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International News News

75 Years After Auschwitz And Not Much Learned

By: Ariel Natan Pasko They come, they cry, they pay homage, and they leave. And where do they go back to? To places where anti-Semitism is growing by leaps and bounds. Where Jews are endangered once again. They, are the over 50 world leaders, including Putin and Pence, coming to Israel, for the Fifth World […]

Local New York News

Bklyn Students Hear Survivor Testimony on Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day

Edited by: TJVNews.com On Monday morning, Holocaust survivor Esther Geizhals gave her testimony in front of 100 students, parents, and faculty members from the diverse HLA Brooklyn community, in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. HLA Middle School hosted the Consulate General of Israel in New York, along with consuls from Panama, Germany, and Canada. The […]

Israel News News

Netanyahu, Gantz Meet Separately with Trump; Both Embrace Peace Plan

Edited by TJVNews.com With just over a month to go before Israel’s next election, both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and chief rival Benny Gantz held meetings in Washington Monday. On the table is Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” which will reportedly bring long and enduring peace for both Israeli and the Palestinian people. President Trump, […]

Arts & Culture

Bible Lands Museum Exhibits Age-Old Yemenite Culture & Heritage; Connections with Israel Explored

“This is the story of one resilient community that has survived with its traditions for thousands of years,” said museum director Amanda Weiss. By; Eliana Rudee An exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem shows that the ancient people living in the southern Arabia region (present-day Yemen) were largely connected to the land of […]

Local New York News

Will the LaGuardia AirTrain Reduce Congestion?

By: Veronica Kordmany It’s a well-known fact that New York traffic is, and always will be, painstakingly slow. It’s made painfully clear as someone watches their flight depart from LaGuardia Airport, while they’re stuck in a cab only ten minutes from the airport’s gates. Many can share their frustrating experiences with each other, as missing […]

Israel News News

PLO Official Warns of Declaration of Palestinian Statehood in Response to Trump Plan

Abu Yusuf said the Palestinians will appeal to the U.N. and International Criminal Court for international protection while commencing with “popular protest activities.” By TPS & WIN Staff Wassel Abu Yusuf, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee, said Sunday in an interview with Arab media that the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership […]

National News News

House of Representatives Overwhelming Passes Maloney’s Never Again Education Act

Bipartisan Bill to Support Holocaust Education Heads to the Senate on International Holocaust Remembrance Day Edited by: TJVNews.com On Monday, January 27th, the House of Representatives overwhelming passed Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney’s H.R. 943 – Never Again Education Act to support Holocaust education across the country. This vote comes as the world recognizes International Holocaust […]

Local New York News

Fire Destroys 85K Artifacts at Famed Chinatown Museum

By: David Ben Hooren A fire may have destroyed as many as 85,000 pieces from a respected Chinatown museum. The fire broke out in a building in which the Museum of Chinese in America’s irreplaceable items, some nearly 200 years old, were stored. The pieces tell the tale of migration to the U.S. from China […]

Health

NYC Health + Hospitals Reorganizes Leadership Staff

Three senior executives take on additional leadership roles Edited by: JV Staff Mitchell Katz, MD, NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO, recently announced the following new leadership appointments for three members of his executive cabinet. Their new roles are effective February 24. Christopher Roker, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens, will become CEO of […]

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