For about a century, Belgium’s Jewish community has maintained a minhag of asking the country’s leaders to send Shana Tov greetings, which are then shared with local Jews through community publications. However, antisemitism couched in “concern over Gazans” has reached such epidemic proportions that it seems that today, even offering the Jewish community a simple […]
Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers. It’s not clear that any state has a solution and the actual effect of data centers on electricity bills is difficult to pin down. Some critics question whether states have […]
A former Mossad official under investigation in the so-called “Qatargate” affair took part in meetings of Israel’s hostage negotiation team during the first two weeks of the current war — at times representing the Mossad itself — according to a report Monday by Kan. The official, identified only as “Shin,” acknowledged to Kan that he […]
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has hit a new low in public perception, and is the most disliked prominent newsmaker in America, according to a new Gallup poll released last week.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu personally phoned the veteran chassidishe lawmaker MK Meir Porush to inquire about his health, as Porush continues a partial hunger strike protesting the government’s actions against bnei Torah in the matter of giyus. Late last week, Porush moved his office activities to a protest tent outside the Justice Ministry, declaring that […]
A Jerusalem Magistrate Court judge has ordered that a man accused of vandalizing the Kosel and the Great Synagogue with politically charged graffiti be committed to a psychiatric ward. The graffiti, which read “Yesh Shoah B’Gaza” – “There is a Holocaust in Gaza,” sparked widespread outrage. Police had sought to extend the suspect’s detention by […]
AOL’s dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow. Yes, while perhaps a dinosaur by today’s digital standards, dial-up is still around. But AOL says it’s officially pulling the plug for its service on Sept. 30. “AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet,” AOL wrote in a brief […]
As the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee gets ready for its first discussion on the ongoing gezeiras hagiyus since the removal of former chairman MK Yuli Edelstein, Chareidi representatives
What is ADHD and does my child have it? Good question! Let’s get some clarity. ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects a person’s ability to regulate attention, impulses, and activity level in a way that is appropriate for their age. It’s one of the most common mental health conditions in children, but […]
A top official at the Federal Reserve said Saturday that this month’s stunning, weaker-than-expected report on the U.S. job market is strengthening her belief that interest rates should be lower.
Secret British intelligence files have revealed that MI5 once considered Hans Wilsdorf — the German-born founder of Rolex — a potential Nazi sympathizer and even a possible spy during the Second World War. The newly declassified records, held at the UK National Archives and first reported by The Telegraph, describe Wilsdorf as “most objectionable” and […]
The UJA-Federation of New York announced it will send $1 million to IsraAID — Israel’s largest nongovernmental aid organization — to provide food, medicine, and water filtration systems to civilians in Gaza. The pledge, revealed by UJA CEO Eric Goldstein, marks one of the largest wartime aid commitments to Gaza ever made by a mainstream […]
It’s the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound (25-kilogram) meteorite that fetched more than $5 million at a New York auction last month, setting a world record. But in the West African nation of Niger, where the rusty-red rock was unearthed in the Sahara Desert, officials have launched an investigation into what […]
A gunman opened fire Monday in the parking lot of a Target store in the Texas capital, killing at least three people, then stole two cars during a getaway that
Six Lebanese soldiers were killed earlier this week in an explosion at a Hezbollah site near the Israeli border, the Lebanese army announced. On August 7, the Lebanese government announced
Dutch politician Geert Wilders, the leader of the largest party in the Netherlands, spoke with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday and offered words of support amid the wave of
South Korea’s military said Saturday it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, days after the South dismantled its own front-line speakers used for anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts, in a bid to ease tensions. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t disclose the sites where the North Koreans were removing […]
While Israel works to defeat Hamas, a Yisrael Hayom report on Monday revealed that Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and senior Justice Ministry officials are preventing the Defense Ministry’s Immigration Administration
Mexican authorities are accusing sportswear company Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, alleging that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional Indigenous footwear known as huaraches.
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