Month January 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Thursday quickly gave preliminary approval to a slew of constitutional changes widely seen as an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to remain in charge after his current term ends in 2024. Kremlin critics have… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump White House has again credentialed TruNews, the outlet that called the impeachment of President Donald Trump a “Jew coup,” this time to cover Trump’s visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The White… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] A look into the diary of a young woman whose second child has sent her on an unexpected journey of pain, fear, and determination.    September 15, 2019 – 7am   I am in labor, things are picking up speed,… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] You know as well as I do that many families need a little help to get by. But you really never can assume what type of home it is that ends up at our door. Sometimes, the family just like… Continue Reading →

SYDNEY (AP) — Three American crew members were killed Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the crash deaths in the state’s Snowy… Continue Reading →

With the number of all-terrain vehicle (ATV) injuries and fatalities on the rise, the Governor signed legislation into law to enhance penalties for illegally operating a snowmobile, ATV or dirt bike on public streets, highways, and rights-of-way. Under this law,… Continue Reading →

BEIJING (AP) — China decided Thursday to lock down three cities that are home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness that has sickened hundreds and spread to… Continue Reading →

At a recent event in Jerusalem, beloved speaker Yemima Mizrachi told a heartwrenching story of an off-the-Derech man who was tragically killed at a young age. The man’s mother, comforted by Mizrachi at the shiva, recalled an event early in… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his delegation to the World Holocaust Forum gave up their seats at the main ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem so that Holocaust survivors can have them. A limited number of the… Continue Reading →

On Erev Shabbos Hagadol last year, a woman who is Shomer Shabbos parked in a zone that was preferential parking only for local residents in Herzliya. She was a guest and received a parking ticket for 100 NIS on Friday…. Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) – World leaders are attending a forum in Jerusalem to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

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Democrats planned to plow ahead on Thursday at President Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial with their arguments for removing him from office, but Republicans showed no signs of softening their resistance… Read more » The post Democrats Pressure Resistant Republicans to… Continue Reading →

Firefighters are fighting a massive fire at the Yeshiva of South Fallsburg Campus on Laurel Park Road, in Sullivan County, NY. The fire is located at 84 Laurel Park Road, which is the location of the brand new girls school… Continue Reading →

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu denounced Iran on Thursday as “the most anti-Semitic regime on the planet,” telling world leaders at a Holocaust memorial event that Israel would always defend itself… Read more » The post Netanyahu, Pence Denounce “Anti-Semitic” Iran… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of world leaders gathered Thursday in Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating rising modern-day anti-Semitism — a politically charged event that has been clouded by rival national interpretations of the… Continue Reading →

Prince Charles arrived in Israel late Wednesday night and was hosted by President Reuven Rivlin in the President’s Residence on Thursday morning prior to the World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem on Thursday afternoon. Rivlin told the Prince of Wales… Continue Reading →

A family living in Kibbutz Sa’ad in southern Israel was shocked to discover that an explosive device connected to a balloon was sitting on their front doorstep. The explosive balloon had been launched from Palestinians in Gaza attempting to harm… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) – The latest on the gathering in Jerusalem of dozens of world leaders for the World Holocaust Forum, which coincides with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp (all times Israel local): Post will… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (JTA) — Cancer may have weakened Edward Mosberg’s body, but it has done nothing to dissuade the 94-year-old Holocaust survivor from New Jersey from traveling to his native Poland at least once a year to commemorate the Nazi… Continue Reading →