Israels national police force on Tuesday said it had found evidence pointing to improper use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens phones. The announcement came two weeks after an Israeli newspaper reported a string of instances of the police using the NSO Groups Pegasus software to surveil protesters, politicians […]
CNN President Jeff Zucker resigned abruptly after nine years at the media company after acknowledging a consensual innaproppoarte relationship with a co-worker. Zucker said he acknowledged the relationship when asked
A Jewish congregation in New York City has moved to evict Rhode Island congregants who worship at the nations oldest synagogue as part of a long-running dispute over control of the historic building. The New York-based Congregation Shearith Israel on Monday filed a motion in state Superior Court to take control of Touro Synagogue by […]
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A teenage fast-food cashier shot to death in Manhattan. A woman pushed to her death in front of a subway train in Times Square. An 11-month-old girl wounded by a
Donald Trumps relentless, false claims about the 2020 presidential election have sparked fresh urgency in Congress and in both parties for changing the Electoral Count Act to ensure no one can undo a future presidential election. Lawmakers are working furiously to update the 135-year-old law that was put in place in the aftermath […]
“Our country is going to hell and we’re going to make American great again, again, I sort of say,” Trump continued. “And I smile, but there’s nothing to smile about,
The passing of legendary Kashrus authority, Rav Osher Yaakov Westheim, ztl, has left a gaping void in the world of Rabbonus, which has lost a venerated figurebut his groundbreaking work in the field of kashrus has been continued by his son-in-law, Rav Shulem Landau, who has spent decades working alongside his illustrious father-in-law. This week, […]
President Joe Biden stretched out for Republican support for his Supreme Court nominee Tuesday, inviting the GOPs top Judiciary Committee senator to the White House along with the panels Democratic chairman and phoning Republican leader Mitch McConnell for a one-on-one discussion. Biden and fellow Democrats are working for significant Republican backing for the still-to-be-named nominee […]
An 11-year-old Chareidi boy was killed in a fire that broke out in an apartment in the Musrara neighborhood of Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Firefighters who arrived at the scene
Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving
New York City police officers are attending a wake Tuesday at St. Patricks Cathedral to honor one of the two officers killed in an ambush at a Harlem apartment. Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, was taken off life support a week ago, four days after he and Officer Jason Rivera, 22, were shot while responding to […]
Rabbi Nechemya Malinowitz of Eretz Hakodesh announced on Wednesday, Rosh Chodesh Adar, that anyone with valid student visas can now enter Israel even if they’re not vaccinated or recovered. Students
Tefillos are needed for HaRav Osher David, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Emek Halacha in Lakewood, who suffered a stroke on Tuesday. Besides for being a renowned Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Dovid
Two more state senators would represent New York City in the Legislature under crucial new maps released Tuesday that would set political boundaries for the next decade. Legislative leaders plan to fast-track passage of the redistricting task forces maps for Assembly and Senate districts as the March 1 start of the political season approaches. Lawmakers […]
A man is facing hate crime charges in connection with several acts of vandalism against Jewish institutions and Jewish businesses in West Rogers Park, Chicago over the weekend. Chicago Police
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In a scene at odds with Canadians reputation for niceness and rule-following, thousands of protesters railing against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions descended on the capital over the weekend, deliberately blocking traffic around Parliament Hill. Some urinated and parked on the National War Memorial. One danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A […]
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Lujn of New Mexico is expected to make a full recovery after suffering a stroke and being hospitalized last week, when he began to experience dizziness and fatigue, according to his chief of staff. The 49-year-old Democrat checked himself into a hospital in Santa Fe on Thursday. His chief of staff, […]
An off-duty officer was shot in Queens on Tuesday night. Sources tell YWN that the officer was possibly the victim of an attempted armed car jacking at the intersection of
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