American Express announced Sunday it is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus. Globally issued American Express cards will no longer work at merchants or ATMs in Russia, the company said in a statement. AmEx cards issued locally in Russia by the country’s banks will also no longer work outside of Russia. The company previously […]

The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine also are threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people in Europe, Africa and Asia who rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region — known as the “breadbasket of the world.” Ukrainian farmers have been forced to neglect their fields as millions flee, fight […]

UTJ MK Meir Porush on Sunday morning carried out a one-man protest against Reform Rabbi MK Gilad Kariv (Labor) for violating the kedusha of the Kosel on Friday. Porush, who

Cheder D’Monsey & Ramapo Cheder are making history today by celebrating LIVE and LIVESTREAMED their monumental Siyum-A-Thon, the completion of חמישה חומשי תורה and ששה סדרי משנה! 300 Chavrusahshafts of

Formed in a fury to counter Russia’s blitzkrieg attack, Ukraine’s hundreds-strong volunteer “hacker” corps is much more than a paramilitary cyberattack force in Europe’s first major war of the internet age. It is crucial to information combat and to crowdsourcing intelligence . “We are really a swarm. A self-organizing swarm,” said Roman Zakharov, a 37-year-old […]

Six people were killed Saturday when a tornado swept through central Iowa, damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines, authorities said. Emergency management officials in Madison County said

Rav of Kyiv, HaRav Yonatan Markovich, who fled Ukraine last week, participated in the shiur of HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef in Jerusalem on Motzei Shabbos. HaRav Yosef began the shiur

On Day 11 of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Russian troops shelled encircled cities, and it appeared that a second attempt to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol had failed due to continued violence. Ukrainian officials said shelling disrupted what was supposed to be a cease-fire beginning at noon local time, when a […]

Russian authorities on Sunday continued to block independent news outlets and to arrest protesters in an effort to tighten control over what information the domestic audience sees about the invasion

Hundreds of Peleg members took to the streets of Jerusalem on Sunday to protest the arrest of an avreich last week for dodging the IDF draft. The protest began at

After years of fighting against a Jewish developer who proposed building a large development called Jackson Trails consisting of over 400 homes, Jackson Township is throwing in the towel. A draft agenda from the Jackson Township Council ahead of the Tuesday’s meeting shows that they plan to vote on a settlement between the township and […]

As war continues to rage across Ukraine, more and more people are fleeing the country amid Russian missiles hitting residential areas. One of the families rescued on Thursday was a

Purim is upon us, and we are now deep into the preparations. Which costumes will our children wear, the menu for the seuda, who the guests will be, the megillah

Israel’s prime minister says his country will continue to assist in finding a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis, even if the chances for success are few. Naftali Bennett spoke Sunday to a meeting of his Cabinet, hours after he returned from a surprise meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, where the two […]

A large delegation greeted the arrival of about 100 Jewish orphans from Zhytomyr at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday, including Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, his wife Gilat, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman,

Not long after winding down 20 years of war, President Joe Biden now finds the United States entrenched in a conflict in Ukraine, even without sending in U.S. troops, that

Life or death choices leave little time for sentiment. War refugees fleeing Russian ordnance in Ukraine grabbed only the essentials for their journeys to safety: key documents, a beloved pet,

North Korea on Saturday fired a ballistic missile into the sea, according to its neighbors’ militaries, extending Pyongyang’s streak of weapons tests this year amid a prolonged freeze in nuclear negotiations with the United States. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile fired from an area near the North Korean capital flew about […]

Chief Rabbi of Odessa HaRav Avraham Wolf and his wife Chaya spent Shabbos in Moldova with 140 women and children who fled Odessa on Friday, with the men forced to

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