The U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing t o protest Chinese human rights abuses, the White House confirmed Monday, a move that China has vowed to greet with “firm countermeasures.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said U.S. athletes will continue to compete and will “have our full […]
California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, who was one of former President Donald Trump’s most ardent loyalists in Congress, is leaving the House at the end of this year to join Trump’s fledgling media company. A statement Monday from the Trump Media & Technology group said Nunes would serve as chief executive officer, beginning in January […]
Dear brothers and sisters, My name is Bracha and with Hashem’s help I will be getting married very soon! My happiness is not complete because I have no way to
The Rav of Tzfas, HaRav Shmuel Eliyahu, addressed the news reports on Sunday about Binyamin Ze’evi, the son of former MK Rechavem Ze’evi, who was identified as one of the
Even though R’ Moshe Gersht lives in Yerushalaim, a few weeks ago he returned from giving his TEDx Talk in Atlanta, Georgia. In his talk, titled The Two Conditions to Unconditional
The prosecutor overseeing the case against the student accused in last week’s deadly Michigan school shooting and who took the rare step of charging his parents left open the possibility Monday that school officials could also face charges, saying “in this case, a lot could have been done different.” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said […]
Experts warn that China is using its gargantuan fleet of fishing vessels and freighters scattered across the globe to hide missiles, allowing them to unleash missile attacks on any location
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An Israeli resident of Holon recently took his two children, 12-year-old twins, to get vaccinated against COVID despite the fact that his wife is an adamant anti-vaxxer. The wife, who
Allyship, an old noun made new again, is Dictionary.com’s word of the year. The look up site with 70 million monthly users took the unusual step of anointing a word it added just last month, though “allyship” first surfaced in the mid-1800s, said one of the company’s content overseers, John Kelly. “It might be a […]
A woman who lodged a harassment allegation against former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was “disgusted” by what she saw as his hypocrisy and attempts to discredit women who made similar allegations against his brother, her lawyer said Sunday. The woman’s complaint became known shortly after CNN fired the “Cuomo Prime Time” anchor Saturday night. Chris […]
Hospital systems in Massachusetts have started firing workers who refused to comply with coronavirus vaccine mandates. New Bedford-based Southcoast Health fired 216 employees last week, a system spokesperson told The
British parliamentary authorities are calling in the police after a newspaper reported that traces of cocaine had been found at numerous sites in Parliament. House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle
A Menorah was lit on the last day of Chanukah by FBI Assistant Director in Charge of the NY office, Michael Driscoll. Driscoll was joined by Chaplains Rabbi Alvin Kass
Toyota is preparing to build a $1.3 billion electric vehicle battery plant near Greensboro, North Carolina, that will employ at least 1,750 people, government officials said Monday. Toyota was identified
Yigal Calek and the London School of Jewish Song, who wowed crowds across the globe over the span of decades, joined together once more on the last night of Chanukah
The Muslim man who spent years fooling several Jewish communities in the United States about his ethnicity, and married an unwitting Jewish girl under false pretenses, is now asking for
Regulators are looking into the deal that would bring Donald Trump’s new social media company to the stock market, one that has attracted both legions of fans of the former president and people looking to make a quick profit. The company partnering with Trump Media & Technology Group acknowledged the inquiries in a filing it […]
The state of Pennsylvania has awarded $6.6 million for redevelopment of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, where a gunman killed 11 people in 2018 in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jews. The state funding will help “transform the site of the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history into a new place of hope, remembrance, and […]
I have seen the article by Rabbi Yair Hoffman regarding public menorah lightings (“Controversial Chanukah Lightings: At Home – NOT IN A Whyhtba, Ryhtba, Pyhtba or Ayhtba”), and I would like to respectfully respond to several points he made in the article. [Disclaimer: I am neither a rov nor an askan. Nor do I represent […]
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