Are you hosting this week? Imagine – your phone rings. It’s a friend, asking if you’re hosting this shabbos. There’s a family who needs your help. The father works long

Israeli researchers are weeks away from developing a vaccine against COVID-19, Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis stated, adding that the vaccine could be ready within three weeks and enter the marketplace 90 days later. “Congratulations to MIGAL [The Galilee Research Institute] on this exciting breakthrough,” Akunis said. “I’m confident that there will be further […]

Your grocery shopping experience is about to get a lot more expensive, thanks to onerous new regulations imposed by New York State lawmakers. Particularly for large families, a typical grocery visit can cost hundreds of dollars. These costs are only growing to grow, as the “plastic bag ban”/”paper bag tax” takes effect on March 1st. […]

Order all your disposable products at wholesale prices! New website open to the public for Purim and Pesach orders.  Largest online selection that you will not find in the grocery

With three days left to Israel’s elections, Shas and Yahadus HaTorah (UTJ), which are striving to garner as many votes as possible in the last days of campaigning, are both

One of the nation’s largest labor unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide campaign to help defeat President Donald Trump, a sweeping effort focused on eight battleground states and voters of color who typically don’t vote. The investment marks the largest voter engagement and turnout operation in the history of the […]

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman slammed Blue and White leader Yair Lapid on Thursday for comparing Education Minister and Yamina leader Rabbi Rafi Peretz to Joint Arab List MK Heba Yazbak

Cashless tolling and wider lanes have made the Goethals Bridge a safer place for motorists, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. Crashes on the span, which links Elizabeth with Staten Island, New York, have declined by 57% since the agency completed its $1.5 billion improvements, the agency said. “In 2019, the […]

Over a thousand graduates, parents, and friends of Nesivos Chachma gathered at Binyanei HaUmah for a historic fundraiser to guarantee the future of the yeshiva. Throughout the event live footage

Israel became the first country on Wednesday to advise its citizens to halt all unnecessary travel abroad in light of the recent alarming spread of the coronavirus in countries outside China, including South Korea, Italy, Germany and other European countries and the first case diagnosed in Latin America in Brazil. “If you don’t genuinely have […]

It has all the hallmarks of an only-in-Los Angeles crime: A thief stole a hearse – with a body inside – that went on a wild ride, ending with a

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ ascendancy as Democrats’ leading presidential hopeful fueled growing unease as lawmakers openly expressed anxiety that the self-proclaimed democratic socialist could cost them House control and questions abounded over what party leaders should do. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., projected calm — and neutrality — on Wednesday as she batted away reporters’ queries […]

New York’s governor says he believes President Donald Trump is punishing his home state for being too liberal. In the past few weeks, New York has come out on the losing end on a series of federal acts. The Army Corps of Engineers slashed funding for a study of a colossal offshore sea wall that […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank nearly 1,200 points Thursday, deepening a weeklong global market rout caused by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will wreak havoc on the global economy. Bond prices soared again, sending the yield on the 10-year Treasury to another record low. When yields fall it’s a sign that investors are feeling […]

Reporter Amit Segal reported on Thursday evening that he is in possession of a secret recording of Yisrael Bachar, the senior advisor to Blue & White Chairman Benny Gantz. The

Thousands upon thousands of people are now at the Kosel for a Yom Tefillah joined by Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and other Gedolim ahead of the elections next week. (YWN

A Jewish boy was the victim of a hate attack in Crown Heights this week. CHI reports that the victim was using a piece of exercise equipment at the “Crunch

The first case of an Israeli diagnosed with the coronavirus who was not in quarantine was confirmed on Thursday in a man who returned from Italy on Sunday, the Health

Ha’Mekubal Harav Gamliel Rabinowitz publicized a special message to his chassidim and talmidim about the rapidly spreading coronavirus crisis. “The coronavirus is an epidemic,” Harav Gamliel said. “We need to

What do ten kids with eight sets of parents around Israel have in common? One man: Shimon Farage. Shimon & his wife Michal were married for years and were not

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