The Chabad-led Passover event at a hotel overlooking the former ghetto may have been memorable, but it was far from unprecedented, and calling it so misses the point, locals say

Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin has watched the launch of a new submarine intended to carry prospective underwater nuclear drones — a doomsday weapon capable of causing a devastating tsunami. During Tuesday’s visit to a military shipyard in St. Petersburg, Putin viewed the departure of the Belgorod nuclear submarine at the Sevmash plant in [...]

Video of anti-Semitic Easter revival in which kids take sticks to Judas doll sparks outrage among both Poles and Jews; minister calls ritual 'idiotic, pseudo-religious chutzpah'

An offshoot of Alphabet’s Google has become the first drone operator to receive government approval as an airline, an important step that gives it the legal authority to begin dropping products to actual customers.
The subsidiary, Wing, now has the same certifications that smaller airlines receive from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation. It plans to begin routine deliveries of small consumer items in two rural communities in Virginia within months, the company said.
“It’s an exciting moment for us to have earned the FAA’s approval to actually run a business with our technology,” Wing Chief Executive Officer James Ryan Burgess said in an interview. He called it “pivotal” both for his company and the drone industry in general.

When Sarah Koenig launched the law-oriented 'Serial,' she had no idea how big it would be. But after over 340 million downloads, will success mean reform on the ground?

In Facebook group for Bristol University undergraduates, Omar Chowdhury tells Izzy Posen her comments are 'like Israeli settlements, always popping up where they are not wanted'

Sri Lanka on Tuesday described the devastating string of Easter bombings that killed at least 321 people as a response to attacks on two mosques in New Zealand last month, even as the radical Islamic State group claimed responsibility.
Three hotels and three churches were attacked by suicide bombers on Sunday in an operation that was the subject of a warning days earlier in an intelligence report that circulated within the Sri Lankan government.
“Investigations have revealed that the attacks were carried out by Islamic extremists in retaliation for the mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand,” State Minister of Defense Ruwan Wijewardene told Parliament. On March 15, a white supremacist killed 50 Muslims in two mosques in Christchurch.

On Monday afternoon, a woman in Bnei Brak was preparing food for her family for Pesach when her hand got stuck in a blender. The woman, in her 40s, was treated at the scene by volunteers from United Hatzalah and was taken to the hospital with parts of the blender still attached to her hand.

New York – The S&P 500 index is closing at a record high, surpassing the peak it set last September and recouping all the ground it lost in a nosedive late last year. The Nasdaq index also closed at a record high Tuesday. The market has risen sharply since bottoming out on Christmas Eve, driven [...]