Month June 2019
New York – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stood by claims he made about five men who were wrongly convicted for the brutal rape of a female jogger in New York City’s Central Park 30 years ago. Dubbed the… Continue Reading →
Evanston, IL – Actor John Cusack is apologizing for tweeting an anti-Semitic cartoon and quotation after defending the post, then deleting it. The image showed a blue Star of David above a hand pushing down on a group of people… Continue Reading →
Comic Jon Stewart used his buddy Stephen Colbert’s late-night show to keep the heat on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for passage of legislation to replenish a victims’ fund for first responders to the 9/11 attacks. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Jabbing at the press and poking the eye of the political establishment he ran against in 2016, President Donald Trump officially kicked off his reelection campaign Tuesday with a grievance-filled… Read more » The post Trump Kicks Off 2020 Campaign… Continue Reading →
Qatar Airways has been named the best airline in the world, according to Skytrax, an air carrier ranking site. The 2019 World Airline Awards were held at the Paris Air Show, where the top airlines were revealed, according to a… Continue Reading →
Tel Aviv – A group of 45 academic Talmud scholars has signed a letter in support of Peter Schafer, the former director of the Berlin Jewish Museum who resigned last week amid criticism of a tweet linking to a pro-Israel… Continue Reading →
Orlando, FL – President Donald Trump officially opened his 2020 campaign Tuesday with a speech exaggerating what he’s done for the economy. From his rally in Orlando, Florida: TRUMP: “It’s soaring to incredible new heights. Perhaps the greatest economy we’ve… Continue Reading →
Bucharest, Romania – Few European officials would be pleased to hear that during their tenure, “anti-Semitism has exploded.” Least of all Katharina von Schnurbein, the German-born EU official who in 2015 was appointed as the European Union’s first coordinator on… Continue Reading →
A year after the United States pulled out of the Iran nuclear agreement, the pact is at severe risk of collapse and the European Union is caught in the middle, struggling to keep supply lines open to the Islamic Republic’s… Continue Reading →
San Francisco – Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Tuesday it would set aside $750 million in land and $250 million in financing to spur developers in the San Francisco Bay Area to build at least 20,000 homes and rehabilitate other… Continue Reading →
U.S. authorities seized more than $1 billion worth of cocaine Tuesday from a ship at a Philadelphia port, calling it one of the largest drug busts in American history. The U.S. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Washington – Don’t call it a peace plan, call it an “economic vision.” And don’t call the event that will unveil it next week a summit, it’s a workshop. To benefit Israelis and Palestinians. Whose officials won’t be there. Bahrain,… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Yes, school is over any day for most Lakewood girls and the younger boys…and day camp is still two weeks away. What will the children do all day?For the first time ever, Funtastic – of Sunday and pre-Pesach programs fame… Continue Reading →
President Trump is officially launching his 2020 reelection campaign on Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida — one of the swing states that fueled his poll-defying victory in 2016. Tens of thousands of supporters are gathered at the the Amway Center… Continue Reading →
The Ministry of Energy is allocating NIS 1 million for the establishment of 100 quick charge stations for electric vehicles in the city. The Ministry of Energy published on Sunday, June 16, 2019, the winners of tenders for the establishment… Continue Reading →
Washington – Joe Biden touted fundraising figures on Monday that suggest he has taken in at least $19 million this quarter, a sum that — if true — would top what all of his leading rivals raised during the last… Continue Reading →
Orlando, FL – The hometown paper of the Florida city where Donald Trump is making his reelection announcement says it won’t endorse the president. The Orlando Sentinel said in an editorial Tuesday that some readers may wonder how the publication… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said he’ll hold trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week at a summit of nations in Japan. And U.S. and Chinese negotiators will resume talks before the leaders meet. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Dallas – Waiting outside a federal courthouse, photographer Tom Fox took in Dallas’ 8 a.m. bustle. People dressed for work got out of cars. A homeless man danced on a street pole. But when what initially sounded like a truck… Continue Reading →