The last time the Federal Reserve faced inflation as high as it is now, in the early 1980s, it jacked up interest rates to double-digit levels — and in the process caused a deep recession and sharply higher unemployment. On Thursday, Chair Jerome Powell suggested that this time, the Fed won’t have to go nearly […]
Momentum builds, excitement is high, and preparations are in full swing for Acheinu’s community breakfast! On Sunday, September 11th, the Flatbush community will gather at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Simcha Applegrad, for an upscale breakfast with an inspiring speaker, gourmet food, and of course, appreciation and support for Acheinu’s dedicated work. The guest […]
The Levaya for Reb Yanky Meyer Z”L will be held on Friday morning in Boro Park at 10:30AM at 1123 57 Street between 11th and 12th Avenues. The Levaya is
Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty Thursday to duping donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S. southern border. The case, brought by New York prosecutors, is a state-level reboot of a federal case cut short last year by a presidential pardon. Bannon, 68, was released after […]
Authorities in southwestern China’s Chengdu have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown measures on the city of 21 million despite a major earthquake that killed at least 65 people in outlying areas. Footage circulating online Tuesday showed workers wearing top-to-bottom protective gear preventing residents of apartment buildings from exiting through locked lobby doors following Monday’s 6.8 magnitude […]
Over 20,000 mispallelim attended Selichos at the Kosel on Thursday night at 12:30 a.m. It was the first of the 14 main Selichos that will be held at the Kosel
Hours before dawn on March 1, 2003, the U.S. scored its most thrilling victory yet against the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks — the capture of a disheveled Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, hauled away by intelligence agents from a hideout in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The global manhunt for al-Qaida’s No. 3 leader had taken 18 months. […]
B’Chasdei Hashem, a large-scale terror attack was thwarted on Thursday afternoon after Yasam police officers stopped a suspect in Yafo armed with a submachine gun and two pipe bombs. The
Ten things to know about the life of Queen Elizabeth II: BRITAIN’S LONGEST-REIGNING MONARCH Elizabeth, who marked 70 years on the throne this year, is the oldest and longest-reigning monarch in British history. In September 2015 she surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years and seven months. In 2016, Elizabeth also became […]
It is with a broken heart that YWN informs you of the petirah of Reb Yanky (Jack) Meyer Z”L, the founder of Misaskim and one of the leading askanim in
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This is the first of a series of two articles on Kashrus. Most people are aware of the recent discovery that Restaurant Depot seems to be the main supplier of meat for a “Kosher” Chinese restaurant in Route 9 in Manalapan, New Jersey called Kosher Chinese Express. Many people […]
Are you an owner of dozens of units? A couple of hundred? Thousands? Or just starting out in multi-family or commercial real estate? Are you a vendor who services these
Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett slammed US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides for US officials’ pressure on Israel to amend its rules of engagement in the wake of a report on the death of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh. “The IDF is the most moral army in the world,” Bennett asserted. “I’m not willing to lose […]
Israel has acquired a previously unknown ancient papyrus bearing a Hebrew inscription dated to around 2,700 years ago that had long been in possession of a Montana resident, the country’s antiquities authority said Wednesday. The scrap of papyrus — scarcely larger than a postage stamp with four lines of angular script — is one of […]
Sometimes, I feel like I’m in a dream. Running after something invisible. Running, running, but as far as I run, it’s always ahead.
The European Central Bank made its largest-ever interest rate increase Thursday, following the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks in a global stampede of rapid rate hikes meant to snuff out record inflation that is squeezing consumers and pushing Europe toward recession. The bank’s 25-member governing council raised its key benchmarks by an unprecedented […]
Labor chairman Merav Michaeli published a campaign video on Thursday containing scaremongering anti-religious messages. In the video, a woman is seen being woken up by her cell phone loudly beeping
A new statement from the OK hashgacha says that the proprietor of Kosher Chinese Express in Manalapan intentionally sold treif to his customers. Just a few days ago, YWN reported that OK Kosher has pulled their certification of Kosher Chinese Express in Manalapan, NJ, after damning video emerged of the eatery’s proprietor buying treif meat […]
The U.S. said Wednesday it has evidence that “hundreds of thousands” of Ukrainian citizens have been interrogated, detained and forcibly deported to Russia in “a series of horrors” overseen by officials from Russia’s presidency. Russia immediately dismissed the allegation as “fantasy,” calling it the latest invention in a Western disinformation campaign. The charge came during […]
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