Club known for its strong support by Jewish community completes near-miraculous comeback, leaving Amsterdam's Ajax brokenhearted

Brooklyn, NY – A visit to a Crown Heights playground turned ugly today when a Jewish woman found herself involved in a verbal exchange that turned physical. Police said that the incident took place at 11:37 this morning at Hamilton Metz Field at the southwest corner of Albany and Lefferts avenues. According to the NYPD, [...]

Prosecutor calls shutdown of website DeepDotWeb 'the single most significant law enforcement disruption of the dark net to date'

Jerusalem – Israeli Jews are more influenced by the laws of the country and their religious values than by the values of the Western world when they address the question “what is right and wrong, what is good and what is bad,” according to a new Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) survey. Among Jews, state [...]

The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. in relation to his previous testimony to Senate investigators, the first known congressional subpoena to one of President Trump’s children.
The president’s eldest son testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2017 that he was “peripherally aware” of plans to expand his father’s businesses into Russia.
However, the president’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen claimed in his February testimony to the House Oversight and Reform Committee that Trump Jr. was far more involved in the project and said that he briefed both Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump on the project about 10 times.

Leaders express concern at Tehran's threat to step up enrichment, while hoping Iranian president is chiefly seeking to show strength domestically

Washington – President Donald Trump spent his first campaign as an underdog, written off by the political establishment and down on his own chances on Election Night. But as he and his team gear up for re-election, they’re claiming an unfamiliar position: front-runner. Trump and his allies are exuding optimism about his 2020 bid, touting [...]

 850 Open Investigations Into Domestic TerrorismThe FBI has more than 850 open investigations into domestic terrorism across the country, and the threat continues to grow, top counterterrorism officials said Wednesday.
FBI, Justice Department and Homeland Security officials gave testimony before a congressional committee on homegrown hate and violence.

Yisroel and Chana Sternberg are suing Spirit Airlines alleging that a flight attendant racially discriminated against them spouted antisemitic hate towards them on a flight to Fort Lauderdale from Newark Liberty International Airport in January.
When the  couple was told they could not board with the infant car seat they had brought, even though the couple had bought an extra seat on the plane to accommodate the child,  Yisroel, who was seated separately from his wife, got up to assess the situation.

Washington – The Senate intelligence committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr., calling him in to answer questions about his 2017 testimony. That’s according to a person familiar with the subpoena who discussed it on condition of anonymity. The committee has renewed interest in talking to President Donald Trump’s eldest son after Trump’s former lawyer, Michael [...]

Deputy Minister Yaakov Litzman Address Remembrance Day Ceremony [VIDEO & PHOTOS]Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman on Wednesday morning participated in the Remembrance Day memorial in the Kiryat Gat cemetery.
Litzman placed a wreath as is customary for ministers, and then recited a perek Tehillim in memory of the fallen, then speaking as a representative of the government.

Minister Aryeh Deri Addresses Kfar Etzion Remembrance Day MemorialIn Kar Etzion on Wednesday a memorial ceremony was held near Kfar Etzion, attended by Shas Chairman Minister Aryeh Deri, Etzion Brigade Commander Colonel David Shapira and Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman Shlomo Neeman, with the participation of bereaved families and thousands of others.

Over 1000 Chareidim Attend Remembrance Day Eve Memorial EventOn Tuesday night, a huge memorial was held with the participation of more than 1,000 chareidim in memory of the fallen IDF soldiers. MK Yaakov Margi, on behalf of the Shas faction that participated in the event, said that “this is a historic day and hence there is no turning back.” The public read Mishnayos and Tehillim in memory of the fallen, and Kaddish was said.

President Trump imposed a fresh set of sanctions on the Tehran regime on Wednesday, targeting Iran’s iron, steel, aluminum and cooper sectors.
The move came on the one-year anniversary of Trump’s announcement of the US withdrawal from the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran — known as the JCPOA.
“Today’s action targets Iran’s revenue from the export of industrial metals — 10 percent of its export economy — and puts other nations on notice that allowing Iranian steel and other metals into your ports will no longer be tolerated,” Trump said on Wednesday.

As Israel mourns its fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism this week, top Palestinian Authority officials have explained that its government is “obligated” to pay salaries to 6,000 imprisoned Palestinian terrorists—and to the families of suicide-bombers and other so-called “martyrs”—because they were “soldiers” of the P.A. who had been “sent” by the P.A., and who acted out of “national interest and not for personal reasons.”
Most significantly, they “received orders” from the Palestinian Authority.
P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas’s spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina revealed: “It is impossible to send a soldier to war and then not take care of his family.”

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday confirmed the full implementation of the law mandating the relocation of the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
“On May 14, 2018, the US Embassy in Jerusalem officially opened for business,” Pompeo said in a statement. “Now, as we near the first anniversary of that momentous event, I am pleased to report that I have provided my determination to Congress that the relevant elements of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 have been addressed. Accordingly, no further Presidential waiver of the funding restriction under the Act is necessary.”

Highlands Ranch, CO – The lone fatality in the Colorado high school shooting was Kendrick Castillo, a friendly 18-year-old who, witnesses said, leaped from his desk in a literature class and charged the two attackers, sacrificing his life to buy classmates time to escape. Another 18-year-old who was preparing to enter the Marines also tackled [...]

US Imposes New Sanctions On Iran As Tensions EscalatePresident Donald Trump ordered new sanctions on Iran Wednesday, just days after the U.S. dispatched an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the Persian Gulf over what it described as a new threat from Tehran .
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 NYC Health Department Forces Closure Of Playgroup Over MeaslesThe Health Department today served closure orders to “Simche Kinder” located in Williamsburg at 812 Myrtle Ave. There are 77 children enrolled in this school.
The Health Dept says they did this because “this center repeatedly failed to comply with an Order of the Health Commissioner in response to the current measles outbreak”.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad was “about to launch rockets at Tel Aviv when the ceasefire [with Israel] stopped it from happening,” the terrorist group’s leader, Ziad Nakhala, told the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen TV station on Tuesday.
Nakhala, who was in Egypt when the latest round of violence between Israel and Gaza-based terrorist groups erupted last Friday, outlined in the interview how events unfolded and also issued threats against Israel.

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