Month June 2019
(by Chaskel Bennett) Imagine if an Orthodox Jew would be denied entry to the polls on election day? The outcry would be swift and overwhelming. Charges of antisemitism and bigotry would ring across social media and would be rightfully condemned… Continue Reading →
The mother of a man who drowned alongside his 23-month-old daughter while trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas says she finds a heartbreaking photograph of their bodies hard… Read more » The post ‘They Died in Each Other’s… Continue Reading →
Pittsburgh – The manager of a popular restaurant in Pittsburgh was fired after he shared an anti-Semitic post on Facebook. Yokoso Japanese Steakhouse owner Jeff Kim apologized in a Facebook post for the action of his employee, calling it “inexcusable.”… Continue Reading →
This week has seen a dramatic rise in the number of balloon bombs that have been launched from Gaza at Israel and have caused a massive number of fires across the southwest region of the country. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is traveling to Israel for a quick trip aimed at strengthening economic ties and showing support following recent anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. The Democrat was expected… Read more » The post Cuomo Heads to Israel to… Continue Reading →
Travelers making their way up to the Catskills on Thursday nights will once again be able to stop for Minchah and Maariv minyanim at the Sloatsburg Rest Area, located on… Read more » The post Sloatsburg Rest Area Available for… Continue Reading →
A Sefer Tehillim is being written on klaf (parchment), which will be located close to the operating rooms at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. Participants who wrote letters in a klaf Tehillim which will be in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in… Continue Reading →
Read more on Yeshiva World News
Brooklyn, NY – A Jewish woman and her son in law have both been laid to rest after a two car Belt Parkway crash in Springfield Gardens near JFK Airport that occurred on Sunday. The NYPD said that the collision… Continue Reading →
A rare Minyan was held this morning in the only Shul in Bahrain. The reason: A group of Jews who were in Bahrain for the Peace conference, including Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump’s special adviser for Middle East peace. Read… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Avraham Salim, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Meor Torah, was injured in a car accident on Wednesday in Sao Paulo, Brazil, while he was on a fundraising trip for his yeshiva. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Barak announced Wednesday that he is returning to politics and forming a new party that will aim to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections. Read more on Yeshiva World News
[CLICK HERE TO DONATE]
The Federal Aviation Administration has identified a new potential risk that Boeing Co must address on its 737MAX before the grounded jet can return to service, the agency said on… Read more » The post FAA Identifies New Risk on… Continue Reading →
Amsterdam – The Netherlands’ national rail company said it will compensate hundreds of Holocaust victims for its role in the genocide. Dutch Railways announced its plan Wednesday in a statement, specifying one-time payments of about $17,000 to each living Holocaust… Continue Reading →
Executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter faced questioning by a House panel Wednesday on their efforts to stanch terrorist content and viral misinformation on their social media platforms. The scrutiny comes as the tech giants step up safety measures to… Continue Reading →
A Senate panel approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday that would raise the country’s smoking age to 21 from 18, a step the measure’s sponsors hailed as progress toward combating the… Read more » The post Senate Panel Approves Bipartisan Bill… Continue Reading →
Bahrain’s foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa gave interviews to Israeli journalists on Wednesday, one of the few times that an official from a Gulf state with no diplomatic… Read more » The post Bahrain Foreign Minister Says Conference… Continue Reading →
The first poll published after Ehud Barak announced his run in the September elections on Wednesday indicated that he would win six seats in the Knesset. The Channel 13 poll… Read more » The post Poll Gives Barak Six Seats… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Airports Authority reported that for the last three weeks, Israel’s airspace has been experiencing interference with the GPS navigation system. As a result of the disturbances, changes were made in some of the entry procedures for landing, and it… Continue Reading →
Washington – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has identified a new potential risk that Boeing Co must address on its 737 MAX before the grounded jet can return to service, the agency told Reuters on Wednesday. The risk was discovered… Continue Reading →