International political leaders, diplomats and public figures convened in Jerusalem on Monday for the second International Conference on Combating Antisemitism — a two-day summit framed by Israeli officials as a global response to a sharp rise in antisemitism and Holocaust denial since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel. The conference, titled Generation of […]
Israeli intelligence helped the United States confirm that Iran’s regime carried out mass executions of protesters, contradicting assurances that President Donald Trump said he had received from Tehran, according to Yisrael Hayom. According to officials familiar with the intelligence, Israel was a key partner in gathering and corroborating evidence showing that Iranian authorities executed large […]
American workers adopted artificial intelligence into their work lives at a remarkable pace over the past few years, according to a new poll. Some 12% of employed adults say they use AI daily in their job, according to a Gallup Workforce survey conducted this fall of more than 22,000 U.S. workers. The survey found roughly one-quarter say they use AI […]
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte insisted on Monday that Europe is incapable of defending itself without U.S. military support and would have to more than double current military spending targets to be able to do so. “If anyone thinks here … that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the U.S., […]
Your watch says you had three hours of deep sleep. Should you believe it? Millions of people rely on phone apps and wearable devices like rings, smartwatches and sensors to monitor how well they’re sleeping, but these trackers don’t necessarily measure sleep directly. Instead, they infer states of slumber from signals like heart rate and movement, raising questions about how […]
Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood has announced the appointment of Rav Reuven Hechster shlit”a, the mashgiach of Yeshivas Mir Brachfeld in Modiin Illit, as the yeshiva’s new mashgiach. Rav Hechster shlit”a, a close talmid of his Rav Nosson Wachtfogel zt”l — who served as mashgiach of Bais Medrash Govoha for decades — will assume the […]
Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the U.S. State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, ripped into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the former Democratic vice presidential nominee compared the experiences of families in his state during federal law enforcement activity to Anne Frank hiding from the Nazis. “Ignorance like this cheapens the horror of the […]
Two Iranian-backed militias in the Mideast are signaling their willingness to launch new attacks, likely trying to back Iran, which is concerned about an approaching U.S. aircraft carrier after President Donald Trump threatened military action over its crackdown on nationwide protests. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Monday hinted they were ready to resume attacks on shipping […]
The Bury Times, a newspaper in the Greater Manchester area, published two reports of Jewish interest last week, about planning approval for a new mikvah, and on a Holocaust education program ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day. However, when the stories were shared on the paper’s Facebook page, they attracted so many antisemitic comments that the […]
Egypt’s Parliament is looking into ways to regulate children’s use of social media platforms to combat what lawmakers called “digital choas,” following some western countries that are considering banning young teenagers from social media. The House of Representatives said in a statement late Sunday that it will work on a legislation to regulate children’s use […]
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Seven Japanese American soldiers will be promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been branded “enemy aliens.” The seven were students at the University of Hawaii and cadets in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, on track to become Army officers, […]
Come together for a meaningful conversation and emotional support, as we discuss the conflict in Iran and our concerns for loved ones living there.Event DetailsMonday, January 26, 20268:30pmPanelistsRabbi Eliyahu HakakianRabbi
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative captured by Israeli forces in Gaza City last month provided key intelligence that helped Israeli authorities confirm the location of the remains of Master Sgt.
Military-ruled Myanmar appears to have adopted the tactics of sanction-busting nations such as Russia, Iran and North Korea by using evasive sailing routes and dodgy ships to disguise the sources of aviation fuel it uses for air attacks in the country’s civil war, the human rights group Amnesty International said Monday. The London-based group’s investigation […]
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Rapper and fashion designer Kanye West has issued a public apology to Jewish and Black communities, seeking to atone for years of antisemitic and racially charged statements that have cost
A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, officials said. Rescuers saved hundreds more,
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President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is dispatching “border czar” Tom Homan to Minnesota following a second deadly immigration enforcement-involved shooting this month, a move that effectively sidelines Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and highlights growing internal tensions over the administration’s enforcement strategy. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Homan would take […]
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