New York – The measles outbreak concentrated in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in New York City is considered over. There have been no new infections over the last two incubation periods, signaling the end of the outbreak, city health officials said on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported. This means that an emergency order mandating vaccines will […]

Germany – The head of Germany’s Jewish community is urging democratic political parties to clearly distance themselves from the right-populist Alternative for Germany Party, which made large gains in two state elections. The anti-immigrant party, with some politicians who also have suggested that Germany is too obsessed with the Holocaust, achieved second place in elections […]

Palm Beach, FL – Hurricane Dorian, which remained stalled over the Bahamas from Sunday and over most of Monday, was making its way toward the Florida coast, although slowly at 1 mph. It is not known exactly where and when the hurricane will make landfall. The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County announced on Sunday […]

Buenos Aires, Argentina – Two Argentinian provinces will be advised by Israeli experts in environmental issues from Keren Kayemet LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund. KKL World President Daniel Atar signed the one-year cooperation agreement last week with Sergio Casas, governor of La Rioja. “I celebrate these agreements that advance the cooperation to take care of the environment. […]

Jerusalem – Minutes after a Hezbollah anti-tank missile exploded on an Israeli army base, an Israeli military helicopter touched down and medics loaded a soldier on a stretcher aboard. By the time it landed at a Haifa helipad minutes later, TV cameramen were at the scene to film paramedics transferring the soldier into a waiting […]

Hallandale Beach – Hurricane Dorian has already spread huge destruction and mayhem in the Bahamas over the weekend, battering the islands with winds that reached 185 mph and gusts up to 220 mph, tying the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane to ever make landfall. Dorian first came ashore Sunday at Elbow Cay in […]

Cleveland – The Cleveland Browns have cut Jewish placekicker Greg Joseph. Joseph was cut on Saturday after spending a year with the team. He was released on waivers, which means another National Football League team has the opportunity to pick him up. The team had to trim its roster ahead of its first regular season […]

The Mishneh Torah, a 14-volume monumental work on Judaism by the 12th-century philosopher Rabbi Moshe Maimonides, has been translated and published in Russian for the first time. The Moscow-based Knizhniki Publishing House, which specializes in Jewish subjects, this summer completed the project that has taken eight years to complete and has cost about $1.5 million, […]

Far Rockaway – A 3-year-old child has been struck by a vehicle on Virginia Street in Far Rockaway. The incident took place at approximately 11:15 AM on Monday. The child was found unconcious on scene. He was rushed to Long Island Jewish Medical Center in critical condition. The name for Tehilim is Mordechai ben Yehudis. […]

Jerusalem – Israeli President, Reuven Rivlin opened Israel’s school year at the Robert M. Beren Machanaim Hesder Yeshiva, where he memorialized murdered student Dvir Sorek. “The radiance of Dvir’s personality captured the hearts of everyone,” Rivlin said Sunday in an address to Sorek’s classmates and teachers. “One of the finest young men of this good […]