Charges were filed Monday against an Oklahoma woman suspected of spray painting racist, anti-gay and anti-Semitic graffiti on Democratic Party offices in Norman and Oklahoma City. Allison Christine Johnson, 45,
A bearded and shouting Julian Assange was pulled from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and hauled into court Thursday, the start of an extradition battle for the WikiLeaks founder who
A . I . S T O N E VS STARBUCKS Sounds a bit crazy…. Everyone knows the Starbucks model. Charge four bucks for a cup of coffee and the
An Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon Thursday just moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded lunar mission. The Beresheet spacecraft lost communication with ground control as it was making its final descent. Moments later, the mission was declared a failure. �We definitely crashed on the […]
Elections for 21st Knesset are over, and the question remains is how much did the election cost the nation? The various political parties entering the 21st Knesset will now receive
The fewest people in nearly 50 years sought unemployment benefits last week, a sign of a strong job market and an unusually low level of layoffs. Yet the sinking pace of layoffs isn�t due solely to a tight employment picture. Many states have imposed stricter rules on their unemployment insurance programs, from making it harder […]
Anti-Semitic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is facing backlash after her speech at a Muslim rights group�s event in which she described the horrific September 11, 2001 terror attacks as �some people did something.� The freshman Democrat from Minnesota spoke at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) fundraiser last month, where she called upon other Muslim Americans […]
New Catheterization Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical CenterAttended by Deputy Minister of Health Rabbi Yaakov Litzman and Magen David Adom (MDA) directors, the new Catheterization Unit located inside the Medical Center�s brand new hospital wing was officially inaugurated by Mayanei Hayeshua�s C.E.O. Shlomo Rothschild. Following a joint tour and brief overview by Dr. Oren Agranat, […]
Facebook said Wednesday it is rolling out a wide range of updates aimed at combatting the spread of false and harmful information on the social media site � stepping up the company�s fight against misinformation and hate speech as it faces growing outside pressure. The updates will limit the visibility of links found to be […]
Although the weather is frigid and Purim was just a few days ago , believe it or not Pesach is just around the corner! Homemakers everywhere are starting (or at
The Satmar Rebbe, Hagaon HaRav Yoel Teitelbaum’s letter explaining his psak against participation in Israeli elections, is going to be�auctioned off after Pesach. The auction, which is being organized by the Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem, was revealed to the public on Tuesday, election day in Israel. The letter was written in 1951, just three […]
Nearly 200 million people who had sensitive information snatched from their Yahoo accounts will receive two years of free credit-monitoring services and other potential restitution in a legal settlement valued
A passenger on El Al flight LY001 traveling from Israel to JFK opened one of the plane’s emergency doors and attempted to jump off the plane on Wednesday. The plane
New York City�s effort to halt a measles outbreak by ordering mandatory vaccinations in one Brooklyn neighborhood is facing opposition, with lawyers for parents opposed to vaccinations promising to file a lawsuit challenging the order by Friday. But city health officials say they have they have struck the right balance with the unusual order, and […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday questioned Attorney General William Barr�s independence from President Donald Trump, arguing Barr�s pursuit of Trump�s claims about �spying� during the 2016 campaign undermines his position as the nation�s top law enforcement officer. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, the California Democrat said she was �very concerned� about […]
A Satmar beis medrash located on Nechemia Street in Bnei Brak was targeted by vandals on Wednesday evening, apparently surrounding an election-related machlokes. The attackers damaged property and caused considerable damage to the beis medrash. (YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem/Photo Credit:� “????? ?????? ????????)
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Knesset elections are behind us and it is time to focus on Pesach. At the Kosel, the team was out on Wednesday morning to remove the
Nepal�s world-famous Passover Seder, held annually high in the Himalayas in the capital city of Kathmandu, reaching a peak of some 2,000 guests last year on its 30th anniversary, stands as a perpetual icon of Chabad-Lubavitch�s �no mountain too tall to climb� approach to Jewish education and outreach. Well, a few countries to the northwest […]
Border Police officers rescued a Charedi family of five, who got stuck while hiking near Nachal Sorek. The police received an emergency call for help from the family who was
A majority of Federal Reserve officials last month believed that economic conditions would likely warrant keeping the Fed�s benchmark policy unchanged for the rest of this year. Several officials said their view could shift in either direction based on incoming data, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday. Weaker growth and lower inflation expectations […]
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