Israel is planning to formally name a new Jerusalem train stop after President Trump; Objections to the measles vaccine? Get the shots, faith leaders say

In a series of events which began as tragic but have become inspiring, Jews around the world have begun to unite to help a very special Beit Shemesh family.

The Breyers are a large, happy brood, with 8 kids at home, including one special needs daughter.
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Tel Aviv – E-commerce giant Amazon has reached out to Israeli retailers to enable them to sell directly to customers in Israel using its online platform. Amazon sent a letter to a select number of Israeli retailers inviting them to join its local delivery program that allows firms to use their current Amazon.com seller account [...]

A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorian embassy.
Judge Deborah Taylor said it was hard to imagine a more serious version of the offense as she gave the 47-year-old hacker a sentence close to the maximum of a year in custody.

New York – The New York Times editorial board said in an editorial published Tuesday that the newspaper’s publishing of “an appalling political cartoon” is “evidence of a profound danger — not only of anti-Semitism but of numbness to its creep.” The newspaper also acknowledged its own contributions to the rise of anti-Semitism, saying that: [...]

CNN's Don Lemon critiques President Donald Trump for his responses to questions on white nationalism after various acts of extremist violence.
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U.S. health officials will allow Philip Morris International to sell a cigarette alternative that heats tobacco without burning it.
But the Food and Drug Administration has not yet decided whether to allow the device, iQOS (EYE-kose), to be advertised as less harmful than cigarettes.

Washington – Senate Democrats are stinging from a trio of high-profile failures to recruit candidates who could help reclaim the majority, including Stacey Abrams’ announcement that she would pass up a U.S. Senate run in Georgia. That decision, announced Tuesday, was a blow to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. After Abrams gained fame from her [...]

Tel Aviv – Israeli researchers reported Wednesday that violent attacks against Jews spiked significantly last year, with the largest reported number of Jews killed in anti-Semitic acts in decades, leading to an “increasing sense of emergency” among Jewish communities worldwide. Capped by the deadly shooting that killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue [...]