YONKERS, NY — April 17, 2021 —The Yonkers City Council had earlier this week voted to accept a settlement in the amount of $175,000 in the case of Ihsan Malkawi for damages she suffered while under Yonkers Police Department custody. In 2019, Mrs. Malkawi had her hijab forcibly removed from her person. A hijab is a religious veil worn by …
By BRIAN HARROD
A Suggestion To Combat Bigotry, Hatred and Racism … A Lawn Sign Campaign
By Greenburgh Town Supervisor PAUL FEINER, Esq.
GREENBURGH, NY — April 10, 2021 — Black Lives Matter is a movement that started because of racism and hate. Anti-Semitic graffiti, Anti-Asian bias, crimes and harassment against the Asian community, hatred by some against Muslims, among many other acts of hate and bias demand we come up with a plan to combat bias, hatred, and racism. Many victims of …
By Greenburgh Town Supervisor PAUL FEINER, Esq.
John and Laurie Wiles, Present Their Review of the 2021 Buick Encore GX Essence FWD; Brian Harrod, Yonkers Newswire Publisher/Editor; Gabrielle M. Etzel The Unvarnished Blog Publisher/Editor, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Publisher/Editor on Westchester On the Level – Thursday, March 18, 2021 from 10am-12Noon EST
Listeners Are Welcome to Participate When Staying on Topic The CALL-IN number is 347-205-9201 Listen to this broadcast “Live” or “On Demand” via the Internet … http://tobtr.com/s/11912619 PINEHURST, NC; WACO, TX; and YONKERS, NY — MARCH 18, 2021 — Discussion opens to Driving Me Crazy duo John and Laurie Wiles’ review of the 2021 Buick Encore GX Essence FWD. From …
Amit Barack on the Changing Identity of Israel’s Arabic-Speaking Christians
By MARILYN STERN
ISRAEL — March 4, 2021 — Amit Barak, co-founder of the Jerusalemite Initiative, spoke to participants in a January 25th Middle East Forum webinar (video) about historic change occurring among the roughly 175,000 Arabic-speaking Israeli Christians and their growing identification with and integration into Israeli society as a whole. For many years, Arabic-speaking Christians in Israel were commonly known as Christian …
By MARILYN STERN
Muslim Migrants Firebomb Swedish Church, Christians Wonder “Why?”
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — February 13, 2021 — Twice over the course of four days, an 800-year-old church in Stockholm was firebombed. On Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, several Molotov cocktails were hurled at the 12-century Spånga church, located in a Muslim majority area. According to the church’s pastor, “the alarm was triggered when a window was smashed and flammable liquid thrown …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Attorney General James Files Lawsuit to End Harassment of Women Entering Manhattan Planned Parenthood Health Center
AG James’ Complaint Details Illegal and Destructive Behavior of Anti-Choice Protesters in Effort to Block Access to Health Center NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 9, 2021 — New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a federal lawsuit against two anti-choice protesters who repeatedly violated federal, state, and local clinic access laws through obstructive and violent actions against the patients, escorts, …
Jethro: A Timeless Model for Jews and Christians
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — February 8, 2021 — Jewish tradition is to read the Torah, the first Five Books of the Bible, in an annual cycle so that every year we read and study it in its entirety. The weekly Torah portions, parsha, are divided into segments from Genesis through Deuteronomy, each with a different name according to a theme, action, …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Turning Toward God During Troubled Times
By BOB WEIR
FLOWER MOUND, TX — February 7, 2021 — While having dinner recently with some dear friends on the patio of a local restaurant, I was asked the question, “How has the Covid-19 pandemic changed your outlook on life?” It was a cool evening in the mid-sixties as we doffed our masks and sat at a table overlooking the golf course …
By BOB WEIR
Israel’s Normalization with Four Muslim Nations
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
The Good News – and the Bad. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — January 27, 2021 — Israel recently signed agreements establishing relations with four Muslim nations: the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. Both good and bad news surround this development. The bad news is bland and predictable: a permanent peace between Israel and its Muslim neighbors is, according to Islamic law, …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM