Last week, the jews in Ukraine woke up to a terrifying nightmare. The fear was overwhelming, the panic overpowering. The Russian army is advancing on major cities in Ukraine, and
US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on Tuesday expressed his disbelief and dismay at the situation unfolding in Ukraine and beyond. Speaking at a Jewish People Policy Institute event in
Andrey Gonchruk served alongside Russian soldiers when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union and called them brothers. But on Wednesday, the 68-year-old wiped his face with one hand and grasped a rifle with another, ready to resist their invasion of his country. This is a blitzkrieg, Gonchruk said. He stood in the rubble of […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz kicked off a visit to Israel on Wednesday, briefly leaving Europe as the continents largest ground war in generations rages between Russia and Ukraine. Scholz arrived in Israel Tuesday evening and will return to Germany later Wednesday in a visit his first to Israel since becoming German leader that […]
Chabad Rav in Kyiv, HaRav Moshe Azman, who is currently providing shelter for hundreds of Jews in the village of Anatevka, west of Kyiv, posted a stirring video on Wednesday
Any bid by Israel to improve strained ties with Turkey wont come at the expense of its strategic relationship with neighboring Cyprus, the Israeli president said Wednesday. Israeli President Isaac Herzog, speaking after talks with his Cypriot counterpart, said hes aware next weeks visit to Turkey has touched a raw nerve in ethnically-split Cyprus, which […]
Former President Donald Trump appears to have a strong hold over the Republican Party more than a year after he left the White House, with 59% of attendees at the
For the athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, travel entailed robots. Everywhere. These machines prepared and served noodles, rice and burgers, and roamed hallways to take the temperatures of passersby. They even passed the Olympic flame underwater. Yet even if youre not an Olympian, your travels these days are far more likely […]
When the NBA needed Custom Made blazers for the 75 of the greatest players in the history of the game for the famous All-Star Game, they contacted Alan Horowitz of
A convoy of Jews fleeing Ukraine overnight Monday was forced to stop shortly before arriving at the Hungarian/Ukrainian border when a woman went into labor. “During the trip, one of
The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. The leftover rocket will smash into the far side of the moon at 5,800 mph (9,300 kph) on Friday, away from telescopes prying eyes. It may take weeks, even […]
The Chief Rabbi of Russia Rav Berel Lazar, who is considered close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, published a letter condemning the war in Ukraine to religious leaders in Russia
Acheinu Bnei Yisrael, A relative of Rav Chaim Kanievsky is in great distress. He is tormented by creditors day and night. They are threatening to take away his house and
New York Citys coronavirus contact tracing program will end its universal tracing efforts toward the end of the next month, with officials citing a significant caseload drop, high vaccination rates and new treatments as the rationale. Having these strong protections in place defines a new phase in the pandemic where we can learn to live […]
As the seventh day of the war in Ukraine raged, Russian forces reported on Wednesday morning that the southern city of Kherson has fallen into their hands. Rav of Kherson
Russia renewed its aerial assault Wednesday on Ukraines second-largest city in a pounding that lit up the skyline with balls of fire over populated areas, even as both sides said they were ready to resume talks aimed at stopping the fighting. Seven days into Russias invasion, a refugee crisis unfolded on the European continent, with […]
Anticipation is building for the drawing of the Kollel Shomrei Hachomos’ auction TOMORROW. March 3, 2022 is the day when the lucky winners will be selected to win a $10,000
Standing at the front of a bus full of Jewish women and children fleeing from war, the Rav of Zhytomyr and western Ukraine, HaRav Shlomo Wilhelm, pleaded with Am Yisrael
There have been social media messages calling for peace, an image of a murdered Russian opposition figure, a newspaper editorial demanding President Vladimir Putin stop this war. As Russian forces pound Ukraines cities, the sentiments might not be surprising. Their source is they come from rich Russians, including billionaires close to the Kremlin. Russias […]
In what is believed to have been yet another hate crime in Brooklyn, a Jewish man was assaulted in Crown Heights on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at around 7:20
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