Pittsburgh, PA – Like many other parents and parents-to-be, Chaya and Judah Cowen had a list of names prepared for when their little bundle of joy arrived.They took a detour, however, when they choose to name their fifth child, a baby girl, born May 3, Noa Lea. She’s named after Lori Gilbert-Kaye, whose Hebrew name [...]

Boeing said Sunday it knew of a safety alert flaw in the cockpit of its 737 MAX jetliners months before the first of 2 fatal crashes involving the now-grounded aircraft, but it didn’t immediately notify regulators.
The issue concerns a warning light in the cockpit, known as the AOA Disagree alert. This alert is meant to notify the flight crew that two angle-of-attack (AOA) sensors are providing data that disagree with each other, which suggests one is erroneous.
The company said in a statement the aircraft’s “display system software did not correctly meet” the AOA alert requirements in 2017 — well before October’s Lion Air crash in Indonesia, which killed 189 people.

The Jewish community Staten Island offers a variety of different shuls for every type of community member.

As of Sunday evening, four Israeli civilians have been killed after terror groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad launched more than 600 rockets and mortars from Gaza into Israel. By doing so, Hamas and Islamic Jihad commit a double war crime by firing at civilians while hiding behind civilians. A delegation of U.S. ambassadors currently visiting Israel published a joint statement in which they said, “Enough is enough!” The statement also read, “Can one imagine rockets falling on Washington, Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Bern or Lisbon today without an appropriately strong reaction?”
Efraim Inbar, president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, mirrored their statement, telling JNS, “Enough is enough.”

Omaha, NE – Investor Warren Buffett says if the U.S. has a full-blown trade war with China, it will be bad for the entire world. Buffett appeared on CNBC Monday with Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who serves on Berkshire’s board. Over the weekend, roughly 40,000 people attended Berkshire’s [...]

U.S. health officials say at least 60 more measles cases have been reported, increasing a 2019 tally that is already the highest in 25 years.
Officials on Monday said 764 cases have been reported as of last Thursday.
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Preferring to stand in Jewish state's corner, White House allows Egypt and UN to fill vacuum as mediators during Gaza conflicts in break from traditional policy

Poway, CA – “Those who are standing can remain standing,” Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein joked, a nod to the standing-room-only crowd that had packed Chabad of Poway for Friday night services. For many of those who filled the sanctuary, showing up was an act of faith, of solidarity, of defiance just six days after a gunman [...]

Pesach is over and summer plans are in the air. For parents of kids without summer plans, Maayan Midwest, a new summer camp in Michigan, is combining fun and structure to appeal to both parents and kids.
Kicking off its first ever summer, Maayan Midwest is based out of Chicago and located on the banks of a gorgeous lake in Michigan. With programming for girls entering grades 5th – 12th, Maayan Midwest will boast individualized schedules and structure based on interests.  Headed by an incredible head staff with decades of camping and chinuch experience and infused with a warm, family-like Midwest feel, every camper is assured a fun, safe and growing summer.