Hackensack – What do Jews do when a man is stuck in a hospital and needs a Minyan late at night to say Kaddish for his mother? The answer is, they come together. Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan, a Chabad Shliach in Franklin Lakes, NJ was in the Hackensack hospital last night, visiting a Jew who got [...]

Israel – Israel has carried out an airstrike on a weapons depot in Iraq that officials said was being used by Iran to move weapons to Syria, the New York Times reported. The attack, which happened last month and is believed to be the first Israeli bombing in Iraq in nearly four decades, represents an [...]

London – British Airways pilots will go on strike for three days next month in a long-running pay dispute with the airline. Pilots’ union Balpa announced Friday that the pilots will strike Sept. 9, 10 and 27. The airline lost a bid late last month in the Court of Appeal seeking a temporary injunction to [...]

Switzerland – A Frum reportedly hiking in the Swiss alps today, when he lost his way. He tried to use a rope to climb down to a lower area, but that only caused him to get stuck on the mountain ledge. He phoned for assistance, and a helicopter was dispatched to rescue him. Below is [...]

Wellington – The man who presides over New Zealand’s parliament has been called a baby whisperer. He was in action again this week, gently rocking, bottle feeding and burping a colleague’s infant as a lawmaker ranted about gas prices. Speaker Trevor Mallard held baby Tutanekai for about 15 minutes during a fiery general debate Wednesday [...]

Israel – Rina Shnerb of Lod, her father Eitan, a rabbi, and her brother Dvir, 19, were hiking at the Ein Bubin spring when they were attacked with an explosive device. Rina was killed, and her father and brother were seriously injured. Seen here, Rina’s friends are saying their final goodbyes at her graveside.

Berlin – Concentration camp memorials in Germany should offer tours in Arabic, Germany’s main Jewish leader urged. Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the Welt am Sonntag weekly newspaper that the former concentration camp in Flossenbürg is already considering adding tours in Arabic. “This should be expanded to all [...]

Tokyo – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said South Korea’s decision to cancel a deal to share military intelligence is damaging mutual trust, and he vowed to work closely with the U.S. for regional peace. Abe also accused Seoul of not keeping past promises. The military agreement started in 2016. “We will continue [...]

Israel – An explosion Friday near a West Bank settlement that Israel said was a Palestinian attack killed a 17-year-old Israeli girl and wounded her brother and father, Israeli authorities said. The girl has been identified as Rina Shnerb HY”D of Lod. Initially, three Israelis were reported wounded in the blast on Friday near the [...]

Waltham, MA – Photos of several students and professors from Brandeis University, which has Jewish roots, were posted to a white nationalist and anti-Semitic website. The photos were posted on the Vanguard News Network Forum, in a thread that mocked Jews’ for their appearance, the Associated Press reported. There are hundreds of other images posted [...]