By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Beginning tonight, Wednesday evening, December 4th, 2024, we begin reciting the phrase “V’sain Tal Umatar” (And give dew and rain for a blessing) in the Shmoneh
South Korea’s main opposition party on Wednesday urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face impeachment, hours after Yoon ended short-lived martial law that prompted troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers voted to lift it. Yoon didn’t make any immediate public response to the opposition’s demand. But his office said senior presidential advisers […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman It was the spring of 1948. A Catholic priest named Father Kenneth Cox walked into the office of Rabbi Israel Brodie, senior Jewish chaplain of the British Army. Father Cox had an extraordinary request. After serving ten years in the priesthood, Father Cox wanted to become a Ger. This meeting would […]
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten highlighted a major decline in public trust in the FBI, noting Tuesday that this trend may have influenced President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Kash Patel as the agency’s next director. Enten appeared on CNN Newsroom with Kate Bolduan to discuss the potential impact of Patel’s controversial nomination. Citing […]
In a segment that felt more like a group therapy session than serious journalism, CNN’s Dana Bash and her panel seized on South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief, swiftly retracted declaration of martial law as an excuse to issue their usual alarmist warnings about Donald Trump. The panel spent significant airtime drawing tenuous parallels […]
For a second time, a Delaware judge has nullified a pay package that Tesla had awarded its CEO, Elon Musk, that once was valued at $56 billion. On Monday, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick turned aside a request from Musk’s lawyers to reverse a ruling she announced in January that had thrown out the compensation plan. The […]
Mourning enveloped the Torah world on Wednesday morning upon hearing the news of the petirah of HaTzadik HaGaon HaRav Dovid Shalom Tzadka, Z’l, the Rav of the city of Pardas
President Joe Biden’s decision to break his word and pardon his son Hunter has spurred a broader discussion about what else he should be doing with the broad clemency powers
The IDF has warned that soldiers and officers who fought in the war in Gaza could be arrested abroad and has ordered some officers and soldiers to cancel their trips,
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a potential nominee for Secretary of Defense, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as Pete Hegseth, Trump’s original pick for the role, faces mounting resistance in the Senate over personal and professional controversies. The Journal, citing unnamed sources […]
An investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s house fired a weapon following a confrontation between the agent and occupants
Senior Trump spokesman Jason Miller doubled down on President-elect Donald Trump’s firm warning to Hamas regarding the release of hostages in Gaza. In an appearance on Fox News, Miller was asked about Trump’s strong statement issued on Monday, in which the President-elect demanded the hostages’ release before his inauguration on January 20, 2025, or face […]
Defense Minister Yisrael Katz on Tuesday warned Lebanon that if it doesn’t enforce the ceasefire with Hezbollah, the IDF would no longer differentiate between Hezbollah and the state of Lebanon.
Religious Zionist MKs Tzvi Sukkot and Simcha Rothman on Tuesday submitted an amendment to the Knesset’s secretariat that would allow criminal investigations against the Attorney General and the State Attorney.
A federal judge dismissed the gun case against Hunter Biden on Tuesday after President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon for his son. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika closed the
President-elect Donald Trump is underscoring his intention to block the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp., and he’s pledging to use tax incentives and tariffs to strengthen the iconic American steelmaker. Trump had vowed early in the presidential campaign that he would “instantaneously” block the deal, and he reiterated that sentiment […]
Small businesses are bracing for stiff tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump has proposed as one of his first actions when he takes office. Trump has proposed importers pay a 25%
Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday a shift in his stance on deporting migrants, expressing openness to deport those charged with crimes from New York City before convictions are secured. This
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman There is an oustanding Rabbinic figure in Persian Jewish history that is not so well known outside of the Persian Jewish community, but he stands as the earliest and most accomplished commentators and poets in Jewish Persian history. Mulana Shahini Shirazi lived during the time of the late Rishonim and was […]
More than 400 people attended the third annual gala dinner of the Israeli emergency medical service (EMS) United Hatzalah in Paris, which was held on Sunday evening at the Hôtel du Collectionneur. The event raised 800,000 euros ($842,000) to support the organization’s emergency response efforts, against the backdrop of the ongoing state of war in […]
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