Kaliver Rebbe of Eretz Yisrael Niftar at 96YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of the Kaliver Rebbe of Eretz Yisrael. The Rebbe was niftar in his Yerushalayim home a short time ago after CPR was performed.
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President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States did not pay any money to North Korea, which had issued a $2 million bill for the hospice care of American Otto Warmbier, the comatose University of Virginia student sent home from Pyongyang in 2017.
“No money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier, not two Million Dollars, not anything else,” Trump said in a tweet in which he suggested he has taken a different approach to hostage negotiations than his predecessor.
Trump reiterated the point two hours later as he spoke to reporters outside the White House.
“We did not pay money for our great Otto,” Trump said. “I haven’t paid money for any hostage. . . . We don’t pay money for hostages.”

Acting FM calls synagogue attack a 'horrible terrorist attack'; Chief Rabbi Lau calls for strengthening Chabad emissaries around the world

Gilad Erdan urges dismissal of those responsible for caricature of Trump and PM, whose son Yair calls paper 'anti-Semitic'

Researchers have developed a mechanism to translate brain activity into simple sentences, a breakthrough that could lead to new tools for people who are unable to communicate through speech.
In a paper published in Nature this week, a team from the University of California, San Francisco explained how they created a “neural decoder” that can create speech. The team included neurosergeon Edward Chang, computer scientist Gopala Anumanchipalli, and PhD student Josh Chartier.
“Our central goal was to make an ‘artificial vocal tract,'” Chartier told The Washington Post via email on Friday. “Not a real physical one, but a computer one that could generate full sentences, not just words.”
“Our goal is to help those who cannot speak to say what they wish to say,” he said.

Palestinian suspect arrested last month over plot to carry out attack in Ma'ale Adumim and 'derail' West Bank stability

'It can happen anywhere,' says father of 8-year-old Noya Dahan; her injured uncle says life in Sderot prepared him to respond to synagogue attack

The US Embassy in Israel has recently made the long-awaited announcement that Israeli nationals will be able to apply for an E-2 visa beginning May 1; this is great news

Family whose soldier son's remains are held in Gaza says prisoners freed in 'goodwill gesture' should have been part of a larger exchange involving Hamas

The second deadly attack on a congregation in six months leaves Jews in the US and Israel reeling, mourning, praising heroes and being dogged by anti-Semitism from all sides

Statement By Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters on the Fatal Poway ShootingUpon the close of the Sabbath and Passover holiday in New York, we learned of the shooting at Chabad of Poway, in San Diego. The murder of an innocent woman and the wounding of several others who were celebrating their faith in the synagogue, on the terra firma of our freedom-loving country, is appalling and heartbreaking.

'It was innocent,' says Olga Segal of her attempt to etch her dance troupe's name on a column that 'had names of people from all over the world scrawled on it'

New York, NY – A U.S. Marine killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan was honored by mourners from across the country at his funeral Friday in New York City, where he also was a decorated firefighter. The flag-draped casket of Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman was carried atop a fire engine from a Bronx funeral [...]

Friend says 60-year-old mother jumped in front of rabbi to save his life at Poway Chabad center; Israeli girl and her uncle reportedly injured in suspected anti-Semitic hate crime

Los Angeles – A Southern California man who was imprisoned in Israel for trying to bomb a bus has been sentenced in the U.S. for lying to immigration authorities when he became a citizen. Fifty-one-year-old Vallmoe Shqaire of Downey was sentenced to nine months in federal prison Friday for unlawfully procuring U.S. citizenship in 2008. [...]

Ultra-nationalist Vox could take more than 10% of the votes in country that had no far-right party to speak of since dictator Franco died in 1975

Albany, NY – Hundreds turned out Friday to honor a decorated World War II Marine in New York after a young friend ensured the 97-year-old’s life and death did not go unrecognized. Bob Graham had no living relatives when he died April 12 in Westchester County, north of New York City. Beth Regan, 27, befriended [...]

Former Democratic New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind was having none of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s condolences following the shooting that killed one in the Chabad of Poway, California.
“My heart is breaking after today’s deadly shooting at Chabad Congregation in San Diego—on the last day of Passover and 6 months to the day after the Tree of Life shooting. We as a nation must confront the terrifying rise of religious hate and violence. Love trumps hate,” Omar tweeted.
Hikind, who has previously taken the Somali Congresswoman to task for anti Israel tweets was quick to respond.

Jeffersonville – A city leader in southern Indiana is apologizing for making an anti-Semitic remark during a City Council meeting. Jeffersonville City Council Vice President Lisa Gill made the remark during the council’s April 15 meeting as the Fire Department was requesting a new service truck. The News and Tribune reports that after a Fire [...]

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