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Ishay Ribo is set to make history as he takes the stage at the Madison Square Garden Arena on Sunday, September 3. Live Nation, the leading international production company, has chosen Ishay Ribo to be part of its prestigious lineup of international singers this year.

On Monday, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced the winners of its coveted annual awards - and did not include the deeply objectionable New York Times series on the Orthodox Jewish community and their yeshivas.

In several places throughout the Torah, Hashem refers to the Jewish People as an am s’gulah. In this context, it means that they possess certain traits that supersede the rules of creation. For instance, according to Chazal, if a Jew intends to perform a mitzvah and is prevented from doing so, he receives a reward as if he performed it. If, on the other hand, he is prevented from performing a transgression, this same principle will not apply. He is not held accountable.

Responding to a Tweet sent by Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) from her official government account on Monday, calling Israel an “apartheid state” and claiming that it was “born out of violence and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,” Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld, President of the Coalition for Jewish Values, issued the following statement:

Early Monday morning, May 8, Sam Levy reached out to the Queens Jewish Link with a welcomed update in his ongoing case stemming from a February 19 anti-Semitic attack. “The DA’s office called me yesterday, alerting me that on Saturday, they arrested another attacker who committed the hate crime against me.” Levy expressed immense appreciation to our publication for our extensive ongoing reporting in his case.

An uplifting family-strengthening evening sponsored by Project Lead took place at Simcha Palace in Kew Gardens Hills, this past week. In attendance were nearly 100 young, accomplished professionals stemming from the Queens Bukharian Jewish community. Rabbi Yitzchok Young, noted educator, opened the event with poignant words to help people show sensitivity and uplift their spouses.