Month September 2019
Investigators say many Federal Aviation Administration inspectors who worked on pilot-training standards for the grounded Boeing 737 Max and other planes were themselves unqualified and insufficiently trained. The U.S. Read more on Yeshiva World News
For the first time, major highways in Israel will have carpool lanes. Beginning October 4, both the Ayalon Expressway and a portion of Road 2 (the Coastal Road) will feature… Read more » The post Ayalon, Road 2 to Get… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was flying home on Wednesday as determined as ever to push through Britain’s departure from the European Union but facing reinvigorated opposition to his plans after… Read more » The post Johnson Flies Back to Face… Continue Reading →
Tens of thousands from all over the world, from all walks of Jewish life, will travel to Uman to spend Rosh Hashanah near the kever of the Rebbe Harav Nachman… Read more » The post Uman: Preparations for Tens of… Continue Reading →
Three vehicles were set ablaze near their homes in Moshe Even Sapir in the Jerusalem district. According to police, they were summoned at 12:40AM on Tuesday morning, responding with the fire department to reports of parked vehicles on fire in… Continue Reading →
Stocks skidded in Asia on Wednesday after Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said they were considered launching an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index… Read more » The post Asian Stocks Fall After Democrats… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Yitzchak Pindrus, number eight on the United Torah Judaism list, will not be taking a seat in the 22nd Knesset when it is seated next week, after the Central… Read more » The post Analysts: Loss of UTJ Seat… Continue Reading →
The city pool that was at the heart of the machlokes between the chareidi communities and the secular residents of Petach Tikvah will remain closed on Shabbos during the winter months as per the request of rabbonim, who call for… Continue Reading →
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will give a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that will likely determine whether Tehran will re-engage with the United States to ease… Read more » The post Rouhani to Call for ‘Coalition… Continue Reading →
Once again there is drama in the Yahadut Hatorah party, as was the case in the Knesset election in April 2019 for the 21st Knesset. The Central Election Committee (CEC) during the night announced with the final results have been… Continue Reading →
A 42-year-old Bnei Brak woman was violently arrest all because of “jaywalking” on HaShomer Street in Bnei Brak. According to multiple reports, a female police officer asked her to identify herself, the woman refused and began to run away from… Continue Reading →
Rebbitzen Talza Kroyna Bransdrofer A”H, wife of the Dayan, Hagaon HaRav Aharon Bransdorfer of Toldos Aharon, was Nifter on Tuesday in Yerushalayim. She was only 58-years-old, and had been suffering from a bad illness for some time. Read more on… Continue Reading →
Last week’s House Judiciary Committee hearing with Corey Lewandowski was the circus watched around the world. According to most commentators, it was an event that featured no winners and a whole lot of losers. The Democrats were hoping for some… Continue Reading →
A quarter of a century ago, I was an anxious young mother of two little boys, the younger of which wasn’t gaining enough weight. At 13 weeks old, Yossi was wan and colicky, his tiny legs flailing as he arched… Continue Reading →
For more great recipes, check out this weeks issue of Whisk by Ami The post Your Yom Tov Cookbook appeared first on Ami Magazine.
“The facts, Ma’am, just the facts,” as fictional detectives used to say. So let’s look at the evidence. 1. President Rouhani of Iran was in Turkey meeting with Putin and Erdogan. All three were in favor of a complete pull out… Continue Reading →
The elections have ended in what seems to be another stalemate. Here is a five-point summary of what happened: 1. Is this the endof an era? After ten years and five elections, Binyamin Netanyahu’s time as prime minister seems as… Continue Reading →
There’s a Jewish proverb that goes something like this: Whatever hasn’t happened in 1,000 years might happen in the next moment. Likewise, whenever I knock on the door of a gadol a similar thought enters my mind, as I wonder… Continue Reading →
Leading Women’s Prayer In the Jewish cemetery in Worms, Germany, lies a curious grave. It’s the final resting place of a Jewish woman named Urania, who died in 1275. On her tombstone she’s identified as the daughter of Abraham, and… Continue Reading →
Tashlich After the tefillos on Rosh Hashanah last year, Rabbi Mendy and Menucha Blank walked four miles down to the pier at Shorebird Park in Emeryville, California. The Tashlich event scheduled for that afternoon was their first program in the… Continue Reading →
Every year before Rosh Hashanah, tens of thousands of Yidden from all over the world converge on Uman, the small Ukrainian city in which Rebbe Nachman of Breslov is buried. It is estimated that between 40,000 and 60,000 people participate… Continue Reading →