A 40-year-old American tourist was detained on Thursday evening for allegedly vandalizing ancient sculptures inside the Israel Museum’s archaeology wing. Police were alerted to the museum after reports came in
Donald Trump has dropped his $500 million lawsuit against Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer who is now a key witness in a criminal case against him, Cohen and
The global economy has shown “remarkable resilience’’ but still bears deep scars from the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine and rising interest rates, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday. “While the recovery from the shocks of the past few years continues, it is slow and uneven,’’ IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva […]
Hoshana Rabba our judgment is completed. It is also the final sealing of the judgment of every person for a good sweet year. We are all looking for extra Zechusim on Hoshanah Rabba to ensure a Gmar Chasima Tova. As we all seek to increase our zechusim so that we may be zocheh b’din, YWN would like […]
Donald Trump’s campaign said Wednesday it raised more than $45.5 million in the third quarter of the year — a haul that far surpasses Ron DeSantis, the man once seen as his fiercest rival. The Trump campaign says it ended September with over $37.5 million cash on hand, bolstered by fundraising off his legal challenges. […]
The day before he was ousted, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was doing what he loved — stopping to greet tourists at the Capitol, gushing about the beauty of the place and its history at the center of American democracy. On Wednesday, McCarthy’s House was shuttered, his Republican majority in chaos and unable to legislate for […]
Isru Chag, is the yahrtzeit of the holy Ribnitzer Rebbe zt”l – he supported our work at Yad L’Achim and there is a great story with him and a rescued
Slightly more Americans applied for jobless claims last week, but layoffs remain low and the labor market continues to show resiliency amid elevated interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve.
Yet another tefillah at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv was attacked by leftist “protesters” on Thursday morning, Chol Hamoed Sukkos. One of the participants in the tefillah was Rabbi Leo
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President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander, is “not presently on the White House campus” following a series of biting incidents involving White House staff and U.S. Secret Service officers, a spokesperson for first lady Jill Biden said late Wednesday. Elizabeth Alexander, the first lady’s communications director, said Biden and his wife care deeply about the safety […]
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked a judge to postpone his classified documents trial until after next year’s presidential election, saying they have not received all the records
The secular editor of Israel’s Maariv newspaper, Doron Cohen, surprised his audience on his program on Galey Yisrael radio on Wednesday morning when he said he was very moved by
Facing a likely roadblock from House Republicans on aid for Ukraine, President Joe Biden said Wednesday he’s planning to give a major speech on the issue and suggested there may be “another means” to provide support for Kyiv if Congress continues to balk. “I’m going to be announcing very shortly a major speech I’m going […]
Thirty percent of Americans don’t identify with a religious group — but not all of them are atheists or agnostics. In fact, 43% of the group known as the “nones” say they believe in God, even if they largely dislike organized religion. Those are among the findings of a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC […]
Surging interest rates are intensifying the challenges for the U.S. economy and threatening to derail the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation without causing a deep recession. Since mid-summer, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, a benchmark for many loans, has steadily climbed, causing a spillover rise in other borrowing costs. The costs of […]
Are you looking for something different this Chol Hamoed? (That’s maybe even free?) Something that the whole family can enjoy together? Something you can do from the comfort of your
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sefas Tamim Foundation Dear Rabbi Hoffman, shlita I have a question regarding Shidduchim: A Shadchan wanted to set up a tallish woman with a shorter young man. The shadchan wanted to buy the young man elevator shoes so that they would end up dating. Not wishing to embarrass […]
It’s the end of an era for a once-critical pandemic document: The ubiquitous white COVID-19 vaccination cards are being phased out. Now that COVID-19 vaccines are not being distributed by
It’s been 15 years since the world’s elite gas balloon pilots have gathered in the United States for a race with roots that stretch back more than a century. The pilots will be launching for this year’s Gordon Bennett competition during an international balloon fiesta that draws hundreds of thousands of spectators to the heart […]
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