Jewish Americans from a variety of branches of the faith are celebrating Hanukkah with smaller-than-usual gatherings this year, in hopes of keeping the year-end holiday safe but still joyful as
One candle never takes from the other, they only bring more light into the world. What better time than Chanukah to further our Vzakeini reach ? This Chanukah you
British broadcaster Sky News has taken one of its leading news anchors off the air for six months after she threw a birthday party that violated coronavirus restrictions. The channel said Thursday that Kay Burley had agreed to be off air for six months “as a result of an internal review.” Sky News said it […]
A Chabad shul in Siberia arranged for a huge menorah to be built for Chanukah out of ice, JTA reported. The ten-foot menorah was built on Tuesday in the courtyard
Jersey City paused Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of an anti-Semitic attack that killed a police officer and three people in a Jewish grocery store. The ceremony was held
A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. Shots could begin within days, depending on how quickly the Food and Drug Administration signs off, as expected, on […]
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 unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Muslim men who were placed on the government’s no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants can seek to hold federal agents financially liable. The justices continued a string of decisions friendly to religious interests in holding that the men could sue the agents under […]
California authorities sent a cellphone text alert Tuesday to two major regions to tell millions of people that the novel coronavirus is spreading rapidly and asking them to stay home
Precious Yidden, There is a very chashuva talmid chochom whose son just got married. Currently, the situation is one of pikuach nefesh, as he has no money at all and is in a
Iran has arrested several suspects in the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the Iranian semi-official news agency ISNA reported. “The perpetrators of this assassination, some of whom have been identified and even arrested by the security services, will not escape justice,” said Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, an adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker. He refrained from […]
Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed safely
The world’s highest mountain is now officially a little higher, and that might not be the end of the story. China and Nepal agreed this week on a new standard height for Mount Everest, the rugged Himalayan peak that straddles their border. As definitive as that sounds, geological changes, the complicated business of measuring a […]
Summary: ZAKA has seen a 1,200% increase in demand for assistance in facilitating burial in Israel during COVID-19. From averaging 3 or 4 requests per week, ZAKA is now handling
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu?? will be visiting Egypt within a few days on the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Yisrael Hayom reported on Thursday. The trip, the first
Sources close to the Saudi royal family, who was said to be embarrassed and angered by leaks of the secret meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia’s
Fauci, Kamala….da Vinci? America’s preeminent infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, and its incoming vice president, Kamala Harris, join the Renaissance master himself, Leonardo da Vinci, atop this year’s list of most mispronounced words, as complied by the U.S. Captioning Company, which captions and subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms. The list released Wednesday […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. The attack, which included identifying
Anan Yasoun rebuilt her home with yellow cement slabs amid the rubble of Mosul, a brightly colored manifestation of resilience in a city that for many remains synonymous with the Islamic State group’s reign of terror. In the three years since Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition, liberated Mosul from the militants, Yasoun painstakingly […]
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