children’s Museum… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Drop by Drop, Mikvah USA makes it happen – but we need your help. Four Mikvah projects will benefit from this campaign NOW.Today, YOU can make Taharah a viable option for these communities: Flagstaff, Arizona Henderson, Nevada Mill Basin,… Continue Reading →
Washington – Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren says that if she’s elected president, she’ll work to end the Justice Department policy that bars indictment of a sitting president. The proposal from the Massachusetts senator comes days after special counsel Robert… Continue Reading →
With the complaints about Verizon cell service and data in Lakewood mounting, TLS reached out to Mayor Ray Coles with reader’s complaints, and to have his office get involved. And he did. In a letter penned to Verizon, the Mayor… Continue Reading →
Tel Aviv – An Israeli activist against what he regards as corruption filmed himself accosting Sheldon Adelson in Tel Aviv, telling him “Asshole, you live too long.” Barak Cohen, a left-wing lawyer who was suspended by the Israeli bar association… Continue Reading →
Beijing – China threatened on Friday to unveil an unprecedented hit-list of “unreliable” foreign firms, groups and individuals that harm the interests of Chinese companies, as a slate of retaliatory tariffs on imported U.S. goods was set to kick in… Continue Reading →
Dear Flatbush Neighbors, NO – this is not a fundraiser. I am not asking for money. I am writing this letter out of true sadness and perplexity over the recent Mikvah Yisroel campaign that is taking place. Read more on… Continue Reading →
Berlin – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday voiced concern over a warning to Jews by a German official about the dangers of wearing the kippa skullcap in Germany in the face of rising anti-Semitic attacks. The German… Continue Reading →
A South Korean newspaper reported Friday that North Korea executed a senior envoy involved in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. as well as four other high-level officials. But as ever with North Korea, a country that closely guards its secrets,… Continue Reading →