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Connecticut plane crash likely deliberate; investigating Jordanian student

Connecticut plane crash likely deliberate; investigating Jordanian student

The plane slammed into a utility pole and burst into flames on Tuesday, killing a flight student aboard and leaving an instructor with serious burns.… Read More ›

UN reminds FIFA that settler soccer teams are illegal

UN reminds FIFA that settler soccer teams are illegal

Pressure on FIFA to address the issue of settlement soccer clubs has increased in recent weeks.   The United Nations reminded FIFA on Wednesday that… Read More ›

US-based BDS group seeks to lobby Congress

US-based BDS group seeks to lobby Congress

A briefing on Capitol Hill, which was sponsored by the group, was quickly canceled after its hostility toward the Jewish state was revealed by US… Read More ›

Over 850 volunteers to conduct Yom Kippur services in secular communities

Over 850 volunteers to conduct Yom Kippur services in secular communities

The male volunteers lead the services, and at least ten are sent to every community to ensure there is a minyan.   Throngs of Israeli… Read More ›

Israeli rabbinical group to host thousands of unaffiliated Jews for Yom Kippur services

Israeli rabbinical group to host thousands of unaffiliated Jews for Yom Kippur services

More than 55,000 people expected at 300 locations across country for traditional prayer sessions run by volunteers   The Tzohar rabbinical organization will host more… Read More ›

Facebook wants to fly drones over its Silicon Valley headquarters

Facebook wants to fly drones over its Silicon Valley headquarters

  The skies above Facebook’s Silicon Valley headquarters may soon be buzzing with the sound of quadcopter drones. That’s because the company plans to fly… Read More ›

TRUMP: Women have told me they’ve ‘heard a lot worse’ than my lewd tape

TRUMP: Women have told me they’ve ‘heard a lot worse’ than my lewd tape

  Donald Trump continued to call his obscene remarks about women captured in a leaked 2005 audio recording “locker room talk” on Fox News Tuesday… Read More ›

Donald Trump returns to his vicious primary self, and there’s nothing the RNC can do to stop him

Donald Trump returns to his vicious primary self, and there’s nothing the RNC can do to stop him

  Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, tossed acid on top members of his own party Tuesday, signaling a return to the combative and undisciplined… Read More ›

Omaha, NE – Cash Is Piling Up Faster Than Warren Buffett Can Invest It

Omaha, NE – Cash Is Piling Up Faster Than Warren Buffett Can Invest It

  Omaha, NE – Warren Buffett has the kind of money problem most people would envy: a growing mountain of cash. Nearly $73 billion piled… Read More ›

Irvine, CA – California Kaparos Ban Could Set Dangerous Religious Precedent Warn RCA And OU

Irvine, CA – California Kaparos Ban Could Set Dangerous Religious Precedent Warn RCA And OU

  Irvine, CA – A California court ban on the practice of kaparos has two major Orthodox Jewish organizations expressing concern that the move could… Read More ›

Hartford, CT – Now Hear This: Emergency Agencies Turn Off Radio Encryption

Hartford, CT – Now Hear This: Emergency Agencies Turn Off Radio Encryption

  Hartford, CT – Some police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal dispatch communications from the public, acknowledging that radio encryption has… Read More ›

Outpouring of support for ‘unstable’ Thai King

Outpouring of support for ‘unstable’ Thai King

Bangkok – Well-wishers in Thailand are praying for the health of their beloved King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, who has been hospitalized and is in an “unstable”… Read More ›

Nobody wants to host the Olympic Games

Nobody wants to host the Olympic Games

Cities used to covet the Olympic Games. Hosting them meant glamour and prestige. Not anymore. Rome became the latest city to abandon a bid for… Read More ›

Trump trashes Ryan: ‘I don’t want his support’

Trump trashes Ryan: ‘I don’t want his support’

Washington – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that he doesn’t “want” or “care” about having House Speaker Paul Ryan’s support in an interview in… Read More ›

Israeli medical services brace for busy Yom Kippur

Israeli medical services brace for busy Yom Kippur

Magen David Adom prepares to deal with people suffering ill effects of fasting, along with hundreds of bicycle crashes   Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue… Read More ›

Kol Nidre live streams offer forgiveness with a click

Kol Nidre live streams offer forgiveness with a click

A growing list of non-Orthodox synagogues are bringing the sights and sounds of Yom Kippur services to tens of thousands online   JTA — Plenty… Read More ›

Met exhibition on medieval Jerusalem has lots of harmony, not so much Judaism

Met exhibition on medieval Jerusalem has lots of harmony, not so much Judaism

‘Landmark’ new show featuring 200 stunning artifacts from across the globe is heavy on Christian and Muslim themes, lighter on Jewish ones, and painstakingly avoids… Read More ›

National service volunteers to work with migrant children

National service volunteers to work with migrant children

Minister Lieberman ordered that IDF soldiers will no longer volunteer with migrant children; vacuum left by them will likely be filled by national service volunteers.… Read More ›

Victory of Orthodox Judaism is everyone’s defeat

Victory of Orthodox Judaism is everyone’s defeat

Op-ed: A moment before Yom Kippur, it seems we have never been further away from Judaism as a basis of collective identity—a myth, tradition and… Read More ›

Seeking forgiveness, on behalf of Israel’s rabbis

Seeking forgiveness, on behalf of Israel’s rabbis

Op-ed: Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau writes about Yom Kippur and the need to preserve Israel’s Jewish nature—for the generations to come. It is… Read More ›