President Donald Trump's pick to serve on the Federal Reserve, Stephen Moore, once criticized Trump's positions on immigration, calling them "crazy" and "dangerous."
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The Kosel Heritage Foundation announced that Birchas Kohanim that will take place on Monday, 17th of Nissan (April 22, 2019), the second day of Chol Hamoed Pesach in Eretz Yisrael.
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Some of Samsung’s new, almost $2,000 folding phones appear to be breaking after just a couple of days.
Journalists who received the phones to review before the public launch said the Galaxy Fold screen started flickering and turning black before completely fizzling out.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he plans to introduce legislation to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 nationally.
The Senate leader said Thursday his bill will cover all tobacco products, including vaping devices.
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Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election identified 10 instances of possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. Mueller said in his report that he could not conclusively determine that Trump had committed a crime or that he hadn’t.

Robert Mueller’s 448-page investigative report into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election includes 23 unredacted pages of Mueller’s written questions and Donald Trump’s written responses, the only direct exchange between the special counsel’s office and the president.
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YWn regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Ezriel Tauber ZATZAL of Monsey.
Rav Ezriel Tauber was  one of the pioneers of the Kiruv movement, a holocaust survivor, businessman, and lecturer to Jews of all denominations.

An NYPD Officer was shot on Thursday afternoon.
It happened at around 4:30PM at West 187 Street and Wasdworth Avenue in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.
The officer was shot in his arm, and was in stable condition.

With its mountains and desert, beach resorts and Berber villages, Morocco is a feast for travelers of all kinds, including those who want to explore the kingdom’s deep Jewish roots.
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The Israel Air Force is currently taking part in the “largest overseas Israeli Air Force exercises” the IAF tweeted.
Watch our fighter jets fly over the snowy peaks and wide fields of Greece as part of one of the largest overseas Israeli Air Force exercises pic.twitter.com/JnpgG8jBGR
— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) April 16, 2019