Justin Silvera came off the fire lines in Northern California after a grueling 36 straight days battling wildfires and evacuating residents ahead of the flames. Before that, he and his crew had worked for 20 days, followed by a three-day break. Silvera, a 43-year-old battalion chief with Cal Fire, California’s state firefighting agency, said he’s […]
Following several days of feeling extremely weak, the Sanzer Rebbe of Netanya was tested for the coronavirus and the result was found to be positive on Tuesday. The Rebbe, 67,
In response to recent developments at Shas Yiden and to his requests, Maran Sar Hatorah, Hagaon Hagadol Harav Chaim Kanievsky, shlit”a, was moved to write a special brocho to Shas Yiden and its
Eli Rozenberg, a 26-year-old American living in Israel is the new owner of El Al. Eli purchased El Al on behalf of his father, New York businessman and Hatzolah Paramedic Kenny Rozenberg, and has now purchased a controlling stake in the beleaguered company from Israel’s Government Companies Authority Eli Rosenberg now holds the most amount […]
Two cranes collided Wednesday at a construction site in Austin, Texas, causing one of them to partially collapse and injuring at least 22 workers who were sent scrambling for safety,
New York City public school students won’t have any snow days this winter amid hybrid learning, according to state Department of Education guidelines. Under the guidelines, if in-person classes have to be canceled because of snowstorms or other weather, students will switch to remote learning instead of having classes canceled all together. The city is […]
The IDF carried out two rounds of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday morning in response to a wave of rockets fired at southern Israel beginning
Reb Daniel Shore z”l was a fixture in the Kensington community for many years, his smile lighting up the faces of all who knew him. He and his large family
A fire broke out Tuesday in a downtown Beirut building near the city’s port where an explosion last month killed nearly 200 people, injured thousands and left the city’s residents traumatized. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire in the building that was the work of late Iraq-born British architect Zaha Hadid. The […]
Unfortunately, the uptick in COVID-19 cases in our communities, noted in Agudath Israel of America’s recent statement regarding simchos, continues its upward trajectory. While there have been hospitalizations, boruch Hashem most of the recent cases have not been as serious as those in March and April. Theories to explain this phenomenon abound, and much remains […]
In what has not previously been seen before in Israel, Chareidi women staged a protest on Wednesday afternoon. The Hafganah was held outside the home of Minister Aryeh Deri in
Companies seeking relief from President Donald Trump’s taxes on imported steel and aluminum ran into long delays and cumbersome paperwork, a federal watchdog found. The U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that the Commerce Department, overwhelmed by companies lobbying to avoid the tariffs, could not meet its own deadline for processing around three-fourths of the requests. […]
Dear Friends around the Globe, This Elul, merit the unshakable Bracha of the venerable Tzadik of Jerusalem, Harav Hagaon Rav Gamliel Rabinowitz Shlita, who personally visited R’ Dovid and said:
Japan’s Parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as prime minister Wednesday, replacing long-serving leader Shinzo Abe with his right-hand man. Suga bowed deeply several times when the results were announced, as fellow governing party lawmakers applauded in parliament’s more powerful lower house. He was also confirmed in the upper house. Suga, who was chief Cabinet secretary and […]
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Israel’s Health Ministry said on Monday that Ben-Gurion airport will remain open during the upcoming nationwide lockdown but only flights that have already been scheduled will be permitted to take
Fielding compelling questions about voters’ real-world problems, President Donald Trump denied during a televised town hall Tuesday that he had played down the threat of the coronavirus earlier this year, although there is an audio recording of him stating he did just that. Trump, in what could well be a preview of his performance in […]
CNBC’s Jim Cramer apologized Tuesday for calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “crazy Nancy” during an interview, saying he was trying to make a point about Washington intolerance that fell flat. The fast-talking former hedge fund trader, one of CNBC’s leading personalities for two decades, was interviewing Pelosi on negotiations on a relief bill for those […]
In a humanitarian gesture, the Belarusian government set up huge tents and chemical toilets for the Breslover chassidim still waiting by the Ukrainian border in hopes of entering the country
Ebrahim Nonoo, a businessman, former member of the Shura council, and head of the Jewish community in Bahrain, was interviewed by 124News ahead of the signing of the historic peace
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