This is probably not the forum for this, but I’m going to post it here anyway.
I’m sure some of you opened up the Wall Street journal this week and saw the front page article about measles in the Orthodox Jewish population.
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At 6 feet, 5 inches tall, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stands out in a crowd. But does he have any shot of standing out in the packed field of potential Democratic candidates for president?
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Rep. Ilhan Omar says she’s faced increased death threats since President Donald Trump spread around a video that purports to show her being dismissive of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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What was supposed to be a nice night of Kosher entertainment for hundreds of Yeshiva Bochrim in Lakewood has turned into night of utter chaos Sunday night.

According to multiple reports quoting Syrian opposition websites, a Russian delegation reportedly left Syria on Sunday and had with them the coffin containing the remains of Israeli spy Eli Cohen.

Israeli airline Arkia turned around one of its planes, flight IZ272, from Barcelona to Tel Aviv, after an explosion was heard 10 minutes after take-off. The flight, which was being operated by the Italian charter company Neos, experienced a malfunction in one of its engines and had to make an emergency landing.

The head of the Shuvu Yisrael Institute, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, was crowned by representatives of the King of Morocco to the Chief Rabbi of the Muslim State. In a traditional ceremony held in the city of Rabat, the capital of Morocco, with the participation of representatives of the Jewish community, the rabbi was dressed in the traditional religious garb.

The chareidi parties, Shas and Yahadut Hatorah, both having expressed their loyalty to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to form the next coalition government, are now hearing unwanted rumors. According to reports on Israel Radio, based on credible rumors, PM Netanyahu has been taking with Benny Gantz, chairman of the Blue and White party, and Avigdor Lieberman, who chairs the Yisrael Beitenu party.

Babies wail as a nurse tries to reassure mothers who have come to vaccinate their children against a measles outbreak that has killed more than 1,200 people in this island nation where many are desperately poor.
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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down.
All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were not loading as of early Sunday morning.
Downdetector.com, a site that monitors site outages, shows Facebook has been down since 6:30AM ET in much of the world, with thousands of reported outages concentrated in northeastern U.S., Europe and the Philippines.