In bolting Jewish Home to form New Right, Bennett and Shaked tried to drag along more 'mainstream' religious Zionists -- some agreed to follow, but that simply wasn't enough

Washington – President Donald Trump’s sister has retired as a federal appellate judge in Philadelphia, ending a civil misconduct inquiry launched after a report that she participated in Trump family schemes to dodge taxes. The retirement of Maryanne Trump Barry was revealed in an April 1 order signed by a top court official in New [...]

A driving factor behind Brooklyn’s measles outbreak is the circulation of a magazine called PEACH (Parents Educating and Advocating for Children’s Health), a religious illustrated handbook that demonizes vaccines with alarming drawings and storylines.
Blima Marcus, an Orthodox Jewish nurse in Williamsburg, is trying to counteract PEACH with her own magazine (PIE, Parents Informed and Educated).
Marcus warns the situation is incredibly complex, with layers of cultural beliefs and deep-rooted concerns that could be intensified with a hard-line approach.
‘It’s not getting to the root of the problem,’ Marcus told Gothamist of the state of emergency Mayor De Blasio declared this week.

Finance Minister and Kulanu chairman Moshe Kahlon is conducting advanced negotiations for the unification of Kulanu and the Likud party to act as one faction in the 21st Knesset.
Kahlon will continue to hold the Finance Ministry portfolio and will receive another portfolio as well in the new government.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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New York – A senator is introducing a bill in Congress requiring plane makers to provide airlines with all safety equipment now considered optional and to do so without an additional charge. Democratic Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts says safety equipment that had not been installed on two Boeing 737 Max jets might have saved [...]

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A Satmar beis medrash located on Nechemia Street in Bnei Brak was targeted by vandals on Wednesday evening, apparently surrounding an election-related machlokes.

Washington – President Donald Trump treated four World War II veterans to an Oval Office meeting Thursday, fulfilling a birthday wish for 95-year-old Allen Jones and giving three other veterans age 100 and older a day to remember. One of the men, 101-year-old Floyd Wigfield, managed to win a promise from the president for a [...]

An Oasis of Tranquility: Jerusalem Estates Begins Work On Its Magnificent Garden

New York – It’s a great time to be a landlord in America, not so much if you’re a renter. Apartment rents are continuing to rise this year, fueled by higher demand from millennials looking for a place of their own, strong job growth and rising wages. The U.S. median rent climbed 3.4% in March [...]