Jerusalem – Israel came to a standstill on Wednesday night as it began to mark the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah, with an opening ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. A two-minute-long siren will sound throughout the country on Thursday at 10 am, during which the entire country will [...]

 Orlando Pesach Program Guest Responds to the Reported FiascoThe following is an unedited response to a YWN article published on Chol Hamoed, detailing a fiasco at the “A Different Pesach Program” in Orlando.
Alan Sakowitz, a guest at the program, writes it was “one of the best Pesachs ever”.

Former FBI director James Comey lambasted Trump in a op-ed today for The New York Times that he billed as an attempt to explain Attorney General William Barr’s capitulation to the Oval Office. “How could Mr. Barr, a bright and accomplished lawyer, start channeling the president in using words like ‘no collusion’ and F.B.I. ‘spying’?” Comey began in the op-ed, which was published while Barr testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “And how could Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, after the release of Mr. Mueller’s report that detailed Mr. Trump’s determined efforts to obstruct justice, give a speech quoting the president on the importance of the rule of law?”

Iran criticized a US plan to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in Doha on Wednesday.
“The US is not in position to (..) start naming others as terror organizations and we reject by any attempt by the US in this regard,” he told reporters on a sideline of a conference. “The US is supporting the biggest terrorist in the region, that is Israel.”
President Donald Trump is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, the White House said on Tuesday, which would lead to sanctions against Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement.
Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
 
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Tallahassee, FL – More Florida classroom teachers could carry guns in school under a bill passed Wednesday by state lawmakers, the latest response to last year’s mass shooting at a Parkland high school. The Republican-led House voted 65-47 on Wednesday to send the bill to GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it. [...]

MK vows legislation to end attempts to 'reeducate the religious public' after Holon municipality compelled to allow mixed seating at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony

Israel Democracy Institute's Arik Rudnitzky says nation-state law led many Arabs to stay away, also cites collapse of Joint List; others have pointed to Likud cameras as deterrent

Transportation chief Israel Katz says country's roads and airports symbolize 'our true victory' over German extermination plans in World War II

Washington – “For me, it is over.” With those few words, Sen. Lindsey Graham, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee, set the tone for his party at an extraordinary hearing with Attorney General William Barr over special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference and possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. [...]

Barkat Informs Knesset Officials He Doesn’t Wish To Accept A SalaryFormer Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on Tuesday, sent a letter to Knesset comptroller Chaim Avidor, informing him that he doesn’t plan to take his monthly salary, and he will be working for NIS 1 annually.
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New film 'Sardari's Enigma' portrays how Abdol Hossein Sardari issued passports with an archaic -- and false -- Persian-Aryan ethnicity. So why isn't he honored by Israel?

 53 Pounds Of Marijuana Found Growing Inside Bnei Brak ApartmentA major drug bust took place today in Bnei Brak, when police discovered 108 marijuana plants growing inside a private apartment in the Chareidi city. Following special intelligence gathered and an ensuing investigation, police arrived at the apartment and arrested a 30-year-old suspect, who is married with three children.

OHEL’s Inaugural Real Estate 200 (RE200)  was the Real Deal!OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services welcomed 200 leading NEW York area real estate professionals to the landmark Apple Bank for Savings on the Upper West Side.
 

Seattle – Amazon.com Inc dismissed the idea of running a fully automated warehouse in the near future, citing the superior cognitive ability of humans and the limitations of current technology. Scott Anderson, director of Amazon Robotics Fulfillment, said current technology is at least 10 years away from fully automating the processing of a single order [...]

The prime minister of Kazakhstan, Askar Mamin, told a delegation of Jewish leaders from around the world about his plans to visit Israel by official invitation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and expressed hopes for expanding bilateral trade between the two countries, according to a statement by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC).
EAJC met with Mamin and Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday.

Three weeks after he won new term, prime minister's Holocaust memorial address underlines his personal conviction that he is uniquely capable of leading Israel

Netanyahu lauds Jewish people's ascension from the ashes to become 'a rising world power,' but warns of double threat posed by resurgent anti-Semitism and a belligerent Iran

Brooklyn, NY – Kendel Felix, who was previously convicted of first degree kidnapping and second degree murder in the 2016 killing of Williamsburg landlord Menachem Stark, was sentenced today to the minimum sentence of 15 years to life in prison in Brooklyn Supreme Court. There were tears on both sides of the courtroom prior to [...]

 Stone-Throwing Attacks Continue Throughout Yehuda & ShomronStone-throwing attacks continue to be a daily occurrence on roads throughout Yehuda and Shomron. In most cases, B’chasdei Hashem, there are no injuries. However, at times, there are injuries and most commonly, property damage to vehicles.

Gavin Williamson denies he was behind disclosure; his replacement named as Penny Mordaunt, who will be Britain's first female defense chief

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