At Least 7 Hit, 1 Fatally, In Sunday Afternoon ShootingAuthorities say seven people have been shot, at least one fatally, in Baltimore.
Police department spokeswoman Chakia Fennoy said authorities received a call shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday reporting that multiple people had been shot.
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The Likud Party opened coalition negotiations with Yahadut HaTorah on Sunday evening.
Minister Yariv Levin, who is heading the Likud team, congratulated Yahadut HaTorah for its growth following the recent election and noted, “In the previous coalition negotiations, they were the first to sign the agreement, and I hope that we will uphold this tradition. We see you as loyal partners. We worked very well for a long time in the previous government, and we also managed to overcome disputes. I am sure we will succeed in finding solutions that will also bring us to a stable government this time.”
 
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 NY Gov. Cuomo Can Endorse ‘Whoever He Likes’New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is shrugging off her state’s governor’s endorsement of former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign over her own.
Speaking to reporters after an event Friday at a bar in Nashua, New Hampshire, Gillibrand said, “Our governor can endorse whoever he likes, but I am the best candidate to defeat President Trump, and I will.”
Fellow Democrat and New York Gov.

Ultra-nationalist Vox party gets just over 10% of the vote in a country that has had no far-right party to speak of since the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975

Jerusalem – Currency used in the Theresienstadt Ghetto was donated to the National Library of Israel. The six bills featuring a Star of David and a sketch of Moses holding the Ten Commandments were received by the National Library days before Israel’s Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. They are worth a total of 263 [...]

 Trump Urges Vaccinations To Prevent Spread Of Measles; NYC Issues 38 Violations To Williamsburg ResidentsTrump, speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday, said that people “have to get their shots.”
He added that vaccinations “are so important.”
Measles in the U.S.

The US decision to end sanctions waivers for purchases of Iranian oil later this week will backfire by angering Washington’s allies, Tehran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tells Fox News.
Zarif said US policy is designed to make life hard for the Iranian people so they will “take action” against the Tehran government.
“People are not happy. China is not happy, Turkey is not happy, Russia is not happy. France is not happy. US allies are not happy that this is happening and they say that they will find ways of resisting it.
Zarif also says that Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal because he did not like his predecessor, Barack Obama.
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Know Your Codes To Determine If Chametz Was Produced After PesachFor shoppers in Israel, kashrus is confusing at times and for consumers wishing to buy products manufactured after Pesach and not chametz that was sold, it requires knowing production codes.
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Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein shot in both hands, 8-year-old Noya Dahan suffers shrapnel wounds and her uncle Almog Peretz wounded in leg

A major Jewish organization is refusing to accept the New York Times’ apology for the Times publishing a cartoon depicting the prime minister of Israel as a dog.
The cartoon, of Netanyahu’s face with dog ears and a dog body, with a blue Jewish star and a leash held by a yarmulke-wearing Donald Trump, was published in the New York Times International Edition on Thursday, April 25.

California Man Convicted Of Bombing Israeli Bus Loses US CitizenshipA 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.
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Indianapolis – Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican foreign policy sage known for leading efforts to help the former Soviet states dismantle and secure much of their nuclear arsenal, but whose reputation for working with Democrats cost him his final campaign, died Sunday. He was 87. The Lugar Center issued a statement saying Lugar [...]

Coming exactly six months after Pittsburgh carnage, Poway synagogue attack raises questions about a nationwide rise in anti-Semitism and in hate crimes generally

Man Riding An Electric Bicycle Struck By A Bus Dies Of InjuriesThe man struck by a bus while riding on an electric bicycle on Route 444 near Elad on motzei Shabbos, as reported by YWN-Israel, died of his massive injuries in Tel Hashomer Hospital.
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Movement known for placing emissaries around the world to connect with unaffiliated Jews and provide spiritual home away from home, emphasizing openness

Chabad leaders worldwide are warning Jewish communities about the possibility of more anti-Semitic terrorist attacks like the San Diego synagogue shooting.
In a message put out after the shooting on the last night of Pesach, which claimed the life of Lori Kayne, Chabad leaders said that “our regional leaders are very worried about the security of every Chabad house and center in hundreds of communities in the U.S. and throughout the world.”
Chabad expressed its gratitude to the municipal and national agencies that worked closely with the organization to ensure the safety of community members.

Six bills feature a Star of David and a sketch of Moses holding the Ten Commandments; Jews were forced to exchange regular money upon entering camps or ghettos during Holocaust

Washington – American Airlines pilots have warned that Boeing Co’s draft training proposals for the troubled 737 MAX do not go far enough to address their concerns, according to written comments submitted to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and seen by Reuters. The comments were made by the Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents pilots [...]

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit denies a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawyers to delay a indictment hearing scheduled for May 10.
In his decision, Mandelblit says he will not reschedule the hearing because Netanyahu’s lawyers have not yet collected the investigation materials from his office.
“This delay will not have an affect on the date of the hearing,” he says, according to reports in Hebrew-language media.
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