Month November 2019
A liberal activist group is launching a digital ad campaign targeting the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization that has championed judges appointed by President Donald Trump, such as Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. Read more on… Continue Reading →
MALMO (JTA) — The Swedish city of Malmo will allocate some $2 million to initiatives to protect its Jewish community from anti-Semitism. Malmo, a city where one third of the population is from Muslim countries, is home to several hundred… Continue Reading →
Palestinians from Luban a-Sharqiya, north of Yishuv Eli in the Binyamin Regional Council of Shomron, threw rocks at a vehicle driven by a mother, who had four children in the vehicle. Read more on Yeshiva World News
If there was one thread that could draw all the 97th National Convention of Agudath Israel’s Thursday night sessions together, it was this simple message: You can do it. And, as elaborated on by the Rabbanim and leaders who participated… Continue Reading →
Gedolim and Rabbanim will be joined starting tonight, by the attendees of the Convention this Shabbos, Parashas Toldos, November 28th through December 1st, at the beautiful Crowne Plaza in Stamford, Connecticut, to discuss the stories that we take part in… Continue Reading →
Belgian public prosecutors announced their decision on Friday that they will not take legal action against four soccer fans filmed singing a vicious anti-Semitic song: “My father was in the commandos/My mother was in the SS/Together they burned the Jews/Because… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Spencer, who was fired as Navy secretary for his handling of a SEAL war crimes case championed by President Donald Trump, wrote that the commander in chief “has very little understanding” of how the American military… Continue Reading →
The price at the pumps is scheduled to increase in Israel on motzei Shabbos at midnight. The increase will be four agorot per liter. The price for a liter of 95 octane unleaded gasoline at a self-service pump will be… Continue Reading →
The last-ditch attempt at forging a unity government initiated by Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein this week appears to have failed, even as time runs out before another round of elections… Read more » The post Post-Mortems on the Last-Ditch Talks… Continue Reading →
China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump’s signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong, summoning the U.S. ambassador to protest and warning the move would undermine cooperation with Washington. Read more on Yeshiva World News
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A ledger listing eye-witness accounts of the deaths of Jews in Nazi camps was kept at Bergen Belsen in order to allow their surviving spouses to remarry. The Bergen-Belsen rabbinical court collected the testimonies at the end… Continue Reading →
Masked persons arrived in Jaljulia, an Israeli Arab municipality near Kfar Sava, and painted graffiti against intermarriage on a bus and slashed the tires of four vehicles. The actions of the vandals were captured on surveillance video. Read more on… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued an administrative stay of a lower court’s ruling ordering former White House counsel Donald McGahn to appear before Congress. Read more on Yeshiva World News
DURRES, Albania (AP) — Hopes were fading Thursday of finding anyone else alive beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings in Albania, two days after a deadly quake struck the country’s Adriatic coast killing at least 46 people and injuring more… Continue Reading →
Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah Announces New Beis Medrash Will Be Named in Honor of World-Renowned Lecturer Rabbi Motty Berger Jerusalem, Israel — Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah is excited to announce that its new Beis Medrash, scheduled to open in February 2020, will… Continue Reading →
Each day, dozens of our loyal fans and readers send us pictures and clips of everything and anything going on in and around Lakewood, and beyond. Today more than ever, we understand how quickly pictures and videos go viral, making… Continue Reading →
The McDonalds restaurant operating at Ben-Gurion International Airport opens on Shabbos but is certified kosher by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. The restaurant was awarded the license to operate in Ben-Gurion Airport’s food court. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Security personnel COGAT (Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories) prevented the smuggling of 325 mail parcels containing military equipment into Gaza via the Erez Crossing on Wednesday. Among the items seized were drones, weapons, knives, and scuba gear. Read… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (JTA) — A Jewish parent in the German city of Offenbach near Frankfurt is reportedly removing her son from public high school due to frequent anti-Semitic comments in the classroom, though her son is not personally targeted by them…. Continue Reading →