Turkey’s health minister says the country has identified 15 people who carry a highly contagious coronavirus variant that was discovered in the United Kingdom. In a statement Friday, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the strain was found in travelers arriving from the U.K. He said they were in quarantine, along with people they had been […]
Celebrated director Miriam Handler, hailed by audiences the world over, is pleased to present yet another hit show: “One Voice” combines a selection of the most outstanding talent in the
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the election, pledging to reject the results when Congress meets next week to count the Electoral College votes and certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas on Saturday announced a coalition of 11 senators who have been […]
Usually it’s a president’s first midterm election that reorders a White House’s political approach and priorities. For President-elect Joe Biden, his most defining congressional election is coming before he takes office. Two runoffs Tuesday in Georgia will decide which party controls the Senate and, thus, how far the new president can reach legislatively on issues […]
A woman was found dead inside the garbage chute of a Staten Island apartment building, police said Saturday. Officers responded to a 911 call just before 2:30 p.m. Friday and
A year has passed since The Siyum; that’s 365 days; 365 daffim. Throughout the turbulence of the past year, we’ve witnessed so much growth and shteiging as Lomdei HaDaf kept
Vandals lashed out at the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate over the holiday weekend, blighting their homes with graffiti and in one case a pig’s head as Congress failed to approve an increase in the amount of money being sent to individuals to help cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Spray paint on Senate […]
New York state has recorded more than 1 million positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, according to figures released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday. The roughly 15,000 new positive tests reported statewide on Friday bring the total number of cases over 1 million, according to the state’s data. Experts say the official number […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Monday whether he can be extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. to face espionage charges over the publication of secret American military documents. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser is due to deliver her decision at London’s Old Bailey courthouse at 10 a.m. Monday. If she grants the request, […]
One man was fatally shot and two others were wounded at a Queens hotel early Friday, marking New York City’s first reported homicide of 2021, police said. Police responded to a 911 call just after 1 a.m. and found the victims outside the Umbrella Hotel in Kew Gardens. Two 20-year-old men and one 40-year-old man […]
A federal judge has ordered a hearing to decide whether to civilly commit the man charged with stabbing five people with a machete at a Chanukah part in Rabbi Rottenberg’s
China said Saturday that it would take necessary countermeasures in response to the New York Stock Exchange’s announcement that it would delist three major Chinese telecoms, in the latest flare-up of tensions between Beijing and Washington. The stock exchange said Thursday that it would delist China Telecom Corp. Ltd., China Mobile Ltd. and China Unicom […]
Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was affected by recent wildfires in neighboring Orange County. “It’s just that constant reminder, ‘Oh yeah, we live somewhere where there’s natural disasters and they can strike at any time,’” said […]
The top commander of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Friday that his country was fully prepared to respond to any U.S. military pressure as tensions between Tehran and Washington remain high in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s administration. Gen. Hossein Salami spoke at a ceremony at Tehran University commemorating the upcoming one-year anniversary […]
The worrying rise in coronavirus cases in Israel’s Chareidi sector continues, with about 2,800 Chareidim diagnosed with COVID-19 over Shabbos alone, almost half of the 6,004 new cases confirmed throughout
Iran’s Channel 1 TV channel broadcast a show featuring Iranians singing “The Promise of a Hero,” marking the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani by
From the producer of Gad Elbaz comes the timeless biblical story of Yosef, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable emotion, dance, comedy and the powerful message of unity. It’s
A Jew suffering from difficult Shalom Bayis problems visited the home of HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein on Thursday for advice, Kikar H’Shabbos reported. The Rosh Yeshivah responded that there’s a
One year ago. That’s 365 days to this date: January 1st 2020 was the great day of The Siyum. One year ago, ninety thousand people flocked into the MetLife Stadium
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