Tel Aviv – Israel’s webcast of the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final was hacked with animated images of explosions in host city Tel Aviv, which the national broadcaster blamed on Hamas militants. The hacking of Kan’s website did not affect the regular television relay of the show on Tuesday night in Israel or abroad. Israel’s hosting [...]

Ben Shapiro explains why Palestinian Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MI) recent comments on a “calming feeling” about the Holocaust  are anti-Semitic: “She perfectly well understands the actual history here, but the revisionist history serves an anti-Semitic goal, which is that Israel is illegitimate and ought to be abolished”.

Intel has revealed another hardware security flaw that could affects millions of machines around the world.
The bug is embedded in the architecture of computer hardware, and it can’t be fully fixed.
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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that “there is not going to be any war” with the United States, but that there will also be no renegotiation of the nuclear deal.
In a speech to state officials, Khamenei said the showdown between the Islamic republic and the United States was a test of resolve rather than a military encounter.
“This face-off is not military because there is not going to be any war. Neither we nor them [the US] seek war. They know it will not be in their interest,” he said, as quoted on the official Khamenei.ir website.

San Francisco – Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it was tightening rules around its livestreaming feature ahead of a meeting of world leaders aimed at curbing online violence in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre. A lone gunman killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch on March 15 while livestreaming the attacks on Facebook. [...]

It is with a tremendous feeling of hakoras hatov to HKB”H that we invite everyone to the inaugural 10K Batay Yisroel event which will take place Pesach Sheni May 19th at 6:30PM to be held at Ateres Chynka,  129 Elmwood Avenue in Brooklyn.
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Residents alleged to have transferred funds to families of Palestinian security prisoners; police say they also seized a PA security forces uniform

 

Rabbi Asher Weiss, one of the leading halachik authorities, participated in the biennial convention of the Conference of European Rabbis in Antwerp, Belgium this week.
In his remarks, Rabbi Weiss spoke clearly and decisively on the phenomenon of people choosing not to receive vaccinations or to vaccinate their children.
“It’s a halakhic obligation to vaccinate our children,” Rabbi Weiss said.
“This is not a recommendation. It’s a halakhic obligation. It is a chiyuv (obligation) to vaccinate our children, and those who do not vaccinate their children, that is a violation of a halakhik obligation,” the rabbi said, warning of the danger of spreading diseases such as the measles.

A new museum opening at the Statue of Liberty is giving visitors another opportunity to explore its history and the impact the iconic structure has had on the world.