Month January 2020

The post Photo Gallery of Siyum HaShas in Los Angeles, London and Montreal appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Photo Gallery of 11th Siyum Hashas Photo Gallery of Siyum Hashas in Chicago, Dallas and Denver Siyum HaShas in Toldos… Continue Reading →

AVENTURA, Fla. (JTA) — Like the biblical Moses, Mike Bloomberg spoke to the Jews in grandiose terms, declaring that the nation was in peril and needed to be saved. Bloomberg, however, was speaking at a Jewish community center in this… Continue Reading →

Democrats plan to vote on a bill in coming weeks that would strike down President Donald Trump’s travel ban and curb his authority to impede travel to the United States,… Read more » The post House to Vote on Trump’s… Continue Reading →

OSWIECIM, Poland (JTA) —Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said in Poland that during the Holocaust, “many Poles stood by and even assisted in the murder of Jews.” Rivlin was in Poland on Monday for ceremonies marking 75 years since the liberation… Continue Reading →

Rav Eliezer Ozer Sari, z’l, 77, drowned in the Zupnik mivkah on Rechov Strauss in Geulah early Monday morning. R’ Sari, z’l, a resident of Mevaseret Tzion was noheig to toivel in a mikvah and daven vasikin at the Kosel… Continue Reading →

Virginia officially became the critical 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on Monday, clearing the way for likely court fights over whether the measure can be added to… Read more » The post With Virginia’s Final Ratification, ERA… Continue Reading →

Michael Bloomberg on Sunday made his case for the presidency to fellow Jewish Americans, vowing not to revisit U.S. aid to Israel — an approach that contrasts Bloomberg with several of his Democratic rivals, including his only fellow Jewish candidate… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers. Under the new policy, immigration… Continue Reading →

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said on Monday that MK Heba Yazbak of the Arab Joint List party should be allowed to run for the Knesset in March, despite making a… Read more » The post Mandelblit: Yazbak Shouldn’t Be Disqualified… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate came under fresh pressure on Monday to allow witnesses and new documents in his impeachment trial, while Trump’s defense team argued… Read more » The post Republicans in Trump Impeachment Trial… Continue Reading →

A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid and… Read more » The post Supreme Court Allows Enforcement of… Continue Reading →

“We make no apologies for setting high standards.” The bar has officially been raised. The Waterfront, an adult day healthcare center, celebrated a white glove ribbon cutting amidst much pomp and ceremony. Amongst the attendees were Congressman Kalman Yeger and… Continue Reading →

OSWIECIM, Poland (JTA) — Holocaust survivors seeing their grandchildren facing the hatred that nearly killed them is a source of shame for the world, World Jewish Congress leader Ronald Lauder said at Auschwitz. Lauder spoke Monday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day,… Continue Reading →

Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz emerged from his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday with a glowing recommendation for the peace plan. This a “significant and… Read more » The post Gantz Says He Supports Trump… Continue Reading →

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Sunday for the failure of officials in the Nazi-occupied country during World War II to do more to prevent the deportation and murder of just over 100,000 Jews. Rutte made the historic apology at… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israeli citizens accused of spying for Hamas have been arrested. The men are originally from the Gaza Strip, but were allowed to move to Israel because they have Israeli mothers — one an Arab Israeli and… Continue Reading →

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday invited his Polish counterpart to Jerusalem for talks aimed at boosting bilateral relations following tensions over Poland’s World War II history. Rivlin spoke in… Read more » The post Poland’s President Invited to Israel… Continue Reading →

While Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ is “making history” in Washington on Tuesday, the Knesset will be making history too, albeit of a different kind. Members of Knesset will be… Read more » The post Knesset Votes on Immunity With… Continue Reading →

Mesibas L’Chaim in honor of the appointment of Harav Naftula Yakov Padva as dayan in the Bais Hora’ah of Toms River under the leadership of Harav Yechiel Malik The post Photo Essay: Hachtara Of HaRav Naftali Yaakov Padva As Dayan… Continue Reading →

An American military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the U.S. military said, adding that there were no indications so far it’d been brought down by enemy fire. The… Read more » The post U.S. Says Mystery Crash in… Continue Reading →

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is holding his next rally in a county with almost no factory jobs to save, a reliance on immigrant workers and an economy built in part by coastal elites who summer there. Cape… Continue Reading →