In announcing honor, culture minister lauds Jeff Finkelstein's efforts to heal Jewish community after synagogue shooting and to raise funds for New Zealand mosque massacre victims

Washington – The Trump administration is offering rewards of up to $10 million each for information that disrupts the finances of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah organization. The State and Treasury departments say the money will be paid to people who provide information such as the names of Hezbollah donors and financiers, bank records, customs receipts or [...]

18-year-old Tomer Frankfurter was trying to mimic a popular social media photograph when he plummeted nearly 600 feet last year

Vaad Rabbonim On Transportation Seeking To Turn Buses To & From The Kosel Into Mehadrin LinesThe Vaad Rabbonim for Transportation on Monday morning released information to travelers on public buses to the Kosel on how to turn these lines into mehadrin lines.

President Donald Trump sued his own accounting firm and the Democratic chairman of the House Oversight Committee at the same time on Monday – trying an unusual tactic to stop the firm from giving the committee details about Trump’s past financial dealings.
The suit, filed in federal court in the District of Columbia, seeks a court order to block a subpoena issued by the committee to Mazars USA last week.
It amounts to Trump – the leader of the executive branch of government – asking the judicial branch to stop the legislative branch from investigating his past.
To do so, Trump wants the court to negate an idea that has guided Congress for decades: that the legislature’s investigative power isn’t just meant to research possible legislation.

Brooklyn, NY – The Pupa Rebbetzin, Mrs. Miriam Greenwald, the mother of the Pupa Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald, passed away this afternoon at the age of 101. Born in Vodkert, Hungary to Rabbi Yisoscher Berman Weber and his wife Chana, the Pupa Rebbetzin was the great-niece of both the Arugas Habosem, Rabbi Moshe Greenwald, [...]

Defiantly insisting that he did nothing wrong, president says he is not worried at all about prospect of Congress pursuing action against him

New York – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation on Earth Day that bans the sale of single-use plastic bags in New York starting in March 2020, a significant step to reduce pollution and protect fish and wildlife. “Single-use” plastic bags do not degrade and often wind up as litter on lands and in waters, [...]

PM also phones outgoing leader Petro Poroshenko to thank him for Israel support, ambassador says

 Young Boy From Monsey Struck & Killed By Bus in Beitar IllitA joyful trip to Israel for Pesach has turned to heartbreaking tragedy for a family from Monsey, New York. 3-year-old Baruch Eisenberg was struck and killed by a bus in Beitar Illit on Monday evening, Chol Hamoed.
Read more on Yeshiva World News

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An attack on a Jewish man on the streets of London was caught in a dashcam video. The attacker is seen on video with a a rod in his hand chasing the victim, who escaped with minor injuries. The attack occurred outside a shul in the Stamford Hill neighborhood.
The director of the North London Jewish community said that there was “no doubt” that the attack was anti-Semitic in nature and that there has been an increase in anti-Semitic attacks in Stamford Hill recently.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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State and Treasury Departments seek names of donors and financiers, bank records, customs receipts or evidence of real estate transactions

URWP's long list of demands ahead of coalition talks to also include law barring High Court from overriding Knesset legislation, reducing authority of AG and state comptroller

Outrage After Some French Protesters Urge Police SuicidesWith French police suicides on the rise, Paris authorities are investigating yellow vest protesters who encouraged police to kill themselves.
Radical protesters have clashed with police nearly every weekend for five months on the margins of largely peaceful yellow vest demonstrations demanding more help for France’s beleaguered workers, retirees and students.

The Lakewood Vizhnitz Kehilla, led by Rav Eliezer Hager, went into contract erev Yom Tov to purchase the flea market located on Route 70 in Lakewood, New Jersey.
The land is being bought to build a 160 unit development for the growing chassidus.
The Kehilla is expected to close on the property right after Pesach.
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Health officials say 71 more cases were reported last week, with 68 of them from New York; total number thus far in 2019 already highest since 2014, when 667 cases were reported

Justice Ministry official tells TV channel prime minister's legal team may be stalling in bid to delay hearing, says tactic won't work

Israeli army says Grahame Morris should apologize for accusations, based on misrepresented clip, that IDF soldiers beat Palestinian children for the fun of it

Avri Gilad called out for peddling 'unequivocally untrue' conspiracy theories on Channel 13 morning show

Beitar Illit, Israel – A trip to Israel to celebrate a major milestone over Pesach turned tragic for one Monsey family when their three year old son was killed by a bus on a visit to Beitar Illit. The fatal incident took place at approximately 4:20 this afternoon on Rechov Hachoze M’Lublin. Baruch Eisenberg was [...]

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