Dozens of diplomats from all over the world joined Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon to celebrate Pesach with a mock Seder at the organization’s headquarters in New York Monday.
Danon, who started this tradition in 2016, after he was appointed as ambassador, explained to his counterparts about the Jewish traditions behind the holiday.
“As in our years of exile, there are still those who rise against us, but today we are a strong nation that can defend itself. The struggle for freedom is the breath of life, and it ensures the existence of the Jewish people,” said the ambassador.
Read more at JPOST.
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A New York City Council member has proposed opening a dual-language Yiddish-English program in a city public school.
Councilman Mark Levine, who represents parts of upper Manhattan and is the chair of the City Council’s Jewish Caucus, is working to open the program in a kindergarten classroom in the fall of 2020, The Forward reported.
The secular Yiddish-language program would be the only program of its kind in the United States. As a public school program it would be devoid of religious content.
“I’ve been inspired by young activists who are looking to keep this language alive, and keep its literature and theater and culture alive by passing it on to the next generation,” Levine told the Forward.

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There’s just something exciting about the pre-Yom Tov rush. The hectic driving, the shopping plazas filled with cars, the packed shopping carts, the endless lines…. Sometime amid the scramble, the thought comes, We’re so lucky!  We’re all so busy, so excited, so rushed…. with the same goal: to bring the beautiful simcha of Yom Tov to our families. With just one week to go, you can literally feel the anticipation in the air.
At Kupas Yom Tov, the anticipation is at its peak.  With just one week to Yom Tov, the pressure to reach our million-dollar budget is mounting. This is the final week to raise the necessary funds to ensure hundreds of choshuve Yungerleit a befitting Yom Tov.

President Donald Trump just got a primary opponent for his 2020 re-election.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld announced Monday he is officially running for the Republican nomination for president. Weld was governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997 and the vice presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party in 2016.
In his announcement video, Weld’s campaign plays up his record as a Republican governor in a deep blue state, before saying “America deserves better.”
Read more at USA Today.
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Police in Buenos Aires have arrested the suspected leader of a gang responsible for a violent attack on the Chief Rabbi of Argentina in late February.
Local authorities arrested the gang leader and two other members of the gang, all suspected of involvement in the violent home invasion and assault on Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich in February, that caused the Rabbi to hospitalized with nine broken ribs and a punctured lung.
The three latest arrests bring the total number of suspects taken into custody in the case to five.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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