Bars and restaurants no longer have to close at midnight across New York state, as its coronavirus curfew for indoor dining ended Monday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last month that
Outgoing Mossad head Yossi Cohen warned that Israel should be intensifying its military operations against Iran to establish enhanced deterrence. Speaking at a ceremony at Bar-Ilan at which he received
Complaints are being heard within the Likud that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should have stepped aside to allow the formation of a right-wing government under another senior Likud figure following
Chinas ruling Communist Party said Monday it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of slowing the rapid aging of its population, which is adding to strains on the economy and society. The ruling party has enforced birth limits since 1980 to restrain population growth […]
Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Monday. In short public remarks Netanyahu said: “No one has done more
To those who lay claims that Brooklyn can’t sustain a growing Kollel, we point the way proudly to the burgeoning Batei Medrashim and Kollelim of Yeshiva & Mesivta Torah Vodaath.
It is unclear whether a formal governmental inquiry committee will be established to investigate the Meron tragedy until a new government can be formed. However, a police investigation is ongoing
The police chief in Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit which is 47% Arab-American, issued an apology for liking a pro-Israel social media post in the wake of flak from the Arab community, JTA reported. A couple of days ago, I liked a profile photo of a colleague and professional friend that I have now learned […]
The chancellor of Rutgers University in New Jersey issued a statement condemning anti-Semitsm and then, in the wake of flak from a pro-Palestinian group, apologized for its statement, JTA reported. The statement issued by Chancellor Christopher J. Molloy and Provost Francine Conway last week said that the university condemns all forms of bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, […]
One of the MKs in the anti-Netanyahu bloc who will be part of the new unity government (if it succeeds in being formed) is promoting a bill that would make
Eitan Biran, the 5-year-old Israeli survivor of the cable car disaster in Italy, began asking for his parents on Friday and questioning where he is. His first words were: “Where
Rebitzen Sima Spetner’s Beginner/ Fundamental Chinuch Course Coming to Monsey and Queens Join Rebitzen Spetner’s thousands of students from around the world who have transformed themselves, their homes, and their
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It was with a tremble in his breath and hesitation in his step that Rabbi “B,” a Jerusalem father of 12, approached the door of his neighbor, revered chacham Rav
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, indicating that President Joe Biden will look to act without Republican support if there is no consensus when Congress returns from its Memorial Day break. By the time that they return, which is June 7, just a week from […]
Republicans in the Texas Senate muscled one of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S. to the cusp of the governors desk early Sunday, approving fewer ways to cast a ballot and more criminal penalties after rushing the bill to the floor in the middle of the night. The sweeping measure, known as […]
More than half of Illinois adults have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, public health officials announced Sunday. Overall 11.2 million vaccines have been administered in the state, according to the
Rangers who keep an eye on North Americas highest mountain peak say impatient and inexperienced climbers are taking more risks and endangering themselves and other climbers after a year off because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Denali in southern Alaska is 20,310 feet (6,190 meters) above sea level and requires a level of expertise and acclimation […]
The three suspects in Italys cable car disaster that killed 14 people were allowed to leave prison Sunday after a judge indicated that for now blame fell on just one: a service technician who intentionally disabled the cars emergency brake because it kept locking spontaneously. Judge Donatella Banci Buonamici said there wasnt sufficient evidence suggesting […]
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