Residents near border still hope to win Shebaa Farms from Israel, though some politicians say claims an excuse for Hezbollah to retain weapons

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 [...]

Infant R”L Niftar In Assaf HaRofeh HospitalInfant Shalom Dov Ber Rosen Z”L was niftar on Thursday morning after being transported to Assaf HaRofeh Hospital in Rishon L’Tzion.
An ambulance was summoned to Tzemach Tzedek Street in Kfar Chabad on Wednesday morning, after the 6-month-old infant was found unconscious.
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Papers refer to a secret Jewish plot to 'enslave and kill good Americans'; separately, swastika burned into asphalt near Denver public school playground

San Francisco – Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday revealed its initial public offering (IPO) filing, saying more than 90 million riders used the service worldwide while warning it may never make a profit due to pressure from rivals. The Uber filing gave the first comprehensive financial picture of the ride-hailing and transportation services company. Started [...]

 Satmar Paper “Der Yid” Publishes Editorial In ENGLISH Blasting Anti-VaxxersThe Der Yid Newspaper (affiliated with the Satmar community of Williamsburg) printed a strong editorial against the anti-vaxxers. The newspaper also took the rare step of printing it in English.

Brooklyn, NY – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has launched an investigation after a report that one of its drivers made references to the measles when an obviously Chasidic man boarded her bus. Rabbi David Niederman, executive director and president of the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg said that the incident happened last week aboard a [...]

After full day of rechecking, Likud gains a seat to outscore Gantz's Blue and White by 36-35, United Torah Judaism loses a seat; Netanyahu's path to majority coalition confirmed

Israel’s Council Of Higher Education Approves Faculty Of Medicine At Ariel UniversityThe Council of Higher Education recently approved the decision of Education Minister and Chairman of the Council for Higher Education, Naftali Bennet, to establish a faculty of medicine at Ariel University.

Recent visitors to Woodbury Common may have been exposed to the measles after a New York City resident with a confirmed case of measles visited the mega shopping area, according to the Orange County Health Department.
The infected person visited the shopping area between the hours of 4 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 31, the department said in a news release.
Areas the person visited included Nike Factory Store and Sayki Men’s Fashion Store, they added.
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3 Big NY Hospital Systems, Nurses Reach Tentative AgreementThree of New York’s biggest hospital systems have reached a tentative agreement with nurses.
The New York Times says the four-year contract agreement reached on Tuesday would affect the Mount Sinai, NewYork-Presbyterian and Montefiore hospital systems.
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Jerusalem – The New Right under Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked did not make it into the Knesset according to final results published by the Central Elections Committee on Thursday night. A technical error on the Central Elections Committee’s website prevented publicly available numbers on the vote count so far from reflecting the real results [...]

University is now the only school in the California system that has not passed a similar proposal against the Jewish state

Suspects Arrested In Theft from Israel’s Emergency Sugar Storage FacilitiesThe Israeli police opened an investigation on suspicion of stealing tons of sugar from the country’s emergency warehouses. Following an intelligence operation, an open investigation was opened, during which five suspects who were brought to Lahav 433 Israel Police Major Crimes Unit offices in Lod were detained for interrogation, where they are being investigated by the department’s Unit for Combating Economic Crime.

What Portfolios Are In Deri’s Sights?It appears that even after the counting of the IDF votes, the Shas party remains with eight seats and will be the third largest party in the new Knesset. This will undoubtedly lead party chairman, Minister Aryeh Deri, to present Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu with a hefty list of demands regarding which cabinet portfolios and positions he seeks for party members.

How Much Did Knesset Elections Cost The State?Elections for 21st Knesset are over, and the question remains is how much did the election cost the nation? The various political parties entering the 21st Knesset will now receive funding based on their size.
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Yahadut HaTorah (UTJ), which was celebrating its growth to eight Knesset seats in the elections this week, is now feeling pressure as the latest count appears to move its eighth seat to the Meretz party.
UTJ is now just a few dozen votes shy of that eighth seat, which had previously seemed safe, as the Central Elections Committee is coping with a spate of irregularities in the reported votes.
The party which is benefiting at UTJ’s expense is the far-left Meretz party, the Kikar Hashabbat website reported.

Washington – From his eyes to his immune system, astronaut Scott Kelly’s body sometimes reacted strangely to nearly a year in orbit, at least compared to his Earth-bound identical twin — but newly published research shows nothing that would cancel even longer space treks, like to Mars. The good news: Kelly largely bounced back after [...]

Oklahoma Woman Charged With Spray Painting ‘Gas The Jews’ GraffitiCharges were filed Monday against an Oklahoma woman suspected of spray painting racist, anti-gay and anti-Semitic graffiti on Democratic Party offices in Norman and Oklahoma City.

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