Month April 2021
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday he is sending 250 National Guard troops to the state’s southern border with Mexico amid the increased arrivals of migrants. The announcement came the day Customs and Border Protection held an… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Bet Midrash Ohel Torah in Lakewood opened its doors in May of 2016. Rabbi Yaakov Harari, the Rosh Yeshiva, was urged by his father, the illustrious posek, Rabbi Eliezer Harari of Brooklyn, to begin a yeshiva offering full-time, advanced… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden said Tuesday the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a giant step forward” for the nation in… Read more » The post Biden to America After Floyd… Continue Reading →
CHICAGO (AP) — The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer who shot him during a foot chase down a darkened alley. About a dozen people… Continue Reading →
Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin will likely seek to overturn his murder and manslaughter convictions by arguing that the jury was prejudiced by media coverage and a settlement in the… Read more » The post Chauvin Likely to Appeal, Claiming… Continue Reading →
It has been just over one years since the passing of Rav Dovid Olewski, zt”l, at the height of the Coronavirus Pandemic. While his petirah hit Gerer community—and so many outside of it who knew and revered this Ga’on… Continue Reading →
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties are expressing satisfaction with Tuesday’s guilty verdict of former police officer Derek Chauvin for murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.… Read more » The post Lawmakers React to Guilty Verdict… Continue Reading →
Three masked men broke into a residential apartment on Agassi Street in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The men beat up the ba’al habayis, a 73-year-old man, and searched the apartment, taking… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Tuesday’s guilty verdicts were read out, President Joe Biden said he was praying for “the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Telephoning George Floyd’s family later, he said of himself… Continue Reading →
Former President Barack Obama says the conviction of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd was correct but only one step in the fight for justice. He says in a statement that true justice requires Americans to… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today issued a broad range of flexibilities to allow school meal programs and childcare institutions across the country to return to serving healthy meals in fall 2021 as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment… Continue Reading →
The two Russian military agents believed to be behind a massive Czech depot explosion in 2014 likely targeted the ammunition, not the Czech Republic itself, the country’s prime minister and prosecutor general said Monday. Prime Minister Andrej Babis said he… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration is considering requiring tobacco companies to lower the nicotine in all cigarettes sold in the U.S. to levels at which they are no longer addictive, according to people familiar with the matter. Administration officials are considering the… Continue Reading →
Bet Midrash Ohel Torah in Lakewood opened its doors in May of 2016. Rabbi Yaakov Harari, the Rosh Yeshiva, was urged by his father, the illustrious posek, Rabbi Eliezer Harari of Brooklyn, to begin a yeshiva offering full-time, advanced learning,… Continue Reading →
Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in the deadly arrest of George Floyd, a milestone in the fraught racial history… Read more » The post Minneapolis Ex-Policeman Chauvin Convicted of… Continue Reading →
The Israeli High Court has dismissed objections to a plan for renovations at Maaras Hamachpelah that will make the holy site accessible to visitors with disabilities, Arutz Shuva reported Tuesday… Read more » The post Court Clears Way for Renovation… Continue Reading →
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, the explosive case that triggered worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the… Continue Reading →
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on murder charges in the death of George Floyd last year. Chauvin was seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck in an attempt to restrain during an arrest, and Floyd died shortly… Continue Reading →
The California Gold Rush town of Placerville will change its logo to remove a noose that stems from its mid-19th century reputation as “Hangtown” following lynchings of criminal suspects by mobs of miners. The City Council voted Tuesday night to… Continue Reading →
The California Gold Rush town of Placerville will change its logo to remove a noose that stems from its mid-19th century reputation as “Hangtown” following lynchings of criminal suspects by mobs of miners. The City Council voted Tuesday night to… Continue Reading →
Ghanem Nuseibeh comes from an old Arab family in Jerusalem who are custodians of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He is founder of London based strategy consultants Cornerstone Global Associates and Chairman of Muslims Against Anti-Semitism. He is also… Continue Reading →