Nazi symbols spray-painted on a monument to Holocaust victims in Ukraine that was erected near their mass graves. Nazi symbols were spray-painted on a monument to Holocaust victims in Ukraine that was erected near their mass graves. The letter X was painted on the Star of David emblazoned on the monument near the western city of Ternopil. A swastika was drawn on the Hebrew-language section of the monument and the SS symbol on the part in English. Police have no suspects in connection with the incident, which occurred earlier this month. Eduard Dolinsky, the director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, described the vandalism in a post Friday on Facebook. Elsewhere in Ukraine, building contractors helped the Jews of Kovel remove tons of debris made up of headstones from the former g...
'Israel has no greater friend than America, and America has no greater friend than Israel.' Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the annual AIPAC Policy Conference via satellite Monday afternoon. "Israel is fast becoming a global technological power and we're very proud of this. All of this is due to Israeli ingenuity and determination, the same ingenuity and determination which enabled us to build a a strong army, a robust economy and a resilient society. We did not accomplish this alone, we relied on the steadfast support of the US." Netanyahu said. The Prime Minister praised the strong US-Israel relationship. "Israel has no greater friend than America, and America ha no greater friend than Israel." "Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm confident our lives...
Speaking to thousands of pro-Israel activists, Vice President Mike Pence said the United States is still considering moving the US Embassy in Israel — an action expected to be met with strong opposition in the Arab world. “After decades of simply talking about it, the President of the United States is giving serious consideration to moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” Pence told the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Sunday. The pro-Israel lobby, popularly known as AIPAC, is holding the event in Washington. The embassy promise was a mainstay of President Trump’s campaign speeches, but the administration backed off making the move immediately once it took office. In the interim, the new US Ambassador to...
My grandparents were Nazis. It took me until recently to be able to say — or write — this. I used to think of and refer to them as “ordinary Germans,” as if that was a distinct and morally neutral category. But like many “ordinary Germans,” they were members of the Nazi Party — they joined in 1937, before it was mandatory. My grandmother, who lived to be almost 100, was not, as I knew her, xenophobic or anti-Semitic; she did not seem temperamentally suited to hate. Understanding why and how this woman I knew and loved was swept up in a movement that became synonymous with evil has been, for me, a lifelong question. She and my grandfather grew up in a working-class suburb of industrial Dortmund, where unemployment was rife; it had been...
Israeli President refuses to grant pardon to ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, now serving jail term for corruption charges. President Reuven Rivlin has denied former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s request for a presidential pardon, obliging Olmert to fulfill the remainder of his jail sentence. Olmert, who served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2009, was convicted in connection with two separate corruption scandals. In 2016 Olmert, then 70, began his 19-month sentence, becoming the first Israeli Prime Minister to be incarcerated. In his decision to reject the pardon request, President Rivlin wrote that the unique circumstances of Olmert’s conviction and his years of service at the highest levels of government were already taken into consideration by the court when Olmert w...
The Senate Intelligence Committee will reportedly question Jared Kushner as part of its probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The committee wants to question Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and one of his close advisers, about meetings he arranged with the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, The New York Times reported. According to the Times, the White House Counsel’s office was told this month about the panel’s request. The White House has previously acknowledged a December meeting at Trump Tower between Kushner, Kislyak and former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Discussions at that meeting reportedly focused on the potential of better relations between the U.S. and Russia. The Times reported that Kislyak had requested a secon...
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 27, 2017 - If you are trying to reach Bnos Yisroel by phone, you'll have better luck emailing them at businessoffice@bnosyisroel.org as their phone system is currently out of service.
Jerusalem, Israel - Mar. 27, 2017 - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin  and members of the staff of the President’s Office joined volunteers from Rav Yitzchok Dovid Grossman Institutions in the main hall of Beit Hanasi to pack boxes of food and supplies for needy families for Pesach. The volunteers included IDF soldiers and students of Rav Grossman's educational institutions.  Rav Grossman, before establishing Migdal Ohr educational institutions and becoming Chief Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek, earned the nickname "Disco Rabbi" searching for troubled Israeli youth in discos.  President Rivlin and Israel Prize Laureate Rabbi Grossman spoke briefly to the volunteers at the event.  Rav Grossman shared with BJL a special ...
The election polls over recent months continue to show the Yesh Atid opposition party headed by Yair Lapid climbing, steadily. In fact, in the most recent polls, Lapid overtakes Likud by a seat or two to become the largest party in Knesset. That is not to say he will succeed in establishing a coalition government, as was the case with Tzipi Livni, who had a majority vote but after she could not build a coalition, the mandate was given to Binyamin Netanyahu and he formed a government. Whatever the case, Lapid, as he admits in the video, is preparing for the leadership position and he tells us plain and simply that both he and his party are ready to assume the leadership of the nation. While most parties are commenting, they oppose early elections amid a crisis between Prime Minister Binya...
Thomas Oppermann, Chairman of the Social-Democratic (SPD)-Parliamentary Group, which is the second largest political party in Germany and presently in the midst of a fiery campaign for leadership of the country versus Angela Merkel’s party, met a number of days ago in the Bundestag in Berlin with Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, Rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin. During the course of the meeting, they discussed the contents of a recently-published report documenting the rise in anti-Semitic incidents in Berlin during the year 2016, and Rabbi Teichtal offered Oppermann a taste of matzah in honor of the upcoming Ymotov of Pesach. Oppermann tasted the matzah and assured the Rabbi that his party will continue fighting anti-Semitism in the country. In a video message recorded by the two at t...
Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan on Sunday morning 28 Adar 5777 approved the new policy of municipal inspectors enforcing new regulations governing the operation of electric bicycles and electric scooters. The municipal inspectors will be trained to enforce these new regulations. The inspectors will be empowered to stop the violator, issue a fine, demand the operator identify himself, let the air out of the tires, and even confiscate the bicycle. Implementation of the new regulations will be gradual. During the first two months, the campaign will concentrate on educating the public. Beginning with month three, warnings will be issued and only beginning the fourth month will inspectors move to the enforcement stage. Erdan stated he has no doubt the actions of municipal inspectors ...
The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline dipped about a penny nationally during the past two weeks, to $2.34. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the price drop comes as crude oil prices also slipped during the same period. Gas in San Francisco was the highest in the contiguous United States at an average of $3.01 a gallon Friday. The lowest was in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at $2.01 per gallon. The U.S. average diesel price is $2.57, also down one cent.
President Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction — by harvesting ideas from the business world and, potentially, privatizing some government functions. The White House Office of American Innovation, to be led by Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, will operate as its own nimble power center within the West Wing and will report directly to Trump. Viewed internally as a SWAT team of strategic consultants, the office will be staffed by former business executives and is designed to infuse fresh thinking into Washington, float above the daily political grind and create a la...
Stocks around the world fell Monday, putting the Dow Jones Industrial Average on track for its longest losing streak since 2011 as doubts about the Trump administration's ability to push through on campaign promises percolated through global markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 166 points, or 0.8%, to 20430, which would mark its eighth consecutive day of declines. The S&P 500 dropped 0.9%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 1%. Government bonds, gold, and the yen found favor, while the WSJ Dollar Index was down 0.6%--around November levels--as investors continued to question expectations for business-friendly policies that helped propel stocks to record highs earlier this year See More Coverage »
Coalition Chairman (Likud) David Bitan announced on motzei Shabbos that Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon will have to give in regarding the matter of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the closure of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. Speaking to Meet the Press, Bitan explained some the prime minister is firm in his position and “he has done the math” and is aware if elections occur, Kahlon and his Kulanu party will be the big loser, not Likud. Bitan however stressed the fight is not over IBA but the fact that over one million Israelis voted for Likud and that being the case, a party with ten seats (Kulanu), or eight seats (Bayit Yehudi) cannot lead the government but Likud and Likud alone must leader government policy. Mr. Netanyahu feels the IBA has become too bloated and ...
Following her recent success in changing the ultra-libertarian hashkafa of newly-appointed justice, Justice Minister (Bayit Yehudi) Ayelet Shaked’s next hurdle is the appointment of a new president of the court. Current President Miriam Naor is stepping down in October and the question remains, who will replace her? Shaked is opposed to the slot being handed over based on seniority and is in no rush to fill the slot. Naor however sees things differently and she want the next session of the appointment committee to include a vote for Justice Esther Hayut as the new president. According to the Yediot Achronot report, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) refused Supreme Court Chief Justice Miriam Naor’s request to include in upcoming Judicial Selection Committee’s ...
A white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager resigned Sunday from the New York Police Department to avoid being fired following a disciplinary trial in a case that sparked outrage over police use of deadly force against black men and boys. Richard Haste was brought on departmental charges for demonstrating “poor judgment.” He was accused of not taking obvious steps to defuse a fatal standoff that ended in the 2012 death of Ramarley Graham inside the teen’s own bathroom, as his grandmother and little brother looked on in horror. Administrative Judge Rosemarie Maldonado found on Friday that Haste should be fired from the department. Technically, Haste had time to go over the findings before they would be presented to Police Commissioner James O’...
President Donald Trump’s failure to reform U.S. health care, his first legislative setback since entering the White House in January, weighed on global stock markets Monday, with many investors cautious about his ability to deliver on other campaign promises, such as tax cuts and big infrastructure spending. The dollar was a major loser, falling to four-month lows against a basket of currencies. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Britain’s FTSE 200 fell 0.7 to 7,287 while France’s CAC 40 dropped 0.3 percent to 5,005. Germany’s DAX was 0.7 percent lower at 11,976. U.S. stocks were poised for losses at the open too with Dow futures and the broader S&P futures down 0.7 percent. U.S. HEALTH OVERHAUL: Analysts said the failure of Republicans in the House of Representatives ...
For a first time in Israel, a supermarket chain is offering deliveries on Shabbos and this is what Tiv Tam is advertising. The new service is expected to get underway in May as the company is revamping its website to accommodate the new service. The chain operates on Shabbos and it has decided to expand its service to permit online orders on Shabbos morning, which will be delivered during the afternoon hours. Just last week the Chief Rabbinate announced the removal of its hechsher from all eight branches of Eden Teva Market, which is affiliated with Tiv Tam. Eden Teva Market decided it no longer requires kashrus supervision. Tiv Tam CEO Adi Cohen spoke to Yediot Achronot about Tiv Tam and Eden Teva, which it recently acquired. He explains Eden will not open on Shabbos and it will not se...
President Donald Trump’s aides opened the door to working with moderate Democrats on health care and other issues while Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer quickly offered to find common ground with Trump for repairing former President Barack Obama’s health care law. Schumer said Sunday that Trump must be willing to drop attempts to repeal his predecessor’s signature achievement, warning that Trump was destined to “lose again” on other parts of his agenda if he remained beholden to conservative Republicans. Trump initially focused the blame for the failure on Democrats and predicted a dire future for the current law. But on Sunday he turned his criticism toward conservative lawmakers for the failure of the Republican bill, complaining on Twitter: “D...
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