Month April 2024
The Town of Ramapo has announced the addition of a new Chametz burning site to be operational this Erev Pesach in the Suffern Airmont area. The newly designated site is located at Clark Park, 59 Campbell Avenue, Airmont, NY 10901,… Continue Reading →
(JNS) – The Combat Antisemitism Movement has condemned Meta’s Oversight Board’s recommendation to end its ban on the use of the Arabic word shaheed, or “martyr” in English, after a year-long review. Meta currently removes any posts using shaheed in… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rarely a day goes without President Joe Biden mentioning insulin prices. He promotes a $35 price cap for the medication for Americans on Medicare — in White House speeches, campaign stops and even at non-health care events… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Today is the yahrtzeit of Rav Yaakov Perlow, zt’l, the Novominsker Rebbe and Rosh Agudas Yisroel of America. He passed away at the age of 89, a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, r’l. What a grave… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Jewish Link Today is the yahrtzeit of Rav Yaakov Perlow, zt’l, the Novominsker Rebbe and Rosh Agudas Yisroel of America. He passed away at the age of 89, a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – U.S. real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, father of models Gigi and Bella Hadid, has spent months harassing Rep. Ritchie Torres, the New York Post reported on Saturday, sharing screenshots of some of the racist and homophobic… Continue Reading →
The head of London’s Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, is facing calls to resign after a British campaigner against antisemitism was told he was “too openly Jewish” to approach an anti-Israel march last week. Gideon Falter, head of the Campaign… Continue Reading →
Trump Was Forced to Listen Silently as Potential Jurors Offered Their Unvarnished Assessments of Him
NEW YORK (AP) — He seems “selfish and self-serving,” said one woman. The way he carries himself in public “leaves something to be desired,” said another. His “negative rhetoric and bias,” said another man, is what is “most harmful.” Over… Continue Reading →
(JNS) – The White House was shocked at the scale of the Iranian missile and drone attack against Israel on the night of April 13, according to a Sunday report in The Wall Street Journal detailing how the Biden administration handled the unprecedented… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK CITY (VINnews) — A series of horrific protests have taken place at Columbia University, beginning Wednesday and continuing through Saturday night. Disturbing footage and social media posts show vicious protesters threatening Jewish and Israeli students with additional October… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Board of Fire Commissioners, Fire Chief Jonathan Yahr, Chaplain Rabbi Moshe Rotberg¸ members of the Lakewood Fire Department, and the Office of the Ocean County Fire Marshall remind the community to be aware of the hazards involved in… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Sudden Petirah of Habachur Chesky Friedman Z”L of Lakewood, who was Niftar early this morning. He is the son of R’ Moshe and Peshy. He was 20. The Levaya us scheduled to take… Continue Reading →
(AP) – An attorney asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a controversial Florida law signed last year that restricts Chinese citizens from buying real estate in much of the state, calling it discriminatory and a violation of… Continue Reading →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian and Western leaders welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Kremlin warned the passage of the bill would “further ruin” Ukraine and cause more deaths. The House… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Eli Buechler, the director of the OU-JLIC at Columbia/Barnard, is urging students to leave campus and go home due to growing threats of anti-Jewish violence by pro-Hamas provocateurs on the university’s campus. The move comes after Jewish students and… Continue Reading →
A reservist officer critically wounded in the Hezbollah drone and missile attack on the northern border community of Arab al-Aramshe last week has succumbed to his wounds, the military says. He is named as Maj. (res.) Dor Zimel HY’D, 27,… Continue Reading →
Angels in Orange contains incredible stories of emunah, hashgachah, miracles and courage as more than 1,700 United Hatzalah volunteers rescued and treated the wounded on Simchas Torah, October 7th, 2023. Bestselling author Rabbi Nachman Seltzer has written their amazing stories of courage and survival with… Continue Reading →
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A video of people pulling two bear cubs from a tree in North Carolina as one person posed for a photo with one of the wild animals prompted an investigation, but a state wildlife official said… Continue Reading →
In Manhattan A Nigerian Chess Champion Plays the Royal Game for 60 Hours — A New Global Chess Record
NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to… Continue Reading →
An estimated 50,000 Israelis have been left stranded due to widespread flight cancellations, just days before Pesach According to Channel 12, numerous airlines have scrapped flights to and from Israel amidst the ongoing conflict with Hamas and last weekend’s attack… Continue Reading →
Ukrainian and Western leaders on Sunday welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Kremlin warned that passage of the bill would “further ruin” Ukraine and cause more deaths. Ukrainian leaders and analysts… Continue Reading →