Washington, DC – The Trump International Hotel in Washington DC is now offering a glatt kosher menu for its frum Jewish visitors. The menu includes full meals of fish, chicken and beef as well as snacks like Bamba and Bisli. The hotel is also offering various types of kosher wines made in Israel and the [...]

Following a petition of the Women’s Lobby, the Haifa District Court decided to call off the planned Mordechai Ben David and Motti Steinmetz concert scheduled for men only tomorrow in Haifa.
Judge Avraham Elyakim ordered the cancellation today, explaining that “it was a performance for men only.” Thus, since the concert arrangers wanted to use public funds for the event, it could not proceed if only men were permitted to attend.
The judge stated in his decision that “this judgment does not express a position on how to regular other events. There is also no impediment to events for the chareidi public, and it would be beneficial for the Haifa municipality to learn the municipal guidelines and act accordingly.”

The release of photographs of a drone that crashed in the Lebanese capital Beirut early Sunday morning cast doubt on the claim by the Hezbollah terror group that the craft belonged to the Israeli military, with some Israeli analysts speculating that the unmanned aerial vehicle was in fact an Iranian model.
In the predawn hours of Sunday morning, one UAV exploded in the air outside the offices of the Iran-backed Hezbollah, causing damage to the building. A second crashed nearby and was retrieved by the terror group. Based on pictures of the drones, experts say they were of Iranian origin.

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The Israeli military releases footage of what it says was an attempt by pro-Iranian operatives to launch an explosives-laden drone into northern Israel from Syria last Thurday.
In the footage, four men can be seen carrying the craft as they walk through fields.
The IDF says it foiled the attempt to launch the drone, but declines to say precisely how.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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Hong Kong – Police in Hong Kong drew their guns Sunday night after a small group of protesters attacked officers with sticks and rods, and used tear gas to clear pro-democracy demonstrators who had taken over a street. The confrontations were the latest violence in a summer of protests that have shaken the city’s government [...]

Unidentified UAV targets convoy of Iraqi Shiite militia, killing field commander and at least 5 other fighters, amid spiraling tensions between Jerusalem and Tehran

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif not scheduled to meet American officials, rushes into meeting with the French foreign minister

 Nasty Graffiti Painted In Broad Daylight At Mesivta Tiferes YerushalayimThe NYPD was investigating after some nasty and explicit graffiti was scrawled on the famed Mesiva Tiferes Yerushalayim building located at 147 East Broadway on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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Houston – A U.S. Army commander of a recruiting company in Houston was suspended after he distributed a memo in which he used the phrase “Arbeit Macht Frie.” The phrase, which means “Work Will Set You Free,” was displayed on the gate of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. The commander, whose name and unit have [...]

Montreal – Hundreds of children in a Hasidic community near Montreal were vaccinated against measles after five confirmed cases cropped up in recent weeks. Some 350 children in the Tosh Hasidic community were vaccinated over four days in two temporary clinics set up by the public health authority, the Canadian Jewish News reported The free [...]

Emergency service says it's the 18th time they've seen this happen in the capital in past year, encourages residents to check on neighbors, family

Middle East – From the vast deserts of Saudi Arabia to the crowded neighborhoods of Beirut, a drone war has taken flight across the wider Middle East, raising the stakes in the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran. In the year since President Donald Trump withdrew America from Iran’s nuclear deal, there’s been an [...]

Touring Golan with IDF chief, PM vows to ‘expose every Iranian attempt to attack us,’ praises army’s ‘perfect’ work in foiling Iranian drone plot

The United States condemned the deadly terror attack on Friday that killed an Israeli teenage girl, in addition to injuring her brother and father.
“Another savage attack by Palestinian terrorists kills an Israeli teenager enjoying time with her family. This isn’t the path to peace, just endless suffering. May her memory be a blessing. Our prayers are with her family especially her father & brother also wounded in the attack,” tweeted U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt.
Rina Shnerb, 17, of Lod, succumbed to her wounds after being critically injured and treated at the scene. She was buried in her home city of Lod at 3.30 p.m., just one week after celebrating her birthday.

White House Says Trump Regrets Not Raising Tariffs HigherPresident Donald Trump said Sunday that he had second thoughts about escalating the trade war with China, but the White House later reversed that message saying the president was misinterpreted and that his only regret in hiking tariffs is that he didn’t raise them higher.
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Newton, CT – Anti-Semitic graffiti was painted on the exterior walls of a synagogue in Connecticut. The graffiti on the Congregation Adath Israel synagogue building in Newtown was discovered at 7:30 Saturday morning. The graffiti was removed and painted over prior to the start of scheduled Shabbat services with the assistance of the town’s Public [...]

It's not clear what caused ceiling to give way; local reports say 2 staff members were in classroom, but left when they heard creaking noises


Abba is often a child’s first word. Yet unlike other early learned words, abba sticks throughout one’s entire life, due to its dual meaning. With selichos and Rosh Hashanah approaching, there is no better time to remind ourselves on who our true abba is. We present you with one of Jewish Music’s hottest songs of the summer- ‘Abba’, joined by the incredible Simcha Leiner, and The Yedidim Choir.
Video taken on August 13, 2019 at The Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation, at the Atkin & Mallin Wedding.
Abba
Composed by Bentzi Stein with Yiddish Lyrics by Avraham Fried
Sung by Avraham Fried and Ari Hill
Production: Aaron Teitelbaum -The Aaron Teitelbaum Orchestra
Video Concept: Chad Kaminetsky

Washington – Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman ad tea party favorite turned radio talk show host, announced a longshot challenge Sunday to President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020, saying the incumbent is “completely unfit” for office and must be denied a second term. “Somebody needs to step up and there needs [...]

Some 44,000 soldiers to tackle blazes in six states as President Jair Bolsonaro tries to temper global concerns over fate of rainforest

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