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Bomb Threat Sparks Fighter Jet Escort for Flight

Canadian fighter jets escorted a Cathay Pacific airliner coming from Hong Kong to a safe landing in Vancouver International Airport on Saturday following a bomb threat, officials said. Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that passengers had been safely taken off the plane and that nothing of concern had been found in the baggage. “This is incident is being taken very ...

Boca Raton, FL – Jewish State Senator Wins House Race In Special Election

Boca Raton, FL – A Democratic state senator on Tuesday handily won the first U.S. House race since Congress passed President Barack Obama’s massive health care overhaul.With 51% of precincts reporting, The Associated Press called the race for Democrat Ted Deutch, who had 61% of the vote compared to 36% for Republican underdog Ed Lynch. Independent candidate Jim McCormick trailed ...

Bnei Menashe in Israel: ‘It’s a Dream’

Fifty-three Jews who claim to be the descendants of a lost biblical Jewish tribe immigrated to Israel on Monday from their village in northeastern India, celebrating their arrival in a special operation after a five-year struggle to get in.The Bnei Menashe say they are descended from Jews banished from ancient Israel to India in the eighth century B.C.Israel’s Chief Rabbi ...

Bnei Brak rabbis:Don’t rent to refugees

A few months after the publication of a rabbis’ petition calling to avoid renting apartments in Tel Aviv to African immigrants, rabbis in Bnei Brak issue a similar halachic ruling Monday, prohibiting residents to rent out apartments in the religious city and its surroundings to African refugees and illegal immigrants at large.Read More: @ ynetnews.comReaders found more information by searching for:rabbis dont ...

Bnei Brak – Parents Worry After Entire Girls Seminary Class Not Engaged Yet

The girls in one class in a prestigious girls’ seminary in Bnei Brak are worried about a “wedding drought.” While dozens of girls from other classes are already successfully matched, none of the girls in the class has gotten engaged since the beginning of the year.The 19-year-old girls study in a post high-school track in the seminary. As customary in ...

Bnei Brak gets twin sister

The ultra-Orthodox central city of Bnei Brak has found a twin sister overseas – Lakewood, New Jersey, which also has a very large haredi community.In a ceremony held last week in the Israeli city, Bnei Brak Mayor Yaakov Asher and his American counterpart, Menashe Miller, signed a Twin City Alliance in a bid to jointly develop and advance the Torah ...

B’nai B’rith, JNF Holocaust Ceremony Marks Rescuers’ Heroism

The B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem and the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) are set to hold a joint Holocaust commemoration ceremony on April 19, Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoa).Every year the ceremony is dedicated to commemorating the heroism of Jews who rescued fellow Jews during the years of torment in Europe and by doing so resisted the Nazi murder ...

Bloomberg Compares Same-Gender Marriage To Slavery

Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned state lawmakers Thursday that if they oppose legalizing same-gender marriage they may be remembered as civil rights obstructionists similar to those who opposed the abolition of slavery and fought against giving women the right to vote.“The question for every New York state lawmaker is: Do you want to be remembered as a leader on civil rights? ...

Bloodbath Suspect Maksim Gelman Indicted In Manhattan

An alleged killer accused of murdering four people in Brooklyn before slashing a commuter on an uptown No. 3 train was arraigned Wednesday via video feed from the psychiatric ward at Bellevue Hospital.Appearing on his attempted murder and assault charges for the first time in Manhattan, an image of Maksim Gelman was transmitted to the courtroom. He has already been ...

Blood Donations Up ‘Thanks to Sex Segregation’

The Lev Malka organization, which runs dozens of blood drives every year, was surprised to receive a merit certificate from Israel’s Blood Bank for collecting as many as 21,726 blood units recently.Organization officials believe that the reason for the increase in blood donation was the separation between ultra-Orthodox men and women arriving to donate blood.“Without the segregation, the public would ...

Blaze Shatters a Heart of New York Jewish Life

The fire that severely damaged Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on Monday night sent ripples of distress across the Modern Orthodox community of Manhattan’s East Side and among Jews around New York familiar with Ramaz, its affiliated school.The synagogue was where generations of congregants gathered to pray — and schmooze — on the Sabbath, the place where they married their beloved, bar ...

Blair’s Sister-in-Law Incites Muslims to ‘Liberate’ Jerusalem

Laura Booth, sister-in-law of Quartet envoy Tony Blair, has called on “Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt liberate Al-Quds [Jerusalem].”The former British prime minister’s family member has previously sailed illegally to Gaza on a flotilla boat. She joined an anti-Israel rally in London Trafalgar’s Square, where another protest today (Sunday) may be the last as the mayor London vows to crack down on the incitement ...