While program organizers in Greater New York City area may not be asking guests for vaccine records, some are requesting them to be vaccinated before arrival

From the government's attempts to defang the courts and make the Knesset unstoppable to an ambitious army reform plan, things are unlikely to stay static

Poll shows incumbent Petro Poroshenko heading for a spectacular defeat in the second round on Sunday, with 73% of voters ready to support comedian Volodymyr Zelensky

New Mexico – A café owner in New Mexico is closing shop after backlash over a post on his Facebook page full of anti-Semitic invective. Michael Palombo, owner of V Roast Bistro, a cafe in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Albuquerque, on Monday in a new Facebook post apologized for the tirade, since deleted, which [...]

Nine Months to the Siyum HaShas
Lomdei Daf Yomi are celebrating the completion of Maseches Chulin, inching their way closer to the 13th Global Siyum Hashas of Daf Yomi, slated for January 1, 2020 at Metlife Stadium.
The study of this 142-blatt masechta began on November 29, 2018, and concluded on April 18, the day before Erev Pesach 5779, a period of almost five months.
Daf Yomi has now commenced Maseches Bechoros, the first of the final six masechtos in the cycle.

Commander of Ground Forces predicts 'decisive Israeli victory' in future with Hezbollah and Lebanon, threatens to destroy Syria's Russian-made S-300s if used to repel Israeli raids

New Jersey Congressmen Say ‘No Way’ To Manhattan Toll PlanNew York’s plan to charge a fee for motorists entering its congested midtown area won’t go into effect for another two years but is already renewing time-honored animosities between the state and its neighbor to the west.
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Generational

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The essence of the Haggadah and the entirety of Pesach is the relationship between father and son and the obligation for a father to transmit to his son the story of the geulah from Mitzrayim. The Torah and Chazal prescribe different ways to speak to different children and lay out the format for the Seder evening conversation.
The people of Adopt-a-Kollel were kind enough to gift me Haggadah Nifle’osecha Asicha from Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein. I opened it up to the page on which he tells the following story.

Washington – President Donald Trump is blasting the investigation into Russian election meddling as “The Greatest Political Hoax of all time!” hours before the long-awaited released of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report Thursday. Trump’s first tweet of the day blasted investigators. Trump tweeted, “Crimes were committed by Crooked, Dirty Cops and DNC/The Democrats,” although there [...]

 Police Recover Jewelry Stolen From Yeshiva In Telshe StoneJewelry worth NIS 30,000, including an engagement ring and wedding band were recently stolen from a yeshiva in Telshe Stone.
This past Shabbos, the Shabbos before their chasenah, a family was hosted in a yeshiva and the items mentioned were stolen from the room of one of the guests.

Indictment alleges managers of marijuana distribution network were knowingly involved, and sometimes even encouraged sale of drugs to minors

Berlin – German prosecutors have charged a 92-year-old former concentration camp guard with being an accessory to murder, in what will be one of the last ever cases against Nazi-era war crimes. Hamburg prosecutors accused the man, identified only as Bruno D., of aiding and abetting 5,230 cases of murder during the almost nine months [...]

 California Judge Fines Rabbi $6,000 For Reporting Vandalism at Synagogue to PoliceThe following is via the First Liberty Institute: 
A California judge has fined an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi over six thousand dollars for reporting the vandalism of his synagogue to the police.

Commander of Ground Forces says terror group still intent on cross-border attack, backs declaring war on Lebanon and its Iran-backed militia

Top official warns that Gazans could renew incendiary balloons launches over border, nighttime protests and other measures

Jerusalem – Israeli police say they detained four suspects involved in an attempt to smuggle two baby goats into Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site for a ritual sacrifice. Police said on Thursday that two Jewish minors intended “to cause provocations” by sacrificing the goats ahead of Passover. Two journalists who planned to film the ritual [...]

Rav Gershon Edelstein spoke during his weekly shiur about the results of the elections and the kiddush Hashem involved.
However, Rav Gershon said, “we have not yet fulfilled our obligations, because there is a huge number of our Jewish brothers who need support. They’re not happy, and they’re missing the happiness in life that Torah-observant families who keep Torah and the mitzvos, Shabbos, Torah, and tefillah – all these things bring happiness and spiritual enjoyment, and there are people who lack them! There are many who lack a happy life, and we need to feel pity for them.”

Russia denied on Wednesday Israeli media reports suggesting Russian operatives had exhumed the remains of former Mossad spy Eli Cohen from Syria.
“We resolutely refute the fabrications of a number of Israeli media that Russian representatives allegedly removed from Syria the remains of Mossad agent Eli Cohen, who was executed in Damascus in 1965,” the Russia’s embassy in Israel said in a statement.
The embassy responded to a report on Monday by Israel’s Channel 12 which said Syrian opposition groups claimed that a Russian team had exhumed the remains of former Mossad spy Eli Cohen, lauded in Israel as a national hero for the sacrifices he made for the benefit of public service.

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