Month June 2019
The owner of the New England Patriots accepted Israel’s prestigious Genesis Prize, known as the “Jewish Nobel,” at a lavish ceremony on Thursday, where he pledged $20 million to establish a foundation dedicated to combating anti-Semitism and the Palestinian-led boycott… Continue Reading →
Mohammed Morsi, the largely unknown and uncharismatic engineer and onetime professor at Cal State University who was jokingly referred to as the “spare tire” when his party rolled him out… Read more » The post Mohammed Morsi Was an Unpopular,… Continue Reading →
If, for reasons beyond his control an individual can’t perform a mitzvah properly, is there any point in doing it in part, even of one would not be yotzei? For… Read more » The post To Love a Mitzvah appeared… Continue Reading →
Work Messaging Service Slack’s Value Jumps After Stock Debut NEW YORK (AP) – Slack’s newly public shares aren’t slacking off. The work messaging service’s market value grew 49% after it… Read more » The post Business Briefs – June 20,… Continue Reading →
Wall Street capped a broad rally for stocks Thursday by driving the S&P 500 index to an all-time high. The milestone, which eclipsed the benchmark index’s last record close on… Read more » The post S&P 500 Index Closes at… Continue Reading →
Kiryas Joel, NY – An investigation is underway in Kiryas Joel after a late afternoon armed robbery that had an unknown suspect making off with approximately $20,000 to $30,000 in cash. Sources told VIN News that the knifepoint robbery took… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem district police late Wednesday night apprehended a vandal defacing a billboard because it showed the face of a woman. When police checked the suspect, they found he was carrying the two knives. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A worrisome trend that has taken off over the past few years is the way that summer camps continue to push the envelope with regards to selling their camps. It seems that every camp is falling over themselves to promise… Continue Reading →
New York – The rope is no wider than his thumb, the height is 25 stories up and the length is five city blocks, but what really concerns aerialist Nik Wallenda about his highwire walk in New York on Sunday… Continue Reading →
A 79-year-old Jewish woman was the latest victim of anti-Semitism in France, near a shul on Tuesday. A metallic pellet was fired at her and struck her in her head. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The post Catskills Hatzalah Opens New Ambulance Garage appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Liberty Township Bill to Ban Parking Near Shul 1,250 Yemenite Shofars Stolen From Crown Heights Garage Leech Invasion Closes Catskills Swimming Area Playing Roulette With… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Israel’s Council for Higher Education has approved a $40.4 million plan to encourage academic excellence and leadership among Ethiopian-Israeli students. The multi-year plan to help the students is part of Israel’s 2015 Government Policy for Advancing the Integration… Continue Reading →
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) In the accompanying video, we see a frum man who visited Har Habayis on Thursday, June 20, 2019. When police saw him moving his lips, fearing he might be davening, he was given a warning that… Continue Reading →
Washington – Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum, had a response to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez referring to migrant detention centers as “concentration camps.” “The U.S. is running concentration camps on our southern border, and that is exactly what they are,” the… Continue Reading →
If drug interdiction can be compared to a giant game of whack-a-mole, federal law enforcement officials delivered one mighty wallop this week when they raided a container ship at Philadelphia’s port and discovered a staggering amount of cocaine. Read more… Continue Reading →
On Tuesday evening, Matthew Charles traveled to the Queens, N.Y. resting place of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—to say two simple words: “Thank you.” Today a criminal justice fellow at FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums), Charles’s story… Continue Reading →
India – When Karan Mehrotra booked a flight from Delhi to Guwahati, he did not go to a travel agent or an airline website. Instead, he turned to Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer which now sells tickets to Indian… Continue Reading →
Former Justice Minister Chaim Ramon, of the Labor party, has come out against MK Yair Lapid, who holds the number two slot on the Blue and White party as well as chairing the Yesh Atid party. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday passed a $38.7 billion budget setting aside billions for public education and pensions and boosting New Jersey Transit funding, but without Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s… Read more » The post NJ Governor Undecided On $38.7B… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation requiring ride-hailing services to show additional identification after the March death of a University of South Carolina student police say got into… Read more » The post New Law Requires Ride-Hailing Services… Continue Reading →
PATH trains connecting northern New Jersey with New York City are going to be longer and more frequent in coming years, part of a plan to address overcrowding that figures… Read more » The post PATH Rail System Making Changes… Continue Reading →