Zebulon Simantov, known as Afghanistan’s last remaining Jew, arrived in Israel last week after spending three years in Istanbul following his dramatic rescue from Kabul in September 2021. Simantovs relocation to Israel was prompted by health concerns, according to U.K.s Jewish News. He will now settle in Ashdod, where he joins his ex-wife, daughters, and […]
A report from Israels Diaspora Affairs Ministry alleges that Dutch organizations with ties to Hamas were primary instigators in last weeks violent disturbances in Amsterdam. The report, released Wednesday, details how local groups allegedly leveraged social media to incite attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans following the team’s match against a Dutch club. According […]
Israel’s National Security Council (NSC) has denied a report alleging that Israeli intelligence provided alerts of suspicious Hamas activity hours before the October 7 attack, which caught the country off guard. According to a report inYediot Achronot, at around 2 a.m. on October 7, the IDFs Military Intelligence Directorate reportedly informed the IDF Chief of […]
Wholesale prices in the United States rose last month, remaining low but suggesting that the American economy has yet to completely vanquish inflationary pressure. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that its producer price index which tracks inflation before it hits consumers rose 0.2% from September to October, up from a 0.1% […]
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer told President-elect Donald Trump and Jared Kushner this week that Israel is “rushing” to advance a ceasefire deal in Lebanon, The Washington Post reported on
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in six months last week as layoffs remain at relatively healthy levels. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claim applications fell by 4,000 to 217,000 for the week of Nov. 9. Thats less than the 225,000 analysts forecast. The four-week average […]
High-level Israeli sources told Yisrael Hayom that the Trump team is working on a strategic plan targeting the Iranian regime, indicating a dramatic shift in policy toward the Islamic Republic,
The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick is headed for a statewide recount, as counties continued Wednesday to sort through outstanding
Inpicking billionaire Elon Muskto be our cost cutter for the U.S. government, President-elect Donald Trump won’t be the first American president to empower a business tycoon to look for ways to dramatically cut federal regulations. President Ronald Reagan tapped J. Peter Grace to lead a bureaucratic cost-cutting commission in 1982. Still, the chemical business magnate […]
More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it is a new species of sea slug.
Some evidence that a federal judge had excluded from the bribery trial of former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was inadvertently put on a computer given to jurors, federal prosecutors revealed Wednesday, though they insisted it should have no effect on the Democrats conviction. The prosecutors told Judge Sidney H. Stein in a letter that […]
New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning Wednesday, and authorities revealed they’ve charged a youth with starting one of many wildfires that has plagued the state in recent weeks. The
President Joe Biden raised the issue of American hostages held in Gaza during an Oval Office meeting with President-elect Donald Trump earlier today, according to U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. In a press briefing, Sullivan said that the Biden administration has sent a clear signal to the Trump transition team, expressing its willingness to […]
President-elect Donald Trump unveiled a slate of high-profile nominees for his incoming administration on Wednesday, naming Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of State, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, and Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general. While Rubios confirmation is expected to move smoothly, Gabbard and Gaetz face potential hurdles due to […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson won the House Republican nomination Wednesday to stay on the job, on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump ahead
HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch’s great-grandchild recently got married and one of the Sheva Brachos was held at his home. HaMekubal HaRav Yitzchak Meir Morgenstern attended the simcha and took the opportunity to ask HaRav Shternbuch: “What can we do to sweeten [the din] of the war and other dinim?” HaRav Shternbuch responded that we should […]
The response of Lena Trufanov – whose only child, Sasha, is in captivity in Gaza – to the unimaginable horrors she endured and is still enduring since October 7 is
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman As a person whose life was saved by Hatzollah, I can attest to the critiical role these volunteers play in ensuring the continued health of so many members of Klal Yisroel. They come at three in the morning and remain with you to ensure that your needs are met. When it […]
This is a difficult letter to write, but it is even harder to stay silent. I am a bochur in a typical, mainstream yeshiva, and I believe there is a
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