Donald Trump’s closest advisers viewed his last-ditch efforts pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to halt congressional certification of his 2020 election defeat as “nuts,” “crazy” and even likely to incite riots if Pence followed through, witnesses revealed in stark testimony to the Jan. 6 committee on Thursday. Gripping new evidence disclosed Trump’s heated conversation deriding […]
North Korea reported a new “epidemic” of an intestinal disease on Thursday, an unusual announcement from the secretive country that is already contending with a COVID-19 outbreak and severe economic turmoil. It’s unclear how many people are infected in what the official Korean Central News Agency said was “an acute enteric epidemic” in southwestern Haeju […]
The federal government is taking preliminary steps toward revising racial and ethnic classifications that have not been changed in a quarter century following calls for more accurate categories for how
Far-left socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is upping her fight against the moderate wing of the Democratic Party ahead of New York’s June 28 primaries, blasting officials who support increased funding
Record-low mortgages are long gone. Credit card rates will likely rise. So will the cost of an auto loan. Savers may finally see a noticeable return. The unusually large three-quarter point hike in its benchmark short-term rate that the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday won’t, by itself, have a huge effect on most Americans’ finances. But […]
Stocks tumbled on Wall Street Thursday as worries roared back to the fore that the world’s fragile economy may buckle under higher interest rates. The S&P 500 fell 3.3% in a widespread rout to more than reverse its blip of a 1.5% rally from a day before. Analysts had warned of more big swings given […]
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman This is an amazing story about the power of emes and how it averted a pogrom in the town of Bostovice, Moravia. Rav Shmuel Ben Nosson Ha-Levi Kahlin (c. 1720–1806) was a Rosh Yeshiva and Posaik known for his absolute honesty. He is most famous for his authorship of the Machatzis […]
A stunningly large majority of New Yorkers – 92% – say that crime is a “very serious” or “somewhat serious” problem in the state, according to a new Siena College poll – and they want tougher gun laws to tackle it. “Four years ago, marking the fifth anniversary of New York’s Safe Act – at […]
Appeals judges at an international tribunal sentenced two members of the militant Hezbollah group to life imprisonment Thursday for their roles in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik
Growing momentum for Governor Kathy Hochul’s re-election campaign as major factions in the Jewish community in New York unite behind her ahead of the Democratic primary on June 28. This week, the two largest Hasidic voting blocs in New York issued endorsement letters in their weekly publications. Both Satmar factions in Williamsburg, the “Aharonim” and […]
Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded guilty Thursday to four counts of wire fraud and a tax-related charge in a federal court case in Southern California accusing him of cheating his
Dor and Hadas Sitalkol, an Israeli couple who returned from a vacation in Turkey this week, told Channel 12 News about a frightening scenario they experienced in an Istanbul restaurant.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has asked Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, for an interview, the panel’s chairman said Thursday afternoon. Thomas, a conservative activist, communicated with people in President Donald Trump’s orbit ahead of the attack and also on the day of […]
Republican former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross have advanced to the August special election for the state’s only U.S. House seat. Palin, Begich and Gross, an orthopedic surgeon, were among 48 candidates in last Saturday’s special primary for the seat, which was left vacant following the death in March […]
Chumash Pardes with Peshat, Remez, Derush and Sod. In Chumash Hapardes you have all of the traditional meforshim plus majority of the nistar, sod, kabbalah and chassidus authors All in
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Roy Neuberger brings a unique perspective to current events, that follows the Chofetz Chaim’s own take on current events. It is a perspective we should all share. Mr. Neuberger grew up in Central Park as the son of one of the leading finance experts in the United States and made his […]
UTJ chairman Moshe Gafni and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid held a secret meeting on Wednesday at the Knesset, leading to much speculation about what the meeting was about. Later on
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One month ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia, the District of Columbia is renaming the street in front of the Saudi embassy Jamal Khashoggi Way, trolling Riyadh for its role in the killing of the dissident Saudi activist and journalist in 2018. With members of the D.C. Council in attendance, a Jamal […]
Rosh Yeshivah HaGaon HaRav Meir Tzvi Bergman addressed hundreds of orphaned yeshivah bochurim this week at an event held by the Mamshichim organization. The Rosh Yeshivah, who was the keynote
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