Governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies and involved a common software product used by thousands of organizations. Russia, the prime suspect, denies involvement. Cybersecurity investigators said the hack’s impact extends far beyond the affected U.S. agencies, […]
In Morocco is the hallowed kever of Lala Sulika – the tzadekes who was killed al Kiddush Hashem for refusing to convert to Islam and marry a local prince. This
Compassionate nation, My mother died from COVID-19 a half a year ago and left me and my 9 siblings as yesomim. We are a well-respected family in Yerushalayim, and I was zoche to become a kallah to
London and its surrounding areas will be placed under Britain’s highest level of coronavirus restrictions beginning Wednesday as infections rise rapidly in the capital, the health secretary said Monday, adding that a new variant of the virus may be to blame for the spread. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the government must take swift action […]
For one night, over 200 families exchanged hospital bracelets for park bracelets. For a few hours, 1600 patients, parents, and siblings got off their medical roller coasters and onto amusement
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S. presidential election after weeks of holding out. Putin’s message to Biden came a day after the Electoral College confirmed Biden as the nation’s next president, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede that […]
Mourning engulfed the Torah world on the news of the petira of HaRav Avraham Wolfson, z’tl, one of the greatest Torah supporters and ba’alei tzedaka of this generation, overnight Monday
The Trump administration for the first time on Monday formally blamed Iran for the presumed death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, publicly identifying two Iranian intelligence officers believed responsible
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The way the United States chose its president on Monday stands in stark contrast to how most of the world’s democracies select leaders. In other democratic countries, heads of government are either directly elected by voters or by a parliamentary system in which the party winning the most seats in the national assembly selects the […]
An oil tanker off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jiddah suffered an explosion early Monday after being hit by “an external source,” a shipping company said, suggesting another vessel has come under attack off the kingdom amid its yearslong war in Yemen. The Singapore-flagged BW Rhine saw all 22 sailors on board escape without injury, […]
HaRav HaGaon Reb Shalom Ghoori, z’tl, the author of “Esrog Chazal Vehamesores” passed away of the coronavirus at the age of 83 in Brooklyn on Sunday, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. HaRav
In Morocco is the hallowed kever of the Lala Sulika – the tzadekes who was killed al Kiddush Hashem for refusing to convert to Islam and marry a local prince.
Georgia’s secretary of state on Monday announced an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in one county, but the outcome of the presidential race in Georgia will not change as a result of the audit. “Now that the signature matching has been attacked again and again with no evidence, I feel we need to […]
On Monday evening, Jews worldwide will light the fifth Chanukah flame, the night that HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky is noheig to distribute d’mei Chanukah to children. The weekly pamphlet ‘????
Can I stop wearing a mask after getting a COVID-19 vaccine? No. For a couple reasons, masks and social distancing will still be recommended for some time after people are vaccinated. To start, the first coronavirus vaccines require two shots; Pfizer’s second dose comes three weeks after the first and Moderna’s comes after four weeks. […]
Iran sentenced a British-Iranian anthropologist to nine years in prison for a number of charges, including visiting Israel in his role as a reporter, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported
?? Tour of the Marcus National Blood Services Center from AFMDA on Vimeo. The Marcus Foundation announced Dec. 4 a $10 million matching grant to ensure the completion of Israel’s new national blood services center, a first-of-its-kind shielded blood facility that will protect Israel’s strategic blood reserves against missile, chemical, and biological attack. The building, […]
Night Seder America (NSA): Chanukah Edition begins TONIGHT, Monday, December 14th (+ Wednesday and Thursday) NSA’s famous Gemara Learning Program for boys in grades 6-8 combines an interactive game
Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is resigning amid lingering tension with the president over the president’s baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into president-elect Joe Biden’s son. Barr went to the White House on Monday, where Trump said he submitted his letter of resignation. “As per letter, […]
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