President Donald Trump was walking across the sun-splashed airport tarmac in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017 when the Israeli leader playfully warned his political ally about the confusing protocol he was about to encounter on his first visit to Israel as president.
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With the continued measles outbreak in Rockland, County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert remind residents of the importance of getting vaccinated. As of May 24, there are 247 confirmed reported cases of measles in the county since the outbreak began in October 2018.

Webcast will offer a halachic, hashkafic and psychological perspective on the role of today’s grandparents in their grandchildren’s lives
 
New York, NY, May 16, 2019—Chai Lifeline will present “Grandchildren in Crisis,” a discussion with Rabbi Lipa Geldwerth, Rov of Khal Kol Torah in Brooklyn, and renowned psychologist Dr.

U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler was getting medical attention after he appeared to swoon during a news conference in New York City.
The chairman of the House Judiciary committee had given remarks at an event about speed enforcement cameras in school zones when he slumped in his chair on Friday.

As YWN reported on Thursday, the Moshav founded by R’ Shlomo Carlebach Z”L (Mevo Modiim) was virtually destroyed by wildfires on Thursday. But miraculously, one structure was not touched by the flames – the community Shul.

The central Lag B’Omer Medurah in Bait Vegan was held on Wednesday night near the home of the previous Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Hagaon HaRav Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron.
The event was organized by the D’vei Eliyahi Yeshiva, headed by HaRav Moshe Edri.

Big cities in the U.S. aren’t growing like they used to.
Most of the nation’s largest cities last year grew by a fraction of the numbers they did earlier in the decade, according to population and housing unit estimates released Thursday by the U.S.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls Betsy DeVos the “worst secretary of education we’ve seen.” Sen. Amy Klobuchar says DeVos “shouldn’t be in her job.” Beto O’Rourke’s take on DeVos: “We can do better.”

A banker who prosecutors say tried to buy himself a senior post in President Donald Trump’s administration by making risky loans to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Thursday to a financial institution bribery charge.
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Plans to build a new Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York are moving forward, a sign that the interstate feuding that stalled the process over the last several years may finally be coming to an end.
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