A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 33 others, eyewitnesses
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has formally appealed a judge’s order requiring him to testify before a special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. The South Carolina Republican’s appeal had been expected following a judge’s Monday ruling that he comply with prosecutors’ […]
Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton says that Attorney General Merrick Garland is a “lamb” about to be “slaughtered” by Donald Trump, at least in a political sense, following the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. “I think we’ve got to distinguish between the legal battle that’s going on and the political battle. I think the […]
Attorneys for many of the nation’s largest media companies will try to persuade a federal magistrate judge on Thursday afternoon to make public the affidavit supporting the warrant that allowed FBI agents to search former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate last week. The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street […]
On Wednesday night, a year and three months after the terrible Meron disaster, Malky Diskind, the almanah of Reb Simcha Bunim Diskind, z’l, got engaged to habachur Moishe Bruner. Reb
A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for spreading “rumors” and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained Thursday, a decision that has drawn growing global condemnation. Activists and lawyers consider the sentence against Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two and a researcher at Leeds University in Britain, shocking […]
CNN has canceled its weekly “Reliable Sources” show on the media, and said Thursday that its host, Brian Stelter, is leaving the network. The show will have its last broadcast this Sunday. CNN has been looking to cut costs but also to put forth a less opinionated product. Stelter has written a book about Fox […]
By: Rabbi Elly Merenstein Anti-hypocrisy charged, craving authentic connection. A penchant for all matters deep and meaningful. The above description can aptly express the teens of our particular day and
Alex Jones, a powerful right-wing media personality and former ardent Trump supporter, said Wednesday that he’s getting off the Trump Train and throwing his support behind an expected 2024 presidential
A top executive at former President Donald Trump’s family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes on a free apartment and other perks, striking a deal with prosecutors that could make him a star witness against the company at a trial this fall. Allen Weisselberg, a senior Trump Organization adviser and formerly the company’s longtime […]
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Tu B’Av is a special day in the Jewish calendar, involving Shidduchim, the king’s daughter, and the Kohen Gadol’s daughter. Other than that, not too many people know much about it – aside from the fact that Tachanun is also not said. Yet, if we examine the sources carefully, a new […]
A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine alleges holds stolen grain from territory seized by Moscow appears to have reached the Syrian port of Tartus, according to satellite images analyzed Thursday by The Associated Press. The arrival of the SV Konstantin marks just the latest shipment of Ukrainian grain — whether legally purchased or allegedly looted […]
Liz Cheney’s resounding primary defeat marks the end of an era for the Republican Party as well as her own family legacy, the most high-profile political casualty yet as the party of Lincoln transforms into the party of Trump. The fall of the three-term congresswoman, who has declared it her mission to ensure Donald Trump […]
Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he had “satisfied his obligation” after facing hours of questioning Wednesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta as a target of an investigation into attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. In an interview with The Associated Press, Giuliani said […]
One skyscraper stands out from the rest in the Manhattan skyline. It’s not the tallest, but it is the skinniest — the world’s skinniest, in fact. The 84-story residential Steinway Tower, designed by New York architecture firm SHoP Architects, has the title of “most slender skyscraper in the world” thanks to its logic-defying ratio of […]
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sfas Tamim Foundation The country of Poland had been swallowed up in three bites by Russia, Prussia, and teh Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the third bite, or partition, it had completely disappeared from the years 1795 until 1918. It literally did not exist for 123 years. In 1918, on account […]
Arab terrorists rioted and shot at a bus full of Jewish passengers traveling to Kever Yosef in Shechem overnight Wednesday. IDF forces returned fire and an intense gun battle ensued.
The U.S. government will hold trade talks with Taiwan in a sign of support for the island democracy that China claims as its own territory, prompting Beijing to warn Thursday it will take action if necessary to “safeguard its sovereignty.” The announcement of trade talks comes after Beijing fired missiles into the sea to intimidate […]
Violent thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds left at least seven dead Thursday in France and Italy, uprooting trees in Tuscany and on the French island of Corsica and ripping away brick shards from St. Mark’s famed bell tower in Venice. Dozens of boats in the Mediterranean Sea called for emergency help. The storm produced gusts of […]
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