Six of the country’s most influential Jewish organizations are urging shuls and other Jewish institutions to apply for $274 million in federal security grants. However, a growing number of progressive groups and congregations are vowing to boycott the program, citing conditions they say betray Jewish values. The clash centers on the Nonprofit Security Grant Program […]
U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic policies. The Labor Department said Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, also worse than expected and the highest level since 2021, the Labor Department […]
Two Venezuelan military aircraft buzzed a US Navy destroyer in the Caribbean on Thursday, in what the Pentagon called a “highly provocative” attempt to interfere with counter-drug operations. The incident comes just 48 hours after US forces attacked a Tren de Aragua narco-smuggling boat in the region, killing 11 militants tied to Venezuela’s most powerful […]
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman has dramatically reversed course in New York City’s mayoral race, throwing his support behind former governor Andrew Cuomo after months of backing incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. In a late-night post on X Thursday, Ackman declared that Adams should step aside, citing dismal polling numbers and a collapsing path to reelection. […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk could be in line for a payout of $1 trillion if his electric car company meets a series of extremely aggressive targets over the next 10
Israel has issued its first formal evacuation notice to residents of a multi-story building in Gaza City ahead of an impending strike, Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced Friday, declaring that the military campaign will only intensify until Hamas agrees to Israel’s terms for a ceasefire. “The bolt is now being removed from the gates of […]
Hamas released a new hostage video Friday, showing abductee Guy Gilboa-Dalal embracing fellow captive Alon Ohel and saying he couldn’t believe he has survived “22 months of war” while being held in Gaza City. The terror group posted the clip on its Telegram channel alongside the ominous message: “Time is running out.” In the footage, […]
Syria’s new government unveiled a sweeping reconstruction drive on Thursday, staging a high-profile fundraiser at Damascus Citadel and pledging to rebuild the nation after more than a decade of war and the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime last December. The launch of the Syrian Development Fund was broadcast live nationwide and shown on outdoor screens […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine, particularly while its invasion was still ongoing, would be considered “legitimate targets” by Moscow’s forces. Putin’s comments came hours after European leaders repledged their commitment to a potential peacekeeping force, a prospect that Moscow has repeatedly described as “unacceptable.” “If any troops appear there, especially now while fighting […]
The daughter and son-in-law of a Nazi financier who helped plunder Europe’s Jewish-owned art collections during World War II were charged Thursday in Argentina with concealing dozens of stolen works, including 22 paintings by French modernist Henri Matisse. The case erupted last month after “Portrait of a Lady,” an 18th-century painting by Italian baroque artist […]
The U.K.’s deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, resigned Friday after an independent inquiry found that she did not meet the ethical standards required for government ministers over a recent home purchase. Rayner, who admitted on Wednesday that she did not pay enough tax on her purchase of an apartment in Hove, on England’s south coast, […]
President Donald Trump has inserted himself directly into New York City’s mayoral race, privately urging long-shot candidates to bow out within days in order to block Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani from seizing City Hall, The New York Post reported. Trump phoned billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis on Sunday, warning of the political fallout if Mamdani, the […]
Another yeshivah bochur was arrested in the dead of the night earlier this week at his home in Bat Yam. Military police officers knocked at his door at 2:30 a.m.,
The Justice Department has begun examining mortgage fraud allegations against Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor who is challenging a Trump administration effort to remove her from her job and
Beis Meir, author’s Personal Copy, with Hundreds of Glosses in His Handwriting Sefer Beis Meir, Even HaEzer Frankfurt an der Oder, 1787. First Edition. — the very volume used by its
Bichasdei Hashem, YWN is pleased to report that the Zkan Roshei Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Philadelphia, has been released from the hospital. As previously reported,
The United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, marking the Trump administration’s latest step to target criminal cartels in Latin America. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the announcement Thursday while in Ecuador as part of a trip to Latin America overshadowed by an American military strike against a similarly […]
A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions. The verdict reached Wednesday in San Francisco
Internal emails obtained by The New York Post reveal frantic debate inside the Biden White House over one of the largest clemency actions in American history — raising new questions about whether the outgoing president personally approved thousands of commutations before aides affixed his autopen signature. On Jan. 11, 2025, President Biden reportedly gave oral […]
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