Month January 2020

The guest list for Yad Vashem’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz contains the names of more world leaders, diplomats, politicians and other dignitaries than Holocaust… Read more » The post Few Survivors Invited to Holocaust… Continue Reading →

A new memorial was unveiled Thursday made up of 104,000 light-emitting stones commemorating Dutch victims of the Holocaust ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi… Read more » The post Glowing Stones Form New Dutch… Continue Reading →

Thousands of armed gun-rights activists filled the streets around Virginia’s capitol building on Monday to protest a package of gun-control legislation making its way through the newly Democratic-controlled state legislature.… Read more » The post Armed U.S. Gun Rights Activists… Continue Reading →

The Israeli security service Shin Bet prevented more than 560 “significant” terror attacks during the year 2019, its chief Nadav Argaman said on Monday. During an awards ceremony sponsored by… Read more » The post Shin Bet: 560 Terror Attacks… Continue Reading →

The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, a development that raises the possibility that… Read more » The post Human-to-Human Transmission Confirmed in China… Continue Reading →

Pope Francis on Monday condemned the “barbaric resurgence” of anti-Semitism around the world, linking it to the rise of populism. Next week’s 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz… Read more » The post Pope Condemns ‘Barbaric Resurgence’ of… Continue Reading →

The Israeli election campaign is on, and so are the insults. On Motzoei Shabbos, Avigdor Liberman encountered Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) at a Channel 13 news studio as she… Read more » The post Liberman Insults Likud Minister Regev… Continue Reading →

A cab driver in his 60s was killed early Monday morning when his car overturned on Route 20 near Tel Aviv. Traffic police said that the accident was the result of the rainy weather conditions. Late Sunday night, a man… Continue Reading →

JORDAN (JNS) — Jordan’s parliament on Sunday approved a draft law banning the import of Israeli natural gas. The motion was passed unanimously by all 130 lawmakers, but legal obstacles may prevent it from coming into force, Reuters reported. The… Continue Reading →

On the third anniversary of President Trump’s Inauguration, Lara Trump, Senior Advisor to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. issued the following statement. “As President Donald Trump took the oath of office three years ago today, our country joined him… Continue Reading →

Gov. Wanda Vázquez fired the heads of Puerto Rico’s housing and family departments Sunday in the latest fallout over the discovery of a warehouse filled with emergency supplies dating from… Read more » The post 2 More Puerto Rico Officials… Continue Reading →

A sign in the Kever Rochel compound announced the closure of the entire compound on Thursday due to the World Holocaust Forum marking the 75th year since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kikar Hashabbos reported. “On Thursday, chaf-vav Teves, 01/23/2020, the… Continue Reading →

A strip of skin tattooed with the Auschwitz death camp number 99288 sits in a silver frame on a shelf in Avraham Harshalom’s living room. It is his prisoner number,… Read more » The post ‘I Stayed Alive to Tell’… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump’s legal team asserted Monday that he did “absolutely nothing wrong,” urging the Senate to swiftly reject an impeachment case that it called “flimsy” and a “dangerous perversion… Read more » The post Trump’s Lawyers Urge Dismissal of… Continue Reading →

The man caught on video being taken down by Lakewood police officers, has been charged. On January 16, at approximately 9:40 pm Officer James Mahecha was traveling south on Rt 9 when he observed a man he believed had an… Continue Reading →

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors are seeking lengthy prison terms for four men accused of staging the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin that disappeared from a Berlin museum almost three years ago. The dpa news agency… Continue Reading →

Prince Harry took aim at the journalists who have dissected his life since the day he was born as he expressed regret for the way he has had to step down from royal duties. In a personal speech that referenced… Continue Reading →

A scammer is on the loose in Boro Park, and Shomrim are warning the community to be vigilant and not fall prey. The individual seen in the attached flyer and video sits inside his car and when cars pass by… Continue Reading →

A Kremlin spokesperson stated on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a discussion with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during his visit to Israel this week about the possibility of a pardon for Naama Issachar, the Israeli backpacker sentenced… Continue Reading →

The post Chesed Shel Emes Holds Shiurim on Kavod Hameis appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Chesed Shel Emes Kevurah for Holocaust Baby Raised by Christians Struggles Over Kavod Hameis Continue With London Coroner Tent for Shiurim Ready for… Continue Reading →