Month June 2019
Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak reentered politics on Wednesday, announcing the formation of a new party dedicated to toppling incumbent Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and adding a further imponderable to… Read more » The post Ehud Barak Reenters Politics With… Continue Reading →
Wednesday was another day of multiple arson attacks on Israel, numbering about nineteen in the Gaza periphery. Firefighting units, Jewish National Fund employees, military engineering units with bulldozers and volunteers… Read more » The post Nineteen Fires Started by Gaza… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Israel has used its cyber intelligence capabilities to thwart around 50 ISIS terrorist attacks in dozens of countries worldwide, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the Cyber Week conference at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday. While Israel previously… Continue Reading →
The GOP-held Senate is poised to swiftly reject a $4.5 billion emergency bill passed by the House, and has instead teed up a vote on a similar but bipartisan alternative as Congress tries to deliver aid to the southern border… Continue Reading →
Stocks moved higher on Wall Street midday Wednesday as fresh investor optimism over a new round of trade talks between the U.S. and China helped fuel a strong rally in… Read more » The post Tech Leads Stocks Higher Amid… Continue Reading →
Washington – U.S. Attorney General William Barr, displaying a little-known talent, played “Scotland the Brave” on his bagpipes on Wednesday, joining in with the New York City Police Department’s famed Pipes and Drums of the Emerald Society. The performance by… Continue Reading →
The Federal Aviation Administration is reassigning three managers in a regional office that oversees regulation of Southwest Airlines, which has been the subject of several safety investigations, according to a… Read more » The post FAA Removes 3 Managers in… Continue Reading →
Is it possible to be worse off because of an increase in the minimum wage? In some cases, the answer is yes. Shira* is a home health care aide. She’s a divorced mother with three children. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, appealed Tuesday for the Palestinians to consider a $50 billion economic support plan they have already rejected because it does not include a political resolution to the long-running conflict with the… Continue Reading →
Matamoros, Mexico – A harrowing photo of a man and his young daughter who drowned on the U.S.-Mexico border has brought global attention to the dangers for a wave of mostly Latin American migrants traveling north, with Pope Francis on… Continue Reading →
Approximately 200 public school students, administrators, Board of Education members and members of the public are heading to court today over the promised – but nixed – finding. Aftorneys will make oral arguments today in regards to the funds Governor… Continue Reading →
Two additional deputies have been fired as a result of an internal affairs investigation into the agency’s response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that… Read more » The post 2 More Deputies Fired After… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein spoke at the United Nations General Assembly in New York Wednesday just under two months after the deadly shooting at his Chabad of Poway. The rabbi’s remarks were part of a larger address calling on countries around… Continue Reading →
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera apologized on Wednesday for a diplomatic faux pas the day before in which he visited Har Habayis accompanied by Palestinian officials. The visit provoked a protest… Read more » The post Chilean President Apologizes for Visit… Continue Reading →
A toddler, a year-and-a-half old, was playing at home in Bnei Brak on Wednesday, when he fell from a high place and severely injured himself. Volunteers from United Hatzalah in the city arrived quickly and began first aid treatment for… Continue Reading →
Oman said on Wednesday it is planning to open a new diplomatic mission with the Palestinians and that a delegation from its foreign ministry will be going to Ramallah for… Read more » The post Oman to Open Embassy in… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Barak has announced he is returning to politics and is forming a new party that will aim to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections. Speaking at a Tel Aviv press conference… Continue Reading →
Morgan Hill, CA – A man who had just been fired from a Northern California Ford dealership shot and killed two employees and then killed himself, police and witnesses said. Police called to the Ford Store Morgan Hill Tuesday evening… Continue Reading →
Please be Mispallel for Menachem Yechiel Dovid Ben Batsheva (Rabbi Trenk), who is in desperate need of Rachmei Shomayim.
Washington – The House Oversight Committee has voted to issue a subpoena to force White House counselor Kellyanne Conway to appear before the panel as it looks into allegations that she repeatedly violated a federal law that limits political activity… Continue Reading →