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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Amtrak

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden arrive to speak at Amtrak's Pittsburgh Train Station, September 30, 2020, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 14, 2021, 11:14 am
Biden to forgo train ride to Washington for inauguration over security fears
US president-elect’s preference for rail travel since his early Senate days is central to his public persona; decision comes with security increased following deadly Capitol riot
By Alexandra Jaffe and Zeke Miller
New York's Central Park, on January 23, 2016, when a deadly blizzard -- with bone-chilling winds and potentially record-breaking snowfall -- slammed the eastern US. (AFP/Kena Betancur)
January 24, 2016, 5:13 pm
Snow-clobbered US begins digging out after monster storm
Over 7,000 flights canceled as East Coast hit with ‘Top 10 snowstorm’; New York, Baltimore lift travel restrictions
By AP
Rachel Jacobs (r), with her husband. Jacobs was killed in a train accident along with seven other people at on May 12, 2015. (photo credit: JTA/Facebook)
May 18, 2015, 6:42 am
Life of Amtrak victim Rachel Jacobs celebrated at NY memorial
Private ceremony held at Hebrew Union College for mom of two-year-old, CEO of education start-up; funeral set for Monday
By JTA
Investigators and first responders work near the wreckage of Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188, from Washington to New York, that derailed yesterday May 13, 2015 in north Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (photo credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
May 16, 2015, 4:48 am
Mystery in US Amtrak crash: Was it hit by a flying object?
FBI investigating whether projectile or rock smashed train’s windshield before derailment which left eight dead
By Michael R. Sisak and MARYCLAIRE DALE
Justin Zemser with his mother, Susan, in a photo posted on her Facebook page in November 2014. (photo credit: Facebook)
May 16, 2015, 3:05 am
Jewish naval academy student in Amtrak accident honored at funeral
Justin Zemser, 20, of Queens buried with full military honors; aspired to be a Navy SEAL, was vice president of Jewish Midshipmen Club
By JTA
Joyce Dubensky, CEO of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, was seriously injured in the Amtrak derailment, May 12, 2015. (photo credit: JTA/Tanenbaum Center website)
May 15, 2015, 6:28 am
Veteran Jewish professional among Amtrak’s seriously wounded
Joyce Dubensky is CEO of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
By JTA
Justin Zemser with his mother, Susan, in a photo posted on her Facebook page in November 2014. (photo credit: Facebook)
May 14, 2015, 1:20 am
Jewish Navy cadet, start-up CEO among 7 killed in Amtrak crash
Justin Zemser, 20, was vice president of US Naval Academy’s Jewish Midshipmen Club; Rachel Jacobs, 39, was head of an education company in Philadelphia
By JTA and Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Rachel Jacobs (r), with her husband. Jacobs was killed in a train accident along with seven other people at on May 12, 2015. (photo credit: JTA/Facebook)
May 13, 2015, 8:54 pm
Jewish executive among missing after Amtrak crash
Rachel Jacobs, a 39-year-old mother, was recently hired as CEO of an education start-up; death toll rises to 7
By JTA and AFP
Emergency personnel work the scene of a deadly train wreck, Tuesday, May 12, 2015, in Philadelphia. (photo credit: AP/Joseph Kaczmarek)
May 13, 2015, 12:41 pm
Amtrak train derails in Philadephia, killing 5
Dozens injured as New York-bound train, carrying 238 passengers and 5 crew, overturns
By Michael R. Sisak
The casket of US Sen. Frank Lautenberg is transferred to an Amtrak train en route to Washington D.C. during a Color Guard ceremony at the Frank R. Lautenberg Rail Station on Wednesday in Secaucus, N.J. (photo credit: AP/Frank Franklin II)
June 6, 2013, 1:53 am
Mourners take rail booster Lautenberg on one last ride
Jewish senator, who died on Monday at 89, remembered by vice president and others as someone who never gave up on things he believed in
In this 2012 file photo, US Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., walks in the Capitol after the final votes before a five-week recess. (photo credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
June 5, 2013, 10:38 am
Biden to eulogize Lautenberg at NY funeral
At service Wednesday, the five-term senator will be remembered for championing anti-smoking legislation and mass transit projects
Illustrative photo of a Via Rail (Canada) train (photo credit: CC BY-SA by Randy Plunkett, Wikimedia Commons)
April 23, 2013, 10:57 am
Canada plot raises questions on Iran link to al-Qaeda
International Sunni terror group has been maintaining a clandestine presence in Shiite Iran since at least 2001, analyst says
By Charmaine Noronha and Rob Gillies
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