Former leader, who was investigated but not charged in sprawling corruption case, dies in a hospital from self-inflicted wound

Chapel Hill, NC – “This is my anti-Semitic song,” Tamer Nafar, a Palestinian-Israeli rapper, said at the opening of a conference on Gaza last month at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “I know it might sound [like] R&B stuff, but don’t think of Rihanna when you sing it, don’t think of Beyonce,” [...]

3-Year-Old R”L Dies In A Jerusalem Hospital Following Complications From A TonsillectomyA 3-year-old child from East Jerusalem died on Wednesday afternoon, after having his tonsils removed.
The child underwent the surgery a few days ago and began hemorrhaging at home.

Handing him appointment, Reuven Rivlin urges PM to soothe divides after tumultuous election campaign, says the time of 'us versus them is over, and now it's just us'

Physicians serving hundreds of North American Jewish communities urge parents to drop refusal to inoculate children against measles

Denver, CO – A Florida teenager believed to be armed and “infatuated” with the Columbine massacre was found dead by authorities in Colorado after she traveled to the state days before the 20th anniversary of the school attack, according to CNN and other media reports. Sol Pais, identified as an 18-year-old woman from Surfside, Florida, [...]

NJ Governor Phil Murphy Welcomes Jewish Leaders Ahead Of Pesach [VIDEO & PHOTOS]NJ Governor Phil Murphy welcomed Jewish community activists to Trenton on Tuesday, just days before Pesach. The group expressed their appreciation to the Governor for his unwavering support of Jewish communities statewide.

Just one more meaningful Pesach preparation….Just one more meaningful Pesach preparation….
Klal Yisroel is blessed to have amongst us thousands of cherished Kollel yungerleit who spend their days and nights holding up the world with their learning.   While these humble Kollel families are able to manage their expenses year-round by living simple lives, the heavy costs of Yom Tov are beyond what they can handle alone.

Man identifying himself as Lucas Lambert has been meeting with cybersecurity experts, in an operation resembling one by a so-called Michel Lambert, outed as an Israeli ex-spy

Prime minister given personal items that belonged to Yoni Netanyahu from army buddy, but some items may never have belonged to famed Entebbe raid leader

Jerusalem – Israel’s president has formally nominated Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth consecutive term as prime minister. In one of the president’s few non-ceremonial roles, President Reuven Rivlin tasked Netanyahu on Wednesday with assembling a governing coalition within 42 days. The move was widely expected after Netanyahu’s Likud party and its right-wing allies captured a [...]

 Secular People Aren’t Happy & We Must Daven To Assist ThemDuring his weekly talk for avreichim, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein Shlita addressed the results of elections for 21st Knesset.
“There were elections for Knesset now and there was Siyata Dishmaya and Kiddush Hashem.
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 “For From Tel Aviv Will The Torah Come Forth”(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE)
Celebrations marking the Rebbe’s birthday were opened in the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa Monday, which symbolizes, perhaps more than anything, the revolution that the Rebbe initiated for this event occurred in a place where there is no more Tel Aviv than could be: on the 12t floor of the Tel Aviv municipality, near the office of Mayor Ron Huldai.

Jerusalem – Israel’s Defense Ministry says the country’s military exports were $7.5 billion last year, down 18% from the previous year. The ministry said on Wednesday that despite the drop, the 2018 figures were a “major success” and the second-highest level in the past decade. It said the $9.2 billion of defense exports in 2017 [...]

IDF Destroys Apartment Of Ofra Terrorist Tzalach Barghouti [PHOTOS]The IDF during the night destroyed the apartment in which terrorist Tzalach Barghouti lived, in the PA (Palestinian Authority) village of Kauber, in the Binyamin District.
Barghouti perpetrated the shooting attack at the entrance of Yishuv Ofra on December 9, 2018, in which infant Amiad Yisrael Ish-Ran HY”D was killed and seven others wounded, including his parents.

President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the latter’s visit at the White House last month that Israel could jeopardize its security cooperation with the United States if it doesn’t reduce its ties with China.
Channel 13 and Axios reported the development, citing Israeli officials.
The Trump administration has repeatedly warned Israel about forging close ties with the Chinese, including criticizing an agreement between the Jewish state and China to allow the latter to manage the Haifa port.
US concerns over the Haifa port deal have come from National Security Advisor John Bolton and US Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette.

Daf Yomi Concludes Chulin, Begins Bechoros; Nine Months To The Siyum HashasLomdei 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.
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US president's senior adviser Jared Kushner said to tell diplomats in Washington to keep 'open mind' over long-awaited, much-maligned proposal

Washington – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected any allegations of anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party and defended Rep. Ilhan Omar against accusations of anti-Semitism. “We have no taint of that in the Democratic Party, and just because they want to accuse somebody of that doesn’t mean that we take that bait,” Pelosi told CNN’s Cristiane [...]

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