Month June 2019
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a two-day trade mission to Israel this week, which he said was also in show of solidarity in the front against anti-Semitism. The… Read more » The post Cuomo to Visit Israel appeared… Continue Reading →
U.S. stock indexes edged mostly lower in afternoon trading Monday, giving back some of the market’s solid gains from last week. Investors eased into trading ahead of a highly anticipated… Read more » The post U.S. Stock Indexes Edge Mostly… Continue Reading →
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today joined 42 other states in releasing the full, unredacted complaint against some of the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers after a U.S. District Court Judge granted the states’ motion to unseal the complaint. The… Continue Reading →
Egypt’s government said that it will take part in the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace conference in Bahrain, where the White House will reveal the economic portion of its plan for… Read more » The post Egypt on Bahrain: Final Decision… Continue Reading →
Israel Police’s Major Crimes Unit, Lahav 433, on Monday morning raided both Tiveria and Petach Tikvah City Halls as part of an ongoing investigation addressing public corruption. Members of the Lahav 433 team raided the official buildings and confiscated documents… Continue Reading →
New York – A free, 8-million strong social network for knitters, crocheters and others in the fiber arts has banned talk of President Donald Trump and his administration. The new policy on Ravelry.com was posted Sunday. The post says the… Continue Reading →
Communications Minister Ayoub Kara resigned his post and his candidacy for ambassador to Egypt, angrily lashing out at the Likud party for conducting a witch hunt against him and at… Read more » The post Communications Minister Kara Quits in… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court sided with businesses and the U.S. government Monday in a ruling about the public’s access to information, telling a South Dakota newspaper it can’t get the data… Read more » The post Supreme Court Sides With Business,… Continue Reading →
The sunset had an orange glow and so does the new heat alert level for Paris. More than half of France, including around Paris, was placed on an orange alert… Read more » The post Alerts Issued in France as… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday that calls for upfront disclosure by hospitals of actual prices for common tests and procedures to help keep costs down, administration… Read more » The post Trump Order Seeks Disclosure of… Continue Reading →
Nine fires were started in southern Israel on Monday by balloon-borne incendiary devices launched from the Gaza Strip, according to the firefighting services. Seven of them have reportedly been brought… Read more » The post Nine Fires in Southern Israel… Continue Reading →
Chennai, India – The ride, called the ‘Free Fall Tower’, at the Queensland Amusement Park plunged 10 feet to the ground after the steel cables holding the platform snapped. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC) Read more on Yeshiva World News
Seattle, WA – When Ari Hoffman opened his front door after the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, he saw a note from the police. Anti-Semites were targeting him online, it said. Was he safe? Hoffman, 38, a candidate for City Council,… Continue Reading →
A private beach day for men will be held this Friday, at Kingsborough Community College, Councilman Chaim Deutsch announced Monday. A women’s-only day will take place in July. Last year’s… Read more » The post Beach Day for Men in… Continue Reading →
Verizon has finally begun upgrades to its towers in Lakewood – in response to numerous complaints from residents, and subsequent reports on TLS. Most recently, Mayor Coles got involved and requested the company make necessary upgrades to accommodate its customers…. Continue Reading →
Israel’s U.N. ambassador Danny Danon has responded to the Palestinian contention that accepting the U.S. multi-billion dollar economic aid plan in exchange for giving up on their dream of statehood… Read more » The post Danon Urges Palestinians to Surrender… Continue Reading →
A major telephone outage took down the Dutch emergency number for more than three hours Monday, forcing police and other first responders to scramble to set up alternatives. KPN tweeted… Read more » The post Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out… Continue Reading →
A panel discussion addressing the nationwide housing shortage escalated into a fiery exchange of words between Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein and Ramat Gan Mayor Shema HaCohen. During ‘The Marker’ sponsored panel discussion, Rubinstein referred to a statement made… Continue Reading →
Washington – President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday that calls for upfront disclosure by hospitals of actual prices for common tests and procedures to help keep costs down, administration officials said. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex… Continue Reading →
There was excitement and nachas for the parents and grandparents and a sense of pride and accomplishment from the mesayemim at Pirchei Agudas Yisroel’s Annual Shas Awards Presentation, which took… Read more » The post Pirchei Agudas Yisroel Shas Presentation… Continue Reading →