State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman took an unusual step earlier this week and invoked a never-before-used legal clause to force two former senior Bet officials to appear at his office for
A New Jersey law that permits terminally ill people to seek life-ending drugs applies only to residents of the state and not those from beyond its borders, a federal appeals
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made appearances at both major Satmar Chof Alef Kislev celebrations on Wednesday evening, visiting the gatherings led separately by the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas
Following the major Satmar rally in Manhattan against Israel’s proposed draft law, London’s chasidish kehilla is now preparing for its own large-scale demonstration. Thousands of residents from across London’s frum neighborhoods are expected to gather Thursday afternoon outside the Israeli Embassy to voice their opposition to the ongoing efforts in the Knesset to advance a […]
A West Virginia National Guard member who was fatally shot last month in the nation’s capital was laid to rest with full military honors in a private ceremony. Spc. Sarah Beckstrom’s funeral took place Tuesday at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in a statement. “The ceremony was deeply moving […]
Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs of abating Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of displaced people in strained conditions as more flooded into temporary shelters. Associated Press reporters on the Thai side of the border heard outgoing fire. The fighting triggered by longstanding territorial disputes followed a skirmish Sunday that wounded two Thai soldiers and derailed a ceasefire […]
The Trump administration’s long-delayed rollout of its Gaza stabilization plan is finally moving forward, with Washington now eyeing the end of this month to formally announce the creation of the “Board of Peace,” according to a senior European official briefed on the discussions. The board, envisioned as the top international authority overseeing management of the […]
A rare and tightly controlled visit by two rabbis to long-abandoned Jewish sites in Aleppo is piquing interest from regional observers who say it marks another step in a pattern of discreet Israeli-linked activity inside Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based monitoring group, the rabbis arrived in Aleppo’s Al-Jemayliyah […]
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Senior Rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue, issued a statement after meeting with Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Defense Affairs, Interior & Foreign Affairs Committee
Federal health officials on Wednesday expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to recalled ByHeart baby formula to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in March 2022. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said investigators “cannot rule out the possibility that contamination might have affected all ByHeart formula products” ever made. The outbreak now includes at […]
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Using U.S. forces to take control of a merchant ship is incredibly unusual and marks the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with […]
A 17-year-old boy from the city of Sderot, who had been missing since Wednesday afternoon, was found near his overturned ATV in an open area close to Kibutz Ruchama, police
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his long-promised “ gold card ” was officially going on sale, offering legal status and an eventual pathway to U.S. citizenship for individuals paying $1 million and corporations ponying up twice that per foreign-born employee. A website accepting applications went live as Trump revealed the start of the program […]
Warm water and air and unusual weather conditions tracing back as far as tropical cyclone flooding in Indonesia helped supercharge stubborn atmospheric rivers that have drenched Washington state with almost
Every Jewish community has moments of chesed. But sometimes, a community takes those individual acts and turns them into something far bigger- an organized system that protects families even before
This evening, Capitol Hill hosted a bipartisan Menorah lighting and Chanukah reception in the Rayburn Room, bringing together senior congressional leadership and more than two dozen members of Congress from
Israel’s intelligence establishment is absorbing another shakeup this week as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed off on outgoing Mossad director David Barnea’s choice for the agency’s No. 2. In a statement issued on behalf of the Mossad, the Prime Minister’s Office said Barnea has appointed a veteran operative, identified only by the Hebrew initial “Alef,” […]
The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday that authorizes $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an overhaul of how the Department of Defense buys weapons. The bill’s passage on a 312-112 vote comes at a time of increasing friction between the Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration over […]
Bench is a simple, secure way to send Chanukah warmth to loved ones in Jerusalem — from the U.S. or anywhere else in the world. Chanukah is about light, warmth, and
Columbia University is facing a full-scale credibility crisis after its own Task Force on Antisemitism released a blistering assessment of entrenched discrimination, politicized teaching, and a pattern of faculty behavior
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