New Zealanders voted to legalize euthanasia in a binding referendum, but preliminary results released Friday showed they likely would not legalize recreational marijuana use. With about 83% of votes counted,
A federal judge in upstate New York on Friday upheld the state’s restrictions on religious gatherings in coronavirus hot spots. The decision by U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe in Albany
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New York is now requiring travelers from non-neighboring states to get a coronavirus test before, and potentially after, they arrive in the state. New York for months had attempted to
Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed 812 new coronavirus cases on Motzei Shabbos, with test results reflecting a positivity rate of .2.1%. There are currently 419 seriously ill patients, of whom 182
Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the
Schools in New York state’s “red zones” and “orange zones” will be allowed to resume in-person learning if they test all students and faculty members for COVID-19 first, Gov. Andrew
Israel supporter Mohammed Saud of Saudi Arabia has contracted the coronavirus along with his father, who is ill with cancer and is now in critical condition. Saud, who is well-known
TINOKOS SHEL BEIS RABBAN Elementary-age Talmidim and Talmidos Rebbeim and Moros should please introduce the saying of Tehillim by explaining to their classes the current need for tefillah, and then
Lebanon and Israel held a second round of U.S.-mediated talks Wednesday over their disputed maritime border and agreed to continue discussions on the next day. Local news reports described the
The coronavirus pandemic may be keeping tourists away from Jerusalem’s ancient citadel, but it has created a rare opportunity for the site to launch a massive restoration and conservation project.
I once criticized a Jewish friend of mine for verbally attacking other Jews with the offhand comment that he was an anti-Semite. “If so, I come by it honestly,” replied
In heartening news regarding its ongoing litigation on behalf of shuls in New York State, Agudath Israel of America announced today that four amicus curiae (friend of the court” briefs)
300 years ago on a cold dark night in the little village of Kerevan, in the Great Kingdom of Voldania, there suddenly is a knock on the Rabbi’s door.
Agudas Yisroel and Torah Umesorah have joined at the behest of gedolim to call for a Yom Tefillah this Monday, November 2nd, the second Monday of BaHaB. The Yom Tefillah
Mrs. Hannah Storch, a’h, the legendary Baltimore Jewish community matriarch was nifteres on Sunday, October 25th, at the age of 98. As HaRav Aharon Feldman, shlit”a, Rosh Hayeshiva, Ner Yisrael,
When Malky, a hardworking single mother and sole provider for her children, was in a terrible car accident, her family’s life as they knew it fell apart. Malky was hit
Special Representative for International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz confirmed US President Donald Trump’s statements on Tuesday about further peace deals between Muslim countries and Israel on Israel’s Army Radio on Thursday
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