Israel’s Ministry of Defense has revealed a new program to design a combat vehicle for the future. Three prototypes, showing off the latest technology that will enable manned and unmanned vehicles to secure terrain, were on display in a dusty field below a series of hills. Beyond one of the hills was a fake village, constructed to resemble the kind …
By SETH FRANTZMAN
Fast of Tisha B’Av: History and Laws – Sundown Saturday, August 10-Sundown Sunday August 11, 2019
Tisha B’Av Literally, the “ninth day” in the Jewish month of Av, which starts at sundown on the eighth day and concludes at sundown on the ninth day of Av. This is the day when the intensity of the entire three week mourning period reaches its peak. Tisha B’Av begins at sundown, Saturday, August 10 and concludes at sundown, Sunday, …
Raising Your Child for Something for Which You’re Entirely Unprepared
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
This week my family and I have the privilege of celebrating two significant and interrelated milestones. We celebrate the 15th anniversary of our arrival in Israel, taking on citizenship and planting our roots firmly in our historic homeland. And we celebrate (yes, celebrate) the induction into the IDF of our oldest son. When our youngest son was born in Jerusalem, …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Argentina: Latin America’s New Leader in Counterterrorism
By JOSEPH M. HUMIRE
This week we honor the 85 victims of the largest Islamist terrorist attack in Latin America’s history: the bombing the Asociación Mutual Isrealita Argentina (AMIA) on July 18, 1994. Twenty-five years have passed since the morning when a Renault van packed with 300 kilograms of explosives detonated in front of the AMIA building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It took more …
By JOSEPH M. HUMIRE
Dr. Oren M. Levin-Waldman, Socioeconomic Research Scholar, David Rubin, Author of “Trump and The Jews”, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large on Westchester On the Level – Wednesday, July 3, 2019 @ 10am EST
Computer access to Wednesday’s broadcast “Live” or “On Demand” is accomplished via this hyperlink … http://tobtr.com/s/11383981 Share your perspective and/or inquiry on topics discussed by calling 1-347-205-9201 The subject matter to be discussed by Dr. Oren Levin-Waldman from 10-11am is delineated by way of the following hyperlink: Progressive Politicians Still Don’t Get It: It Really is About the Middle …
Registration for Yonkers Hebrew School is Now Open!
By Rabbi MENDY HURWITZ
Welcome to Yonkers Hebrew School (2019-2020)! B”H YONKERS, NY — July 1, 2019 — Registration for Yonkers Hebrew School is now open! We welcome all Hebrew School students – and we look forward to a fun, exciting, enriching Hebrew School experience this year! $250 for the school year. Donations accepted. No child will be turned away for lack of funds! Dinner …
By Rabbi MENDY HURWITZ
Is History Repeating Itself In Middle East Current Events
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
A confluence of current Middle Eastern events, and a 38th anniversary observed this month, may foreshadow a similar outcome from then, in the future. The Middle East events unfolding are unique and parallel on two fronts: Iran and Turkey. But there is a connection. With Iran increasing its hostility to the US, Israel and world in general, the most recent …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Linda Sarsour and CAIR’s Disingenuous Campaign to Suppress Free Speech at US Army War College
By MEIRA SVIRSKY
Note: The following article, titled “Linda Sarsour & CAIR’s Disingenuous Campaign Against US Army War College,” and written by Meira Svirsky for the Clarion Project, appeared earlier today, June 11, 2019, and complements the one Raymond Ibrahim wrote yesterday. Linda Sarsour and her platform MPower Change has joined the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in an hysterical campaign to get Islamic scholar Raymond …
By MEIRA SVIRSKY
Lorraine Lopez, Hyperlocal Political Analyst, Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Mount Vernon Mayoral Candidate, David Rubin, Author, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large, on Westchester On the Level – Wednesday, June 12, 2019 @10am EST
Use the following hyperlink http://tobtr.com/s/11373625 to follow this broadcast of Westchester On the Level broadcast “Live” or “On Demand”. Call (347) 205-9201 to share your perspective or inquiry. Hyperlocal Political Analyst Lorraine Lopez shares her perspective of the Mount Vernon mayoral race vying to win the Democratic Primary Election between Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Clyde A. Isley, Richard Thomas, and André Wallace. …
Chabad of Yonkers Celebrates Shavuot – Sunday, June 9, 2019th @ 11:30am
C H A G S A M E A CH – H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S YONKERS, NY — June 7, 2019 — The schedule this weekend is as follows: SHAVUOT SCHEDULE Friday, June 7: Light Sabbath candles before sundown which is at 8:25 PM Saturday, June 8: Light candles: 9:16 PM …