London – The brother of a kosher supervisor slain last year in Chicago will name a kosher food outlet in London after him. Rabbi Yossi Moscowitz told the Jewish Chronicle that he will name the store, which will operate out of the Chabad House in Wimbledon, in south London, after his brother, Eliahu Moscowitz. The [...]

Preparations are well underway at the tziyun of the Rashbi, where hundreds of thousands if mispallalim will visit on Lag B’Omer.
United Hatzalah and Hachnasas Orchim are working in earnest to prepare for the annual event.

Lori Gilbert-Kaye's daughter says she would have forgiven her killer; state department envoy on anti-Semitism vows to fight the evil across US

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Daniel Nachmani to the maximum sentence for the offenses he committed: life imprisonment plus 16 years in prison and maximum monetary compensation for the family of the deceased.
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Jerusalem – Earlier this month, just hours before the start of Passover, the British Labour Party tweeted out holiday greetings to its more than 671,000 followers. “As Jewish people prepare for Passover, we’re wishing everyone in the Jewish community chag sameach,” read the now deleted message, which was accompanied by the image of a Star [...]

Iran’s armed forces chief of staff threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route, in response to U.S. sanctions on the regime, which he labeled as “hostility,” reported the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“We are not after closing the Strait of Hormuz, but if the hostility of enemies increase, we will be able to do so,” Mohammad Bagheri told the outlet. “Also, if our oil does not go through the strait, other countries’ oil will certainly not cross the strait, too,” he added.
The strait lies between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman as the sole maritime passage from the former to the open ocean.
Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled al-Jarallah expressed alarm over Bagheri’s remarks.

For the first time in five years, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appeared in a video released by the terror group on Monday.
It’s unclear when the footage was filmed but Baghdadi uses past tense to refer to the months-long fight for Baghouz, ISIS’s final bastion in eastern Syria, Agence France-Presse reported. That dispute ended last month.
The reclusive boss was last heard from in August 2018, when he urged his supporters to “persevere” in an audio recording. He has appeared in public only once in 2014. The US has offered a $25 million reward for information leading to his death or capture.
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Brooklyn, NY – The MTA has identified the driver who allegedly made discriminatory remarks to a Chasidic passenger earlier this month referring the large number of reported cases of the highly contagious virus that has swept through Williamsburg’s Jewish community, placing her on restrictive duty while it investigates the incident. While not identifying the bus [...]

The condition of Tehila ben Zino has unfortunately deteriorated, and she is in need of Rachmei Shomayim, requiring brain surgery, which took place today. Tehila’s surgery began at 3:00PM Monday, and the family is calling on Klal Yisrael to continue being mispallel on her behalf.