NYPD Officer Shot In Manhattan; Suspect Shot & Killed, Another In CustodyAn NYPD Officer was shot on Thursday afternoon.
It happened at around 4:30PM at West 187 Street and Wasdworth Avenue in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.
The officer was shot in his arm, and was in stable condition.

Morocco Is A Trove Of Jewish History If You Know Where To GoWith its mountains and desert, beach resorts and Berber villages, Morocco is a feast for travelers of all kinds, including those who want to explore the kingdom’s deep Jewish roots.
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IAF Taking Part In Training Exercises In GreeceThe Israel Air Force is currently taking part in the “largest overseas Israeli Air Force exercises” the IAF tweeted.
Watch our fighter jets fly over the snowy peaks and wide fields of Greece as part of one of the largest overseas Israeli Air Force exercises pic.twitter.com/JnpgG8jBGR
— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) April 16, 2019

 Passengers Stranded in JFK Finally Get Flight to Israel For PesachFollowing a 22 hour delay at the JFK airport, during which passengers were sent home, dozens of families who were planning to spend Pesach in Israel were finally been given a flight to get them to their destination.

  The Unforgettable Passover of 1943 in Auschwitz-BirkenauPRINT THIS FOR THE SEDER:  The Unforgettable Passover of 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau
 
The following excerpt comes from the JewishGen Passover Companion 2019. It was written by Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Greengrass, who describes how Jews imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau managed to conduct a Seder.

In Donetsk, There Will Be Matzah Once AgainNews from the frontlines of eastern Ukraine’s five-year-old frozen war has long slipped from Western headlines, but for the people living in the region, daily reminders of the conflict’s existence abound.
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Boro Park CB12 Announces Extra Garbage Pickups & Important Sereifas Chometz InfoSanitation Pickup Schedule:
There will be a district-wide recycling pickup Bedikas Chometz night, April 18th. The pickup will start at 12 am and continue through the night. There will be district-wide regular pickup on Erev Pesach, April 19th, starting from 6:00 am throughout the day, until all trash is collected.

 NYC Health Dept Closes 3 More Satmar Williamsburg Yeshivas Due To MeaslesThe Health Department today announced it is issuing three civil summonses, subject to fines, to people who failed to comply with the Commissioner’s Emergency Order mandating measles vaccination.

 Pesach Is One Of The Most Wasteful Times In IsraelFollowing the release of Leket Israel’s fourth Report on Food Waste and Rescue in Israel, with a focus on food loss in the household consumption sector, it has recently been discovered that Pesach time is one of the most wasteful times of the year in Israel.
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