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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Mariposa County, CA – Authorities say an Israeli teenager who fell to his death last year at an iconic waterfall in California’s Yosemite National Park was trying to mimic a popular social media photograph when he fell. Officials said Tomer Frankfurter of Jerusalem died Sept. 4 that he was near the top of Nevada Fall [...]

Dallas, TX – New population estimates show that the Dallas-Fort Worth area led American cities in new residents from 2017 to 2018. U.S. Census Bureau numbers show that the two cities, along with Arlington in between, grew by nearly 131,700 residents and have gained more than a million residents since 2010. Houston and its neighboring [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Columbia, SC – Democrat Elizabeth Warren is proposing the elimination of existing student loan debt for millions of Americans, part of a sweeping set of education funding proposals announced as she and other presidential candidates seek to differentiate themselves in a sprawling field. The Massachusetts senator says the proposal unveiled Monday would eliminate almost all [...]