Washington – Republicans want to force a vote on a controversial bill meant to oppose the anti-Israel boycott. The bill, which earlier this year passed the Senate, has been held up in part because the Democrats, who control the U.S. House of Representatives, say it poses a threat to First Amendment free speech protections. The [...]

A deal was signed between Shas party representatives in Elad and Mayor Yisrael Porush, bringing Shas into the coalition running the city. The agreement was signed after months of Shas remaining in opposition but changed position after some of the Degel Hatorah councilman decided to enter the coalition as well.

Berlin – The heiress of a German biscuit empire has apologized for stirring outrage with remarks that appeared to play down the hardship suffered by dozens of people forced to work at the family business under Nazi rule. Verena Bahlsen, whose father owns the Bahlsen company that makes some of Germany’s most famous biscuits, said [...]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied a New York Times report that US officials were discussing a military plan to send up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East to counter any attack or nuclear weapons acceleration by Iran.
“I think it’s fake news, OK? Now, would I do that? Absolutely. But we have not planned for that. Hopefully we’re not going to have to plan for that. And if we did that, we’d send a hell of a lot more troops than that,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
The Times reported that Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated plan last week in a meeting of top national security aides that envisions sending as many as 120,000 American troops to the region if Iran attacks US forces or accelerates work on its nuclear weapons.

About half a million people at a cost of NIS 15.5 million will visit the tziyun of the Rashbi in Meron during Lag B’Omer. The Ministry of Religious Services presents all the data for the Lag B’Omer Campaign, 2019.
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Agudath Israel of America commends New Jersey State Senator Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen/Passaic) for his introduction of S3647, a bill which aims to make hiring security personnel more accessible and affordable for houses of worship and nonpublic schools in the state.

Members of Yahadut Hatorah met in the Degel Hatorah office in Bnei Brak on Tuesday night for some two hours, seeking to iron out their combined list of demands as coalition talks to form a Likud-led coalition government continue.

New York University chaplain Rabbi Yehuda Sarna will be the first chief rabbi of the Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates, announced the international affairs director for the Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday.
“It’s a very exciting and daunting challenge to try to build the community in such a way that is not only sustainable and enriching for the people who are members of it, but also it serves the function of engaging with the Muslim world in that part of the world,” said Sarna, who will remain at NYU and travel to the UAE four times annually in an unpaid capacity.
A few years ago, a new shul opened and has since been operating without a rabbi.