Month September 2019
MORE THAN 2,500 EXPECTED AT ORTHODOX UNION’S TORAH NEW YORK AT CITI FIELD ON SEPTEMBER 22 Leading rabbinic scholars, educators and Jewish communal leaders will be featured at the Orthodox Union’s (OU) third annual Torah New York on Sunday, September… Continue Reading →
Interpol said on Thursday it has detected more than a dozen suspected foreign terrorist fighters traveling across the Mediterranean during one of its coordinated maritime border operations. Out of 31… Read more » The post Interpol Detected Foreign Terrorist Fighters… Continue Reading →
Michigan banned the sale of flavored e-cigarettes on Wednesday, the latest state to act following hundreds of serious breathing issues in people using vaping devices that prompted a federal investigation. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Michigan banned the sale of flavored e-cigarettes on Wednesday, the latest state to act following hundreds of serious breathing issues in people using vaping devices that prompted a federal investigation. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Britain’s Supreme Court was hearing final arguments Thursday in a case that will determine whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law by suspending Parliament just weeks before the U.K.… Read more » The post Challenge to Parliament Shutdown Wrapping… Continue Reading →
Binyamin Netanyahu’s office on Thursday called for Blue and White head Benny Gantz to meet with the prime minister to discuss the possibility of a unity government – and while… Read more » The post Netanyahu, Gantz Meet at Ceremony;… Continue Reading →
As Israelis prepared for Rosh Hashanah, thieves and robbers did as well – by preparing to foist treif meat on Israeli consumers and presenting it as kosher. Officials this week… Read more » The post 187 Tons of Treif, Illegally… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he thinks the Iranian president and foreign minister should be granted U.S. visas to attend next week’s United Nations General Assembly. “If it was up to me, I’d let them come,” Trump said on… Continue Reading →
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that America backs Saudi Arabia’s “right to defend itself” after a weekend attack targeted the heart of its oil industry, his comments… Read more » The post Pompeo: U.S. Backs Saudi Arabia’s… Continue Reading →
New York has extended its lead as the world’s top financial center, with London barely holding onto second place ahead of Hong Kong as uncertainty over Brexit takes its toll… Read more » The post New York Extends Lead Over… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump signed his name Wednesday on a newly constructed section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, calling it a “world-class security system” that will be virtually impenetrable. Trump toured… Read more » The post Trump Calls New Border Wall… Continue Reading →
Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, will visit Israel in the wake of the Knesset election. Channel 13 reports that Greenblatt is expected to meet… Read more » The post Trump Envoy Greenblatt Visiting Israel;… Continue Reading →
Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with Tokyo and Sydney logging modest gains after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate for a second time this year, citing… Read more » The post Asian Shares Mixed Following Fed’s… Continue Reading →
In his first official statement about the prospects for a new government, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday that it appeared that there was no choice but to set up… Read more » The post Netanyahu: Unity Govt. Is the… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of people traveled to daven at the kevarim of Amos Hanavi, Nossan Hanavi and Gad Hachozeh, overnight Wednesday. The kevarim are located in and around the Arab town of… Read more » The post Hundreds Visit Kevarim of Nosson… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Joint Arab List leaders celebrated as voting booths closed Tuesday night, heralding “the end of the Netanyahu era” as a surge in voter turnout led to exit polls predicting from 13-15 seats for the party. “We feel good… Continue Reading →
Miami – Despite his serious thoughts about an NBA comeback, Amar’e Stoudemire is taking a little break from basketball to go to school. The former six-time NBA All-Star, who had never attended college, started this fall as a freshman at… Continue Reading →
A Jewish-owned vehicle was hit by gunfire in Flatbush on Wednesday night. It happened at around 9:00PM in the vicinity of 3554 Nostrand Avenue near Avenue V. Thankfully, no one was injured. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The Beit Shemesh municipality on Wednesday morning began removing tzedaka boxes from the city’s commercial centers. In the accompanying video, we see the removal of tzedaka boxes from an area in RBS Aleph. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Lakewood Board Of education attorney Michael Inzelbuch is considering resigning his position due to children not yet in school in Lakewood, TLS has learned. TLS spoke with the Board President Moshe Bender who confirmed that Inzelbuch is taking this strong… Continue Reading →
New York – The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday. The report from the Guttmacher Institute, a… Continue Reading →