The two Muslim members of Congress have backed boycotts of the Jewish state; move comes after reported pressure from Trump administration to deny them entry

The High Court is mocked after nixing a gender-separated concert when it was almost over and Netanyahu appears to choose his bro Trump over US lawmakers Tlaib and Omar

US lawmakers defend two-state resolution after Knesset critique; ‘Keep the Hasidic out’: A small-town housing showdown; British MP sues Labour for anti-Semitism suspension

Nachamu

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Last week, Mrs. Shoshana Ovitz celebrated her 104th birthday at the Kosel. She asked that all her offspring join her there and they would jointly recite Nishmas. The picture of the gathering melted Jewish hearts around the world. Hundreds of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren of a woman who faced down the evil Eichmann in Auschwitz gathered in her honor. She survived some of the worst torture known to man and with faith and trust, she married and moved to Haifa.

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Israeli Member of Parliament (Likud) and former mayor of Yerushalayim Nir Barkat spoke with i24NEWS on Tuesday evening and said that he would be open to meeting US Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) if they were willing to “learn and listen.”
The controversial US Reps., who have been outspoken critics of the Israeli government and supporters of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanction) movement, are reportedly planning a trip to Israel and the West Bank later this month.

Judge Waits To Rule On Letting Unvaccinated Go To SchoolA judge declined to immediately rule on whether to let unvaccinated children go back to school in New York after a hearing Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging a new state law eliminating religious exemptions to vaccines.
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 Passenger Plane With 226 Passengers In Moscow Makes Emergency Landing In CornfieldThe captain of a Russian passenger jet was hailed as a hero Thursday for landing his plane in a cornfield after it collided with a flock of gulls seconds after takeoff, causing both engines to malfunction.

Accounting As A Career Choice For Women- Is A Master’s Degree Worth It?Q and A with Shira Klein, PCS Accounting graduate
Q: Is a Masters in Accounting a good choice for women?
A: Accounting is a great career choice for women- there are many opportunities to find flexible jobs within the field.

 What About The Employers?The images of children crying after their parents were arrested in a massive immigration raid in Mississippi revived a longstanding complaint: Unauthorized workers are jailed or deported, while the managers and business owners who profit from their labor often go unprosecuted.
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Cop Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop Mourned In CaliforniaBells tolled Wednesday during a solemn California Highway Patrol ceremony for an officer killed when a motorist he pulled over for a traffic stop grabbed a rifle and opened fire in a shooting rampage that wounded two more officers.
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Philadelphia – A gunman who opened fire on police Wednesday as they were serving a drug warrant in Philadelphia, wounding six officers and triggering a standoff that extended into the night, is in police custody, authorities said. Philadelphia police Sgt. Eric Gripp said early Thursday morning that the man was taken into custody after an [...]

Serbia – A preschool in Serbia opened at a building that once was part of a Nazi concentration camp. The building at Staro Sajmiste has housed a number of businesses over the years and government promises to build a Holocaust memorial there have gone unfulfilled for decades, according to The Guardian. “The kindergarten is inappropriate [...]

Joint Arab List head Ayman Odeh claims 'Israel has always banned Palestinians from their land,' and Rashida Tlaib is no exception

Democratic lawmakers will be turned back due to 'suspected provocations and promotion of BDS,' unconfirmed TV report says

Border cops thwart 'infiltration' of 56 West Bank men, women and children -- with swimming gear, without permits to enter Israel

Terror group reacts to last week's remarks by Blue and White leader, urges him to remember 'how the resistance reacted' in 2014 Gaza war when he was IDF chief

Incidents are the latest in a wave of racially and religiously motivated crimes against Jews in Germany

Department of Justice petitions country's supreme court to seize Grace 1

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