The IDF has announced the deaths of two soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip on Shabbos. They have been identified as Staff-Sergeant Nachman Meir Chaim Vaknin HY’D, 20 years old,
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Photo Credit to Nechama R. – Original acrylic painting is available for sale: Contact author for details yairhoffman2@gmail.com On the 28th of Iyar of 1968 (and possibly of 1969), Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zatzal recited the Hallel. He did not continue reciting it, however, in subsequent years. Why did he recite […]
A prominent conservative activist’s son was sentenced on Friday to nearly four years in prison for what prosecutors said was his “relentless” assault on the U.S. Capitol, where he smashed a window, chased a police officer and invaded the Senate floor. Leo Brent Bozell IV, 44, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, was one of the first rioters […]
Baltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby has applied for a presidential pardon ahead of sentencing on her recent perjury and mortgage fraud convictions, according to The Baltimore Sun. In a letter to President Joe Biden on Thursday, the Congressional Black Caucus expressed support for her cause, repeating claims made by Mosby and her attorneys that […]
Six people were killed Saturday in Idaho in a two-car accident that included a large passenger van, authorities said. Ten others were injured in the crash on U.S. Highway 20
An upside-down American flag, a symbol associated with former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud, was displayed outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in January 2021, The New York Times reported. A photo obtained and published by the newspaper on Thursday shows the flag flying on Jan. 17, 2021, days […]
The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was ordered to remain behind bars Saturday as the nation’s leader was in serious but stable condition after surviving multiple gunshots, officials said. Slovakia’s Specialized Criminal Court ordered the detention of the suspect after prosecutors said they feared he could flee or carry […]
A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest city. The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country. […]
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday claimed to have shot down an American drone, hours after footage circulated online of what appeared to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper drone.
In a move that is nothing less than insane, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has passed a motion to provide defense attorneys and legal resources to pro-Palestinian activists
The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) has announced its largest-ever fundraising and expenditure effort to support former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, committing to raise a minimum of $5 million to
The man who broke into the home of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seeking to hold her hostage and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. But prosecutors later filed a motion saying the court failed to offer the defendant, David DePape, an opportunity “to speak or present any […]
A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest city. The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country. […]
As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a
Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s three-member War Cabinet, threatened on Motzei Shabbos to resign from the government if it doesn’t adopt a new plan in three weeks’ time for the war in Gaza. His announcement escalates a divide within Israel’s leadership more than seven months into a war in which it has yet to […]
The NYPD has announced plans to use drones to respond to select 911 calls in five precincts, including three in Brooklyn, one in the Bronx, and one in Central Park.
Former President Donald Trump urged gun owners to vote in the 2024 election as he addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association, which officially endorsed him just before Trump took the stage at their annual meeting in Texas on Saturday. “We’ve got to get gun owners to vote,” Trump said a day after […]
In Lag BaOmer: The Fire and the Soul, Rabbi Daniel Glatstein reveals the inner meaning of this hallowed day and why it has gained almost supernatural momentum in our times. As
Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports. Afghanistan has been
The Jewish-Iranian man who was slated to be executed by the Islamic Republic on Shabbos was identified as Arvin Netanel Ghahremani, 20. For unknown reasons, his execution was postponed until
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