Israeli warplanes carried out intense airstrikes on eastern Syria early Wednesday, apparently targeting positions and arms depots of Iran-backed fighters. At least 40 fighters were killed or wounded, according to
Chana was sick for many years. She passed away from COVID-19 leaving 10 yesomim, 5 of which are not married yet. She was the wife of a well-respected talmid chochom
This time the fury enveloping the Capitol comes not from an insurgent mob but from within. The anger on display is searing — Democrat against Republican; Republican against Republican; legislators of both parties against the catastrophic security failure that left top leaders of the government vulnerable to last week’s violence as well as to the […]
New York state expanded COVID-19 vaccine distribution Tuesday to people 65 and over, increasing access to an already short supply of doses being distributed through an overtaxed system some users
Watch the NEVER-BEFORE-TOLD most famous story about the Baba Sali. BABA SALI, RAV YISRAEL ABUCHATZEIRA זצ”ל, Hilula (yahrtzeit) is this Sunday in Netivot, Eretz Yisrael Yad L’Achim has arranged for a
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday his country is ready to put its frayed relationship with the European Union “back on track” and called on the 27-nation bloc to display the same determination. In an address to EU nations’ ambassadors in Ankara, Erdogan also expressed hope that a recent decision by Turkey and Greece […]
Where is Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader’s influential sister? That is a question many who watch the cloistered, nuclear-armed country are wondering after she failed to appear in absolute leader Kim Jong Un’s newly released lineup for the country’s powerful Politburo in recent days. Some say Kim Jong Un may have demoted his […]
The United Arab Emirates helped reunite two more Jewish Yemeni families who have been separated for 21 years, the Emirati WAM news outlet reported on Monday. The UAE helped reunite
Should I get a COVID-19 vaccine if I’ve had the virus? Yes. Regardless of previous infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people should plan on getting vaccinated when it’s their turn. “It’s a pretty straightforward question,” said Johns Hopkins infectious disease specialist Dr. Amesh Adalja. “Yes, you need to get vaccinated.” […]
New York City is looking to terminate its contracts with President Donald Trump to run two Central Park skating rinks and other facilities after a Trump-inspired mob rioted and breached the U.S. Capitol last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. “The president incited a rebellion against the United States government, a clearly unconstitutional act, […]
Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry is launching an initiative to assist in providing vaccinations against the coronavirus to every Holocaust survivor throughout the world, Israel Hayom reported on Tuesday. Diaspora Affairs
The FBI warned law enforcement agencies ahead of last week’s breach of the U.S. Capitol about the potential for extremist-driven violence, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, contradicting earlier statements that they were caught off guard by the assault by supporters of President Donald Trump. Nearly a week after the riot, officials said they were combing […]
In the past day, there have been 716 people who have tested positive for the Coronavirus in the city of Bnei Brak. This is the highest recorded number of new
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed all-out efforts to bolster his country’s nuclear deterrent during a major ruling party meeting where he earlier laid out plans to work toward salvaging the broken economy. Separately, Kim’s powerful sister criticized South Korea’s military for saying it had seen an apparent military parade taking place in Pyongyang. […]
An Iranian dissident called on Twitter to ban Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from its platform following the social media giant’s ban of US President Donald Trump. Journalist Maish Alinejad, an Iranian-born journalist, now living in exile in New York City, told The Jerusalem Post that “a close review of these accounts in multiple […]
In light of the highly contagious British variant which is rapidly spreading around Israel, Israeli health officials are considering requiring quarantine for those who spent only five or ten minutes
Rumors abounded on Tuesday afternoon that the head of the UTJ party, MK Moshe Gafne suffered from a heart attack, confounded even the Prime Minister who mistakenly repeated the rumors
The United States ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks, spent 10 days in intensive care with COVID-19 and is now recuperating at her residence, she announced Monday. After first experiencing “fever, chills, a sore throat and fatigue,” Marks went into a hospital on Dec. 28 when her symptoms worsened to receive “supplemental oxygen and therapeutic […]
For the first time in its 31-year history, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has begun describing both Israel and its control of the Palestinian territories as a single “apartheid” regime, using an explosive term that the country’s leaders and their supporters vehemently reject. The head of the Kohelet Policy Forum’s International Law Department, Prof. Eugene […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel considers U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban from Twitter by the company “problematic,” her spokesman said Monday. Twitter permanently suspended Trump from the microblogging platform on Friday, citing a “risk of further incitement of violence” in the wake of the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of the outgoing president. Asked […]
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