A diverse, high-profile delegation from the state of Ohio got an up-close look at cutting-edge Israeli technology this month in a visit to the University of Haifa. During the Ohio House Leadership Mission to Israel from Nov. 8-16, a 25-member delegation—including a bipartisan group of 11 state lawmakers; several legislative staffers; and civic, business, and […]
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Historically the Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio has had significant exposure to chassidus. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, hundreds of refugees came from Europe and settled there. During that time, the Helmetzer Rav Z”tl and Yibodel L’Chaim Tovim the Kaliver Rebbe Shlit”a lived in Cleveland for many years. They were […]
Fox News Channel host Jeanine Pirro has been issued a speeding ticket for driving 119 mph (192 kph) in a 65 mph (105 kph) zone in upstate New York. The
United Hatzalah and Terem Medical Clinics have recently reached a partnership agreement in which United Hatzalah ambulance team leaders can perform their clinical training during shifts in select Terem urgent care clinics throughout Israel. “The goal of our partnership is to fulfill our commitment to the Health Ministry for our ambulance team leaders to do […]
Special counsel Robert Mueller says a lawyer for one of Donald Trump’s former campaign aides may have a conflict of interest. Mueller is investigating possible coordination between the Trump campaign
Arabs on Monday afternoon, 2 Kislev, hurled stones at a bus carrying school children as it passed Tuqwa, the Arab village next to Yishuv Tekoa in eastern Gush Etzion. One can see the bus is carrying children by the yellow sign on the middle of the windshield. B’chasdei Hashem the stones did not penetrate the […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times “What? It’s for sure HaAdama!” “What are you talking about? It’s Mezonos!” “Well, my Rabbi says that whatever you say is okay.” The issue of course, is granola bars – particularly General Mills Nature Valley Granola Bars – now in some 25 different versions (not […]
Consumers are getting the word that taxpayer-subsidized health plans are widely available for next year for no monthly premium or little cost, and marketing companies say they’re starting to see
(VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Chareidi Paratroopers from Chetz (Arrow) Company of 202nd Paratroops Battalion, who were conscripted only three months ago, carried out their final training drill in preparation for their first landing which they will be executing in the coming days. The Chetz paratroopers’ course in the Tel Nof base includes 35 […]
A portrait of Robert E. Lee that hung inside the City Hall of the town where the Confederate general grew up has been removed and sent to a museum. The
(VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) As reported earlier on YWN, a pair of explosions and a fire at a gigantic cosmetics factory in upstate New York left up to
The U.N.’s Mideast envoy says reconciliation talks between Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas must succeed, warning that failure “will most likely result in another devastating conflict.” Nickolay Mladenov told the
The following is via TLS: A Lakewood resident is in shock after being stopped, held up and ticketed by a Howell cop, just minutes before his wife gave birth to their child – despite telling the cop he was rushing to an emergency. The resident relayed the horrifying experience to TLS, and provided photos of […]
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) One of the nation’s largest domed stadiums has been destroyed in a scheduled implosion in downtown Atlanta. Nearly 5,000 pounds of explosives were on hand to blast the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to smithereens Monday at 7:30 a.m. People gathered at windows of tall office buildings, at a nearby revolving hotel-top restaurant, […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris in early December to discuss threats against Israel from Hezbollah and Iran and “ideas to
For all the lingering tensions between President Donald Trump and former President George W. Bush, Trump’s White House shares one thing in common with his Republican predecessor’s: People. Trump has
A New Jersey realtor was forced to resign after hateful comments aimed at the increasing Orthodox Jewish population in Ocean County surfaced online. “Not so bad maybe they’ll all move back to New York, ” wrote Tony Sloane, whose Facebook profile lists him as a Realtor at Weichert Realtors’s Long Beach Island Office, located some […]
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein responds to social media posts against President Reuven Rivlin after the latter refused to pardon former IDF soldier Elor Azariya. Postings against the president include photos with him wearing a kafia, as well as with a PLO flag backdrop saying, “You are not my president”. Edelstein explains […]
The landlocked East African country of Uganda is making Jewish history this year: It is the 100th country to welcome a permanent Chabad-Lubavitch presence in its midst. In October, Rabbi Moishe and Yocheved Raskin, along with their young son Menachem Mendel, moved to the country’s capital city of Kampala, where they established Chabad of Uganda. […]
Jury selection for a trial surrounding a conspiracy to help Iran evade economic sanctions was postponed Monday, after lawyers in the case held a closed-door meeting with the judge and
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