The Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, issued a new epidemiological alert following a surge of measles cases across the Americas, with Mexico reporting the highest numbers. It also called for urgent vaccination campaigns, highlighting that 78% of recent cases involved unvaccinated people. The alert, announced on Wednesday, follows Canada’s loss of measles-free status in November […]
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A large crowd of chassidim and distinguished guests took part this week in the Chsunah of the granddaughter of the Spinka Rebbe, who married the grandson of HaGaon haRav Efraim Fishl Motzen, Av Beis Din of Kiryat Baal Shem Tov in Petach Tikvah. During the chuppah, the chosson’s uncle, the Sanzer Rebbe, was honored with […]
A hearing about oversight of the U.S. financial system devolved into insults several times Wednesday as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clashed with Democratic lawmakers over fiscal policy, the business dealings
It was an incredible evening of learning in Flatbush. This wasn’t your typical night seder. There was a special exuberance and pervasive ruach in the Beis Medrash. After extensive preparation with his
Israel’s leading expert on Iran, Eliyahu Yossian, told Kol Chai Radio that at least 43,000 people have been killed by the regime in Iran since the protests began. Yossian said Iran’s aggressive actions at sea do not necessarily indicate a desire for war but are rather efforts to project strength and negotiate under fire. “The […]
The Anti-Defamation League slammed comments by Dr. Mehmet Oz, accusing the Trump administration official of reinforcing antisemitic stereotypes and contributing to a climate of rising hostility toward Jewish communities. In a statement and series of posts on X, the ADL highlighted excerpts from a two-week-old interview Oz gave to The Epoch Times program “American Thought […]
The U.N. human rights chief said Thursday that his office is in “survival mode” as he presented an appeal for $400 million to meet its estimated needs this year, after funding cuts last year hurt its work in 17 countries including Colombia, Myanmar and Chad. Volker Türk laid out his office’s needs after the United […]
The U.S. and Russia have agreed to reestablish high level military-to-military dialogue following a meeting between senior Russian and American military officials in Abu Dhabi, the United States European Command
The State Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday filed charges against Bezalel Zini, the brother of Shin Bet chief David Zini, and two other defendants on charges of trafficking cigarettes into the Gaza Strip as part of a large-scale smuggling operation. All three suspects face charges of aiding the enemy during wartime, a crime that can carry […]
The Justice Department is taking direct aim at the financial lifelines of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, targeting money brokers who prosecutors say have adapted to intensified enforcement by increasingly routing drug profits through cryptocurrency from American cities to cartel leaders in Mexico. The cases of four defendants recently sent from Mexico to the U.S. […]
Australian police have charged an Australian teenager for allegedly making online death threats against President Isaac Herzog ahead of his visit to Australia. Herzog is scheduled to arrive in Australia
Elimelech Stern, a 22-year-old Chassidish resident of Beit Shemesh, was sentenced Thursday morning by the Jerusalem District Court to three years in prison after he was convicted two months ago
Federal authorities are scrambling to solve what investigators now describe as a late-night kidnapping in the foothills north of Tucson, Arizona, after the 84-year-old mother of longtime NBC host Savannah
Residents of the city of Beitar Illit have become accustomed to the fact that every week, the gates of the city are closed before Shabbos to prevent Chillul Shabbos. But
As the Super Bowl returns to center stage this weekend, Jewish billionaire Robert Kraft is using the country’s largest television platform to press a political and cultural message: confronting antisemitism, especially among young people. Kraft’s Blue Square Alliance Against Hate previewed its 2026 Super Bowl commercial ahead of its scheduled airing during Sunday’s matchup between […]
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping government funding package into law Tuesday that includes more than $4 billion in support for Israel, reinforcing the administration’s close alignment with the Jewish state as Congress moved quickly to end a brief federal shutdown. Trump signed the measure less than three hours after it cleared the U.S. House […]
As it marks its 100th anniversary, Lufthansa is breaking with decades of corporate caution and publicly confronting its deep ties to Nazi Germany, a move executives say reflects a broader shift toward institutional accountability in Europe’s largest economy. “We at Lufthansa are proud of what we are today,” CEO Carsten Spohr said in remarks released […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Phylisa Wisdom, the former executive director of the New York Jewish Agenda, to lead the city’s Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism. The appointment, announced Wednesday, places Wisdom at the center of one of the mayor’s most sensitive and polarizing policy areas, as City Hall faces mounting pressure over […]
FBI Director Kash Patel was grilled Tuesday over the government’s lingering silence about the man who shot Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign. Appearing on Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News, Patel faced questions about why the FBI has released so little public information about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who […]
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