Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which hits the half-year mark this week, has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers, a general said, and the fighting Monday showed no signs that the war is abating. At a veteran’s event, Ukraine’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said Ukraine’s children need to be taken care of because “their father […]
HaRav Shneur Yitzchakov, a Chabad shaliach in Ra’anana, was stabbed on Sunday by a 17-year-old Arab. Rav Yizchakov told Radio 103FM that he had just finished counseling a couple at
The United Arab Emirates plans to reinstate its ambassador to Iran for the first time in six years, the Emirati Foreign Ministry announced Sunday, as the Gulf Arab federation accelerates efforts to improve ties with the nation it has long viewed as a regional threat. The Emirates’ ambassador to Iran, Saif Mohammed Al Zaabi, will […]
It’s been nearly two weeks since the shocking murder in Washington D.C. of Aryeh Wolf, Z”L, a loving husband and father from Baltimore, and police have identified a suspect. The
Over the course of the funeral of Hagaon HaRav Shalom Cohen that took place in Jerusalem today, United Hatzalah volunteers treated 28 people for a variety of minor injuries. Volunteers
We are all faced with challenges that can sometimes feel overwhelming. Even though we understand that it is ultimately for our best, it takes courage and strength…. These “three little
Today, Save Maimonides, a grassroots effort led by Brooklyn community leaders and members, is announcing that the prominent author and philanthropist Dovid Lichtenstein will be the keynote speaker at a
The chief executive of embattled Israeli spyware maker NSO has stepped down as part of a corporate reorganization, the company announced Sunday. NSO has been connected to a number of
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than five decades of service. Fauci, who serves as President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, has been the director of the National Institute of Allergy […]
The United States and South Korea began their biggest combined military training in years Monday as they heighten their defense posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat. The drills
Three Arkansas law enforcement officers have been suspended and a state police investigation has been launched after a video posted on social media showed a suspect being held down on
For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds — typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the world. Now, in a surprising twist in the decades-long effort to eradicate the virus, authorities in Jerusalem, New […]
Russia’s top counterintelligence agency on Monday blamed Ukrainian spy agencies have organized the killing of the daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologue. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the main KGB successor agency, said that the killing of Darya Dugina has been “prepared and perpetrated by the Ukrainian special services.” Dugina was the daughter of Alexander […]
Tuesday’s primary elections feature two top Florida Democrats squaring off for the chance to face Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a rising conservative star frequently mentioned as a top alternative to Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential contest. In New York, redistricting has left two longtime House Democratic colleagues competing for the same seat, while […]
In an interview with conservative commentator Mark Levin, Jared Kushner explained how Democrats are constantly pushing the envelope in their obsessive legal pursuit of Donald Trump. “Donald Trump accomplished more,
After months of being crushed in poll after poll showing Republicans with wide leads in the upcoming midterm elections, Democrats now lead in two influential polling averages for the first
In the bloody years when killings peaked in New York City, Detective Louis Scarcella built a reputation for closing cases. A second-generation cop who smoked cigars, ran marathons, worked a side job at a Coney Island amusement park and jokingly put “adventurer” on his business card, the now-retired sleuth has been frank about lying to […]
Thousands of people participated in the levaya for Hagaon HaRav Shalom Cohen, z’tl, on Monday afternoon in Jerusalem. A bittul melacha was announced for the time of the levaya. The
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman There is a great debate out there as to how we should be looking at certain areas of halacha. Before we get to that debate, however, a brief introduction is in order. Rav God’l Eisner zatzal was the Mashgiach of the Chidushei HaRim Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel. In his shiurim on […]
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