Queens, NY – A thief stole $30,000 worth of doors and air vents from mausoleums at a historic Jewish cemetery in New York. The missing doors to seven mausoleums and 75 air vents were reported missing on Sunday from the Beth Olam Jewish Cemetery located on the border of Brooklyn and Queens, the New York [...]

Washington – President Donald Trump says that “nobody” disobeys his orders, a reference to the Mueller report, which paints a deeply unflattering picture of his presidency. Trump made the comments Monday during the annual Easter Egg roll when asked by reporters about special counsel Robert Mueller’s portrayal of a White House in which staffers often [...]

Hassan Nasrallah says Jewish state will not be able to clinch victory with air power alone; mocks failure to thwart Gaza rocket fire at Tel Aviv

Child, reportedly visiting from US, reportedly bolted into street in Beitar Illit; driver detained

 I Am Being Warned Not To Take The Justice Ministry PortfolioCoalition negotiations are underway as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hopes to assemble another coalition government. As is always the case, there are always demands for the various government portfolios, with a focus on the senior posts.
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Warsaw – The Catholic Church in Poland poured scorn Monday on an anti-Semitic ritual enacted over the Easter holiday that involved an effigy of Judas represented by a stereotypical Jew being hanged, burned and beaten. Residents, among them children, beat and burned the effigy in Pruchnik, a small town in southeast Poland, on Good Friday. [...]

Oh No! There’s Oatmeal Cereal in the Diaper Bag! [A Pesach Halachic Analysis](by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times)
For some reason it was missed. The oatmeal cereal was left in the diaper bag. The father was doing the bedikah in the house – and the diaper bag was with his wife at his in-law’s house. 

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says Democrats have become an ’embarrassment’ to their party and public service by choosing to attack President Trump instead of work with him.
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US says blocking access to key oil route would be unacceptable; Turkey blasts Washington decision as one that'll harm Iranian people

Parks authority working to move Cuvier's beaked whale from coastline to determine the cause of death

Written Negotiations Only Between Likud & Yahadut Hatorah Until After PesachYahadut Hatorah officials have given a written list of its demands to Likud’s Yariv Levin as coalition negotiations between the parties will be limited to writing during Pesach week.
While the chareidi parties, Shas and Yahadut Hatorah, have recommended Binyamin Netanyahu receive the presidential mandate to form a coalition government, talks will not officials get underway until after Pesach.

Tens of thousands of Yidden attended a mass Birkas Kohanim this morning at the Kosel. The large Birkas Kohanim is held every Chol Hamoed and draws tremendous crowds.
The entire Old City of Yerushalayim was closed to vehicles as thousands streamed by foot and via bus to the Kosel. Some had davened Shacharis elsewhere, while others took part at minyanim at the Kosel.
All joined together for the central Birkas Kohanim,with the Kosel chazzan calling out the bracha over a microphone. Hundreds of kohanim gathered at the front of the minyan, right by the Kosel, to bentch their fellow Yidden.

Highlights of a “Kinnus Taharas Hakodesh” gathering by thousands of Satmar chassidim at Arthur Ashe Stadium to raise $12 million for Israeli institutions that refuse to take funds from the Israeli government. The event was arranged by the Satmar faction led by Rav Zalman Teitelbaum of Satmar in Williamsburg.
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Foreign Ministry warning comes as island nation blocks access to most social media, following deadly bombings that killed nearly 300 people

This event took place in Elad, Israel, with over 10,000 participants, accompanied by the Ruvi Banet orchestra and the Malchus Choir.

The mother of the Pupa Rebbe, Rebbetzin Miriam Greenwald, wife of the previous rebbe of Pupa, Rav Yosef Greenwald, author of the Vayechi Yosef, is in serious condition and in need of rachamei Shomayim.
The first day of Yom Tov, the news reached Williamsburg that the 100-year-old rebbetzin was rushed to the hospital.

Jerusalem – Is the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict dead? After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coasted to another victory in this month’s Israeli election, it sure seems that way. On the campaign trail, Netanyahu ruled out Palestinian statehood and for the first time, pledged to begin annexing Jewish settlements in the West Bank. His [...]

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