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Google Packs More Artificial Intelligence Into New Pixel Phones, Raises Prices For Devices By...

Google on Wednesday unveiled a next-generation Pixel smartphones lineup that will be infused with more with more artificial intelligence tools capable of writing captions...

30 Years Ago, The Kremlin Crushed A Parliamentary Uprising, Leading To Strong Presidential Rule

Three decades ago, the world held its breath as tanks blasted the Russian parliament building in central Moscow while the Kremlin moved to flush...

The US Warns Of A Chinese Global Disinformation Campaign That Could Undermine Peace And...

For much of the world, China’s Xinjiang region is notorious, a place where ethnic Uyghurs face forced labor and arbitrary detention. But a group...

Nine-Year-Old Atara Liba Cohen A”H Tragically Killed in Toronto.

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A heart-wrenching incident has left the Toronto community reeling with grief just days before Succos.On Wednesday afternoon, a nine-year-old girl, Atara Liba Cohen, was...

These 8 Republicans Stood Apart To Remove Kevin McCarthy As House Speaker

Rep. Kevin McCarthy had support from 208 members of his conference to remain as House speaker. But it took only eight dissenters in his...

The 7 Circles of Hoshana Rabbah

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman One of the customs of Hoshana Rabba is to circle the Bima seven times.  Generally, the circling of the Bima on...

Russia Says It Has Foiled A Major Ukraine Drone Attack As Concerns Grow Over...

Russian air defenses shot down 31 Ukrainian drones during a concerted nighttime attack by Kyiv's forces on border regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said...


The Cat-Nap and the Sukkah

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The Webster’s dictionary defines cat-napping as “a short period of sleep; a brief nap.”  Is cat-napping outside of the Sukkah permitted...

Thousands Of Us Health Care Workers Go On Strike In Multiple States Over Wages...

Some 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walked off the job Wednesday in multiple states, kicking off a major health care strike in an extraordinary year...

Visiting a Friend’s Sukkah – but Not Eating: A Contradiction in the Mishna...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman You are visiting a friend.  You are not eating.  What is the actual halacha?  Do we recite a blessing just upon...


Biden Announces More Student Debt Relief As Payments Resume After The Coronavirus Pandemic Pause

President Joe Biden announced another round of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday as borrowers brace for payments to restart after a three-year pause...

Reality is More Than Picture-Perfect

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Experiencing Yom Tov in Yerushalayim is way better than any award winning centerfold   Cries of the shofar rend the air again and again. Shana tova...

Rockland County Community Liaison Hershy Margeratten Hosts Pivotal Meeting With Law Enforcement

A pivotal meeting was held today at the sukkah of Rockland County Community Liaison, Hershy Margeratten. The assembly, aimed at fostering stronger relationships between...

The Laishev BaSukkah With the Missing Words..

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman It seems to be a simple enough halachic question. But is it so innocuous? Or is there something more to it that...

To Eat in the Sukkah on SA or Not to Eat..

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman True, this is not quite Hamlet's question, but it is one that is plaguing many a frum family. One of the general...

All 10 Drugs Targeted For Medicare Price Negotiations Will Participate, White House Says

The Biden administration said Tuesday that the manufacturers of all of the first 10 prescription drugs it selected for Medicare's first price negotiations have...

A Heartwarming Sight: Tefillah On The Streets Of Tel Aviv

Following the appalling events on Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv, when leftists "protested" against Yom Kippur tefillos and prevented them from taking place, a...

Fuller Picture Emerges Of The 13 Federal Executions At The End Of Trump’s Presidency

A day before the federal government executed a Texas man for the killing of an Iowa couple when he was 18, celebrity lawyer Alan...

WOW: Disgraced Ex-Billionaire Wanted To Bribe Trump $5 Billion To Not Run For President

A new book from famed author Michael Lewis reveals that embattled ex-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried once contemplated offering former US President Donald Trump a sizable...

Tonight! Watch Live! Simchas Beis Hashoevah at Yeshivas Ateres Shlomo

Tonight! Watch Live! Simchas Beis Hashoevah at Yeshivas Ateres Shlomo in Kiryas HaYeshivah, Rishon LeZion!   The Simchas Beis Hashevoah will be broadcasted live from the Yeshivah website! The...

HaGaon HaRav Zilberstein Makes Chol Hamoed Visit To HaGaon HaRav Landau

HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein visited the sukkah of Rosh Yeshivas Slabodka, HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau, on Tuesday morning, the third day of Chol Hamoed...

Butler Sworn In As Third Black Female Senator In US History, Replaces Late California...

Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday, replacing California Sen. Dianne...

Donald Trump Wants Future Republican Debates To Be Canceled After Refusing To Participate In...

Donald Trump 's campaign is calling on the Republican National Committee to cancel all remaining presidential primary debates, saying the RNC must instead “refocus...

18 Tel Aviv Minyanim Attacked On Yom Kippur: Protesters Threw Siddurim, Called Participants “Child...

A disturbing report published by the Tel Aviv Religious Council on Tuesday revealed that the Neillah tefillah at Dizengoff Square was not the only...

Pence Calls Trump’s Attacks On Milley ‘Utterly Inexcusable’

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday criticized his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump, for calling retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the...

Reserve Your Spot In Machon Smicha’s Next Semester Beginning Soon

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DeSantis Announces Support For 15-Week Federal Abortion Ban

When Ron DeSantis seemed to say during last week's Republican presidential debate that he would support a federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks...

5 People Were Wounded In A Shooting After A Homecoming Event At Morgan State...

A shooting interrupted a homecoming week celebration at Baltimore's Morgan State University on Tuesday, wounding five people and prompting an hourslong lockdown of the...

US Army Launches Sweeping Recruitment Overhaul To Reverse Enlistment Shortfalls

The Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to focus more on young people who have spent time in college or are...

TODAY AT 2:20PM ET: Federal Government To Conduct Nationwide Emergency Alert Test Via Mobile...

“THIS IS A TEST": If you have a cell phone or are watching television Wednesday, that message will flash across your screen as the...

Refusnik IDF Pilots Given Deadline For Dismissal From Service

IDF reserves pilots who have refused to report for duty out of "protest" against the current government may be dismissed from the Israeli Air...




WATCH: NYPD Inspector Richie Taylor Addresses Crown Heights Simchas Bais Hashoeva;...

Tens of thousands of people participate each year at the nightly Simchas Bais Hashoeva on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights. The music and dancing...