A top national security aide to former President Barack Obama is expected to be tapped as U.S. envoy for Iran this week, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
The Quebec Council of Hasidic Jews has filed legal action against the provincial government in connection with limits on religious gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. Current public health guidelines in
The Piyut of Lecha Dodi has always held special meaning as it heralds the arrival of our beloved Shabbos. Join Rabbi Eli Mansour as he raises fascinating points about its
About those wooly mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? Theyve helped to raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders home state of Vermont, the independent senator announced Wednesday. The sum comes from the sale of merchandise with […]
Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work though not as well against new mutated versions of the virus circulating in that country and South Africa. The announcement comes amid worry about whether a variety […]
After opening itself to New Years revelers, Dubai is now being blamed by several countries for spreading the coronavirus abroad, even as questions swirl about the city-states ability to handle reported record spikes in virus cases. The governments Dubai Media Office says the sheikhdom is doing all it can to handle the pandemic, though it […]
An Alaska department plans to investigate the issuance of 3REICH personalized license plates, while a spokesperson for Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Dunleavy removed a member of Alaskas Human Rights Commission for comments she made about the controversy. The issue drew attention after a former newspaper editor, Matt Tunseth, posted a picture of the plate on […]
The Luxembourg government signed a deal Wednesday with the World Jewish Restitution Organization to pay reparations and to restitute dormant bank accounts, insurance policies as well as looted art to
The story of a London-based Auschwitz survivor’s recovery from COVID-19 at the age of 97 went viral after her frum great-grandson Dov Forman shared it on Twitter. It was retweeted
Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Chezy Levy announced on Wednesday that Israelis 35 and over are eligible to be vaccinated beginning on Thursday. Over 2.8 million Israelis (30.92% of the population)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wishes to avoid an immediate confrontation with Biden over Iran, Israeli officials said, according to an Axios report. The report said that according to a senior
A MIDWINTER EVENT LIKE NEVER BEFORE! Don’t miss the first-ever Jewish Musical Night out at America’s Largest Indoor Waterpark! Two nights, two events, one for men, one for women! Men’s
Israel’s Health Ministry identified three cases of the South African variant on Wednesday after carrying out sequencing on a random batch of test samples. The three Israelis who tested positive
After 18 years of denial, the Pakistani suspect convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl has told a court he played a minor role in the killing, the Pearl family lawyer said Wednesday. A letter handwritten by Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh in 2019, in which he admits limited involvement […]
See why Bochurim from all over the tri-state area, from Lakewood to Waterbury and all communities in between, flock to Yeshiva Ohavei Torah of Riverdale. Watch the film that was
A German classical music foundation says it has found the rightful heirs of a Jewish woman who was forced by the Nazis to sell two scores by composer Franz Liszt
A 35-year-old Israeli was attached to an ECMO machine on Wednesday after suffering a deterioration in his condition as a result of the coronavirus. Dekel Levi, a father of three
In spite of the slowly diminishing morbidity rate in Israel, high ranking officials in the Health Ministry told Channel 12 news in Israel that they are currently weighing options with
Interior Minister Arye Deri ordered the closure of Israel’s border crossings with Egypt and Jordan on Thursday in an effort to prevent further virus variants from entering Israel. The order,
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