Reuters: Economy Ministry says rise stems from a growth in the export of services, led by technology sectors including software, computing and research and development services

Billionaire former New York mayor declares he wants to prevent the 'existential threat to our country' of a second Trump term, earmarks $150 million for campaign

Abdallah Chatila says he purchased 10 items including fuhrer's hat at controversial Munich sale to keep them out of hands of neo-Nazis

The story repeats itself every so often. Singers invest a huge amount of time and resources to produce a music album. Yet, minutes after the album hits the stores it’s already downloaded and racing through the network of WhatsApp and Telegram groups.
This same pattern repeats itself every few weeks in the broader world, with one singer or another forced to release his own audio or video message, begging people who enjoyed the album by downloading it from a group to pay for his music.

Former New York City Mayor Micheal Bloomberg on Sunday officially announced his entrance into the Democratic presidential primary field.
“We cannot afford four more years of President Trump’s reckless and unethical actions,” Bloomberg said in a statement. “He represents an existential threat to our country and our values. If he wins another term in office, we may never recover from the damage.”
Bloomberg’s statement said he will focus on creating jobs, providing health care, ending gun violence, combating climate change, adjusting the immigration system and increasing taxes on the wealthy “like me.”
The release also said Bloomberg will not accept donations and will fund his campaign on his own.

Rabbi Yaakov Singer is no stranger to Jewish music. As a young boy he participated in the first Pirchei Choir album conducted by Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum A”H. Growing up, he was always involved in music, inspired by the cantorial greats of yesteryear, attending their cantorial services, serving as an accomplished Baal Tefilla, singing at simchos, while also composing his own niggunim and Nusach Hatfilah compositions.

Fund Has Been Established For Reb Nissan Kaplan And His FamilyOn behalf of the Kaplan family a fund has been set up to help provide financial stability for them.
At this moment Reb Nissan is being pulled in two primary directions.
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — The secretary of the U.S. Navy said he doesn’t consider a tweet by President Donald Trump an order and would need a formal order to stop a review of a sailor who could lose his status as a Navy SEAL. “I need a formal order to act,” Navy Secretary Richard […]

Why an intransigent Netanyahu is bad for Israel * How climate change will fan the flames in Israel * Beloved and loathed PM Golda Meir * Photographer shoots a rainbow of Jews

Gulf state was Ramallah’s second biggest Arab backer between January and September, also cultivates close ties with Hamas

Italian conductor Francesco Lotoro spent 30 years gathering and reconstructing works by musicians who used any means at hand, including 'toilet paper,' to write down compositions

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president. Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican announced his candidacy Sunday in a written statement posted on a campaign website describing himself as uniquely positioned to defeat […]

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized AgainSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized after experiencing chills and fever, the court said Saturday.
In a statement, the court’s public information office said Ginsburg was admitted Friday night to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
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 Thousands of Chabad Shluchim Pose For Annual ‘Class Picture’ This Morning Outside 770Thousands of Shluchim posed for a group photo in front of Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on Sunday morning.

 Michael Bloomberg Launches Democratic Presidential BidBillionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president.
Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican announced his candidacy Sunday in a written statement posted on a campaign website describing himself as uniquely positioned to defeat President Donald Trump.

80 commissioners and deputies pen letter to public security minister, warning that 'violent discourse' against the force undermines its authority, threatens Israel's democracy

Abed al-Karim Assi sentenced for stabbing Itamar Ben-Gal to death; he admitted choosing his victim because he was wearing a yarmulke

CROWN HEIGHTS, NY (VINnews) – Chabad Shluchim gathered this morning in Brooklyn for the annual group photo, bringing together 5,000 emissaries in front of Lubavitch headquarters in Crown Heights. Later in the day they will celebrate at the annual banquet, the culmination of a five-day International Conference of Emissaries. עוצמה בינלאומית בפריים אחד: מעל 5,000 […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) – An Israeli Arab terrorist who murdered a Rabbi outside the settlement of Ariel, was sentenced on Sunday to life in prison by the Lod District Court. 19-year-old Israeli Arab Abed al-Karim Adel Asi resident of Jaffa, stabbed 29-year-old Itamar Ben-Gal in February 2018, while he was waiting at a bus stop near […]

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