Month June 2019
German police were investigating two separate anti-Semitic incidents that occurred this week, the Jewish Telegraph Agency reported on Tuesday. The first incident occurred in the city of Düsseldorf on Monday… Read more » The post Spate of Anti-Semitic Incidents in… Continue Reading →
An election for district attorney in the New York City borough of Queens became an unexpected proving ground in the Democratic presidential primary on Wednesday as two leading 2020 candidates offered their endorsements. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Top Chinese and U.S. officials will resume trade talks in accordance with the wishes of their leaders, but China hopes the United States will create the necessary conditions for dialogue,… Read more » The post China, U.S. to Resume Trade… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden refused to back down Wednesday amid a torrent of criticism from rival Democratic presidential hopefuls for saying the Senate “got things done” with “civility” even when the body included segregationists. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The Israeli political establishment was in an uproar Thursday over comments by former Mossad Director Shabtai Shavit, who in an interview with Maariv called Likud voters “mindless.” The comments were… Read more » The post Former Mossad Director: Likud Voters… Continue Reading →
After splitting for the April elections, the United Arab List will be returning to run in the September contest, a report on Channel 12 said. The move is expected to… Read more » The post United Arab List to Return… Continue Reading →
Asian stock markets rallied on Thursday while the dollar dropped and global bond yields plunged, with the 10-year U.S. yield falling below 2%, after the Federal Reserve signaled possible interest… Read more » The post Stocks Rally, Bond Yields Dive… Continue Reading →
There is a measure of panic and anger being expressed by many residents of the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem surrounding planned construction which will impact getting to and from the area in the coming years. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Thousands participated Wednesday evening in the emotional procession marking the return of the four sifrei Torah that were stolen last week from the Tiferes Shimon shul (Orchos Torah alumni) on… Read more » The post Thousands Participate in Procession of… Continue Reading →
Officials in the Otzma Yehudit party were tense on Wednesday, directing criticism at the leader of the Bayit Yehudi party, Rabbi Rafi Peretz, accusing him of breaking the agreement between the parties signed in the last election race in April…. Continue Reading →
Blue and White party chairperson Benny Gantz on Thursday attempted to calm the latest in a series of tensions that have marred the surface calm of the party, when he… Read more » The post Gantz: I Will Not Allow… Continue Reading →
Four human traffickers were jailed for life in a Hungarian court on Thursday for the deaths of 71 migrants whose decomposing bodies were found crammed inside a truck dumped on… Read more » The post Four Jailed for Life in… Continue Reading →
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Thursday morning for a two-day state visit to North Korea, where he is expected to talk with leader Kim Jong Un about the stalled negotiations… Read more » The post China’s Xi in North Korea… Continue Reading →
Over 1,000 people davened at the kevarim of Yehoshua bin Nun and and Calev ben Yefuna, in the Shomron Wednesday night, in advance of the reading of Parashas Shelach in… Read more » The post Over 1,000 Daven at Kever… Continue Reading →
A U.S. official said that an Iranian surface-to-air missile shot down a U.S. drone flying in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz. The official spoke to The Associated Press… Read more » The post U.S. Official: Iranian Missile Downed… Continue Reading →
Tehran – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have shot down a U.S. “spy” drone in the southern province of Hormozgan, the Guards’ news website, Sepah News, said on Thursday. “It was shot down when it entered Iran’s airspace near the Kouhmobarak… Continue Reading →
Five chareidi protestors were arrested/detained by police outside the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning. The court session surrounding the arrests and detention of three women protestors outside the Jerusalem IDF Induction Center on Rashi Street earlier this week was… Continue Reading →
New York – The FBI has reached out to a lawyer for a former Deutsche Bank employee who complained that the bank was ignoring suspicious transactions, including some involving Jared Kushner’s family real estate company. The former Deutsche Bank anti-money… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump raised $24.8 million less than 24 hours after kicking off his reelection campaign, a figure that dwarfs what the top Democratic contenders took in over the course of months. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Israel wrapped up its largest military drill in years on Wednesday, with thousands of troops from the army, navy and air force simulating a future war with the terrorist Lebanese Hezbollah group amid fears that Iran would draw its Shiite… Continue Reading →
Berlin – The Berlin Jewish Museum, in the center of Germany’s capital, catches the eye with a zinc-plated, jagged facade that invokes a shattered Star of David. Now it is drawing attention for another reason: Its director, Judaic scholar Peter… Continue Reading →