Month July 2019
Urgent 48 Hour Campaign! CLICK HERE TO DONATE We cried. We davened. We moved on. But Rabbi Bauman’s family still needs our help. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Washington – President Donald Trump on Monday signed a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. Appearing in the Rose Garden with more than 60 first responders from the… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. Appearing in the Rose… Read more » The post Trump Signs Sept. 11 Victims’… Continue Reading →
Los Angeles – An animal rights group filed a lawsuit against a Jewish center in Los Angeles to prevent it from holding kapparot, a pre-Yom Kippur religious ritual. The lawsuit against the Woodland Hills Hebrew Discovery Center was filed earlier… Continue Reading →
Pfizer, the country’s largest drugmaker, will absorb the generic pharmaceutical company Mylan, potentially creating a global generic powerhouse. The two companies said Monday that they’ll combine Mylan, a $10 billion… Read more » The post Pfizer to Absorb Mylan, Creating… Continue Reading →
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday signed legislation further decriminalizing marijuana use in New York State. New York’s existing marijuana laws disproportionately affect African American and Latino communities, and this… Read more » The post Gov. Cuomo Signs Legislation Decriminalizing… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of R’ Yehuda Gasner Z”L, a young father of two. R’ Yehuda Z”L, 26, was a young father who for the last couple of years suffered from a rare and aggressive illness… Continue Reading →
The leaders of the United Right and New Right factions reached a final deal on Monday afternoon on a united list for the upcoming elections, ending weeks of speculation and… Read more » The post New Right, United Right Parties… Continue Reading →
In a Monday morning Rose Garden ceremony, President Trump signed the long-awaited 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund bill which will make medical reimbursement payments to 9/11 first responders permanent. He was joined by hundreds of first responders and their families who… Continue Reading →
HaGaon HaRav Nachum Yavrov Z”L was niftar in Los Angeles on Sunday at the age of 64. He served as team head of the Sheiris Yisrael hashgacha’s shechita team. The rav was hospitalized in Los Angeles, fighting a difficult illness…. Continue Reading →
Washington – Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan defended her support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel and said she would support a boycott of Muslim countries, like Saudi Arabia or Egypt. Tlaib, who is Palestinian-American, said… Continue Reading →
Washington – President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his attacks on a prominent black U.S. lawmaker from Baltimore and slammed black civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton, further fueling racial tensions as he linked his attacks to his 2020 re-election… Continue Reading →
Gov. Cuomo signed legislation Monday decriminalizing marijuana use in the state of New York. The law reduces unlawful possession of marijuana to a violation punishable by a fine. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A Jewish man was the victim of a brutal carjacking in Crown Heights on Monday morning. The man, a resident of Crown Heights, had just gotten into his car on… Read more » The post Jewish Man Carjacked in Crown… Continue Reading →
San Francisco – Google has honored the late Japanese diplomat Chiune Sempo Sugihara, who worked to save Jews fleeing the Nazis in the Holocaust, by dedicating Monday’s Doodle to him. A Google Doodle is a logo or picture that appears… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Reb Mordechai Kriger Z”L, a noted Talmid Chochom and Baal Tzedaakah. He was 81. Reb Mordechai Z”L resided in Lawrence, but was very close to Rabbonim in Lakewood, as well as… Continue Reading →
Meor Dovid: Lighting Up Lancaster with Torah By Yitzchok Singer “Lancaster.” Mention the name of this South Central Pennsylvania city and it’ll conjure up memories of summer and bein hazemanim trips, visits to the 48-acre Dutch Wonderland Amusement Park, and… Continue Reading →
In the wake of the shocking murder of Ofir Hasdai, z”l, on Sunday in a dispute over a parking space at a Ramle mall, police on Monday requested that a… Read more » The post Indictment to Be Handed Down… Continue Reading →
German authorities have extradited a Bosnian man to Belgium, where he was sought in connection with the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris. News agency dpa reported that prosecutors in… Read more » The post Germany Extradites Man Wanted Over… Continue Reading →
A man and a woman both in their 30s both R”L drowned on Habetula beach in Kiryat Yam, Sunday afternoon. Volunteer first responders from United Hatzalah and ambulance teams from Magen David Adom responded to the incident and attempted to… Continue Reading →
Qalandia Crossing, West Bank – It’s just after 6 a.m. and a Palestinian man’s face is momentarily bathed in crimson light, not by the sun rising over the mountains of Jordan, but by a facial recognition scanner at an Israeli… Continue Reading →