Month April 2019
Jerusalem – A new Knesset member who is vegan has asked that her seat in the Knesset plenum be switched from leather to a man-made material. Miki Haimovich of the Blue and White Party also suggested that all of the… Continue Reading →
As the 21st Knesset was formally sworn in Tuesday, talks – both formal and informal – to form a new government continued, and commenting on those talks, Shas head Rabbi… Read more » The post Rabbi Deri: It’s Either a… Continue Reading →
The Islamic State terror group remains a potent threat around the world despite reduced capabilities, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday, adding its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi… Read more » The post Iraq: IS Remains Threat, Baghdadi… Continue Reading →
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MK Betzalel Smotrich of the United Right-Wing party appealed to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit for what he describes as an attempt to fabricate a case against him because of his candidacy for the position of justice minister. Read more on… Continue Reading →
Caracas, Venezuela – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets with activist Leopoldo Lopez and a small contingent of heavily armed troops early Tuesday in a bold and risky call for the military to rise up and oust… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump, his family and the Trump Organization filed a lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to block congressional subpoenas seeking their banking and financial records. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Human error may have caused a crane collapse that killed four people and injured four others over the weekend, experts said Monday. Based on videos of the collapse, they said it appears workers who were disassembling the construction crane had… Continue Reading →
New York – President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants seeking to cross into the U.S. In a… Continue Reading →
The man accused of killing five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, changed his plea Monday to not guilty by reason of insanity. Lawyers for Jarrod Ramos said in a court filing that the 39-year-old Ramos was… Continue Reading →
Seoul – North Korea’s vice foreign minister said on Tuesday the United States will face “undesired consequences” if it fails to present a new position in denuclearisation talks by the end of the year, state media reported. North Korean leader… Continue Reading →
By Mayer Zuckerman. On a Friday in early October 1981, I found myself on a bus traveling on Route 9 in New Jersey. I was 16 years old and was really way out of my comfort zone. I had started… Continue Reading →
The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the Islamist terrorists behind last Sunday’s bombings that killed more than 250 people were likely still at large… Read more » The post U.S. Envoy to Sri Lanka:… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – The Israeli military says it’s scaling back the permitted fishing zone off the Mediterranean coast of Gaza following a rocket attack from the strip the previous day. The military said Tuesday fishing would only be permitted up to… Continue Reading →
As an integral part of the service that the police provide to the residents of the area, police work to locate and deal with the hazards that disrupt the lives of the residents and endanger them. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks, federal prosecutors said Monday. Read… Continue Reading →
New York – Violent attacks against the Jewish community in the United States doubled last year, while overall attacks that also include vandalism and harassment remained near record-high levels, the Anti-Defamation League reported Tuesday. The Jewish civil rights group released… Continue Reading →
The National Rifle Association is “under siege,” President Donald Trump said Monday in response to New York state’s decision to investigate the organization’s status as a tax-exempt nonprofit. The Republican president accused state Attorney General Letitia James and her fellow… Continue Reading →
The following is via the New York Times: By Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein Today should have been my funeral. I was preparing to give my sermon Shabbat morning, Saturday, which was also the last day of Passover, the festival of our freedom,… Continue Reading →
Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump, three of his children and one of his companies filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Deutsche Bank and Capital One Financial Corp to block the banks from complying with federal subpoenas investigating his financial… Continue Reading →
After Teddy Stadium and the Jerusalem Arena – the municipality has finally begun to promote the construction of the first Olympic swimming pool in Jerusalem. Two main options are currently being examined: expansion of the main sports compound of Jerusalem… Continue Reading →