The U.S. offices of Tov V’Chesed continue to be a hub of activity today as the Israel-based organization mobilizes for the culmination of its global fundraising drive. With hundreds of
U.S. officials said Monday that improvements ordered by President Joe Biden to strengthen defenses against Chinese espionage helped identify last week’s spy balloon — and determine that similar flights were conducted at multiple points during the Trump administration. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday that after Biden took office, the U.S. “enhanced […]
Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s national EMS organization, and Hatzolah Air, an American aviation organization that provides emergency medical air transport, have formed a partnership that will put MDA’s flight paramedics aboard Hatzolah Air and MDA Medevac helicopters to provide medical evacuations in Israel. Hatzolah Air, headquartered in New York, operates a fleet of Medevac […]
North Korea has scheduled a major political conference to discuss the “urgent task” of improving its agricultural sector, a possible sign of worsening food insecurity as the country’s economic isolation deepens amid a defiant nuclear weapons push. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Monday that members of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Politburo met […]
A well-known Rebbetzin in Stamford Hill was knocked to the ground by an unknown perpetrator in the Stamford Hill neighborhood of London last Friday morning. The Rebbetzin, in her 70s,
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A spy balloon that U.S. officials believe was sent by China was a “trial” to see America’s response, according to former Secretary of State and CIA director Mike Pompeo. Pompeo
It’s a tough world out there. Everyone’s fighting for their piece of the pie – and sometimes, those who work hardest are left with the tiniest sliver. In Israel, too
Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. on Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country’s public health system. The walkout is the latest in a wave of strikes that has disrupted Britons’ lives for months, as workers — especially in […]
Chief Rabbi Rav Dovid Lau spoke with Rabbanim in Turkey on Monday afternoon about the situation of their kehillos in the wake of the devastating earthquakes the country suffered earlier
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United Hatzalah has raised its alert level at the onset of winter storm Barbara. “We have raised the alert level of our volunteers across the country and sent additional resources and vehicles to the north and central mountain regions. We are fully prepared to continue our lifesaving activities across the country in spite of the […]
China on Monday accused the United States of indiscriminate use of force in shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, saying it “seriously impacted and damaged both sides’ efforts and progress in stabilizing Sino-U.S. relations.” The U.S. shot down the balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America. China […]
The United States has formed a perimeter off the coast of South Carolina in response to a shot down Chinese spy balloon. US ships have been deployed to secure the
This is an urgent call for help for Margalit bat Sarah. Margalit is a single mom doing the best she can for her small children.She has just been in a
Look for new faces and fresh political dynamics as President Joe Biden delivers this year’s State of the Union address, coupled with attention to some old problems brought back into painful focus by recent events. The president on Tuesday night will stand before a joint session of Congress for the first time since voters in […]
Europe imposed a ban Sunday on Russian diesel fuel and other refined oil products, slashing energy dependency on Moscow and seeking to further crimp the Kremlin’s fossil fuel earnings as punishment for invading Ukraine. The ban comes along with a price cap agreed by the Group of Seven allied democracies. The goal is allowing Russian […]
One of the closest friends of Rav Chaim Kaneivsky Z’l assisted Am Yisrael tirelessly with upholding yeshivas for boys and girls and helping people in anything and everything. Heart failure
Officials monitoring the smoldering, tangled wreckage of a train derailment in northeastern Ohio urgently warned hundreds of nearby residents who had declined to evacuate to do so Sunday night, saying a rail car was at risk of a potential explosion that could launch deadly shrapnel as far as a mile. They warned of “the potential […]
A small earthquake rumbled through western New York early Monday, alarming people in a region unaccustomed to such shaking but apparently causing no significant damage. The U.S. Geological Survey preliminarily
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