Month May 2021
The investigation into Italy’s cable car disaster that killed 14 people will focus on why the lead cable snapped and why the emergency brake didn’t engage and prevent the cabin… Read more » The post Italy Investigators Probe Why Cable… Continue Reading →
Five passengers on board a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius that was intercepted by a Belarusian warplane and forced to land in Minsk on Sunday did not reach their… Read more » The post Five Passengers Did Not Reach… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City schools will be all in person this fall with no remote options, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. “We can’t have a full recovery without full-strength schools, everyone back, sitting in those classrooms, kids… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli soldier and a civilian were stabbed near a light rail station in east Jerusalem on Monday before the terrorist was shot and killed by police. The attack came in the the tense aftermath of an… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday condemned the recent spate of antisemitic attacks across the U.S. amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, saying the “despicable” acts “must stop.” The recent attacks on the Jewish community are despicable, and… Continue Reading →
Los Angeles police announced they had arrested 30-year-old Xavier Pabon as a suspect in the random beating of Jewish restaurant patrons on Tuesday, May 18. Pabon is facing charges of… Read more » The post LA Police Arrest Another Suspect… Continue Reading →
The cause of the outage is not known at this time.
A pair of rare peregrine falcon chicks hatched earlier this month in a nest atop the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge that connects southern Brooklyn to the Rockaways in Queens,… Read more » The post Endangered Falcon Chicks Hatch Atop… Continue Reading →
Italy’s transport minister vowed Monday to establish the cause of a cable car disaster that killed 14 people, after the lead cable apparently snapped and the cabin careened back down the mountain until it came off the line and crashed… Continue Reading →
A Bachur has his Tefillin back, thanks to the alertness of an LCSW member. While going about his business at the Lakewood Library, something caught an LCSW member’s eye – a non-Jewish woman holding a Tefillin bag. Realizing something was… Continue Reading →
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said on a radio show he won’t be getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but that he might change his mind if people who previously contracted the disease are getting reinfected at a greater rate than… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the last few days a new Mikve was inaugurated in Tehran, the capital of Iran, for the 8000-strong local Jewish community. The Mikve, which was built under the supervision of Iranian chief rabbi Yehuda Gerami, maintains… Continue Reading →
New York City schools will be all in person this fall with no remote options, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. “We can’t have a full recovery without full-strength schools,… Read more » The post NYC Mayor: Public Schools Will… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden on Monday condemned violence against the Jewish community after a string of attacks amid the conflict between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas terrorists. “The recent attacks on the… Read more » The post Biden Condemns Attacks on U.S…. Continue Reading →
We are all still reeling from the recent tragedies that hit klal yisroel particularly hard over the past year. First we had covid which took so many precious neshamos away from us, including numerous gedolei yisroel, askanim, and ehrliche yidden who sadly succumbed to the awful virus. And… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Perpetuating the legacy of Morah Sarah Murik a”h Mrs. Sarah Murik, a”h, was larger than life. She imbued her students with her unique approach to chinuch, and filled them with passion, Ahavas Hashem, and simcha. The impact she had in… Continue Reading →
Reports that Bangladesh may be the next country to normalize ties with Israel are circulating on Sunday after the country announced that it is removing its travel ban to Israel. Bangladeshi Minister of Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told reporters… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli foreign ministry released Monday the names of the five Israelis killed in a cable car accident in the Italian Alps on Sunday. The accident which claimed 14 lives included five members of one Israeli family:… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli soldier and a civilian were stabbed near a light rail station in east Jerusalem on Monday before the assailant was shot and killed by police, who described it as a terrorist attack. The attack came… Continue Reading →
A month after an explosives-laden drone targeted U.S. forces at an Iraq base, the top American commander for the Middle East says finding better ways to counter such attacks is a top priority, and the United States is still behind… Continue Reading →
Q: Do you think a Jew should learn self defense? A: Honestly, I think he should not because it’s only the expert swimmers who drown. If you know that you’re not an expert in self defense, you’ll stay off lonely… Continue Reading →