Washington – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in nearly half a century. The Labor Department says claims for jobless aid fell by 5,000 last week to 192,000, lowest since September 1969. The four-week average, which is less volatile, dropped by 6,000 to 201,250, lowest since November 1969. [...]

Police arrested a 37-year-old New Jersey man for trying to enter St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City with 2 gasoline cans and lighter fluid Wednesday — 2 days after fire devastated Notre Dame.
“His basic story was that he was cutting through the cathedral to get to Madison Avenue, that his car had run out of gas. We took a look at the vehicle. It was not out of gas, and at that point he was taken into custody,” NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said.
No fire was started in the cathedral, which was built in 1878. The incident takes place just  days after a fire tore through the centuries old cathedral at Notre Dame.

Ivanka Trump discusses rise in anti-Semitism and Democratic party's take on Israel; Measles outbreak upends Passover traditions

Islamic Republic showcases various aircraft as country grapples with Trump administration's recent designation of its powerful paramilitary force as terrorist

US attorney general under fire for calling press conference before release of redacted, 400-page investigation on Russian election interference

While program organizers in Greater New York City area may not be asking guests for vaccine records, some are requesting them to be vaccinated before arrival

From the government's attempts to defang the courts and make the Knesset unstoppable to an ambitious army reform plan, things are unlikely to stay static

Poll shows incumbent Petro Poroshenko heading for a spectacular defeat in the second round on Sunday, with 73% of voters ready to support comedian Volodymyr Zelensky

New Mexico – A café owner in New Mexico is closing shop after backlash over a post on his Facebook page full of anti-Semitic invective. Michael Palombo, owner of V Roast Bistro, a cafe in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Albuquerque, on Monday in a new Facebook post apologized for the tirade, since deleted, which [...]

Nine Months to the Siyum HaShas
Lomdei Daf Yomi are celebrating the completion of Maseches Chulin, inching their way closer to the 13th Global Siyum Hashas of Daf Yomi, slated for January 1, 2020 at Metlife Stadium.
The study of this 142-blatt masechta began on November 29, 2018, and concluded on April 18, the day before Erev Pesach 5779, a period of almost five months.
Daf Yomi has now commenced Maseches Bechoros, the first of the final six masechtos in the cycle.

Commander of Ground Forces predicts 'decisive Israeli victory' in future with Hezbollah and Lebanon, threatens to destroy Syria's Russian-made S-300s if used to repel Israeli raids

New Jersey Congressmen Say ‘No Way’ To Manhattan Toll PlanNew York’s plan to charge a fee for motorists entering its congested midtown area won’t go into effect for another two years but is already renewing time-honored animosities between the state and its neighbor to the west.
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Generational

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The essence of the Haggadah and the entirety of Pesach is the relationship between father and son and the obligation for a father to transmit to his son the story of the geulah from Mitzrayim. The Torah and Chazal prescribe different ways to speak to different children and lay out the format for the Seder evening conversation.
The people of Adopt-a-Kollel were kind enough to gift me Haggadah Nifle’osecha Asicha from Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein. I opened it up to the page on which he tells the following story.

Washington – President Donald Trump is blasting the investigation into Russian election meddling as “The Greatest Political Hoax of all time!” hours before the long-awaited released of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report Thursday. Trump’s first tweet of the day blasted investigators. Trump tweeted, “Crimes were committed by Crooked, Dirty Cops and DNC/The Democrats,” although there [...]

 Police Recover Jewelry Stolen From Yeshiva In Telshe StoneJewelry worth NIS 30,000, including an engagement ring and wedding band were recently stolen from a yeshiva in Telshe Stone.
This past Shabbos, the Shabbos before their chasenah, a family was hosted in a yeshiva and the items mentioned were stolen from the room of one of the guests.

Indictment alleges managers of marijuana distribution network were knowingly involved, and sometimes even encouraged sale of drugs to minors

Berlin – German prosecutors have charged a 92-year-old former concentration camp guard with being an accessory to murder, in what will be one of the last ever cases against Nazi-era war crimes. Hamburg prosecutors accused the man, identified only as Bruno D., of aiding and abetting 5,230 cases of murder during the almost nine months [...]

 California Judge Fines Rabbi $6,000 For Reporting Vandalism at Synagogue to PoliceThe following is via the First Liberty Institute: 
A California judge has fined an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi over six thousand dollars for reporting the vandalism of his synagogue to the police.

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