Israel’s Attorney General’s office declared the disgraceful comments of Deputy Mayor of Haifa, Lazer Kaplan to not be considered incitement against the Charedi community. Even the leadership of Yisrael Beiteinu,
For years, ultra-Orthodox Jewish families priced out of increasingly expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods have been turning to the suburbs, where they have taken advantage of open space and cheaper housing to establish modern-day versions of the European shtetls where their ancestors lived for centuries before the Holocaust. The expansion of Hasidic communities in New York’s Hudson […]
On Thursday, Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, signed a deal that will create a huge pipeline to ship gas from the eastern Mediterranean to the rest of Europe in spite of Turkey’s hostility to the deal. The move comes in an effort to block Turkey’s previous deal with Libya that was aimed at expanding the Muslim country’s […]
This week, tens of thousands of yidden around the world celebrated the accomplishment of finishing Shas! The inspiration is here! And the message is clear! Not only does one need
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that President Donald Trump has “tossed a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox” with the targeted killing of Iran’s top general in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. The former vice president joined other Democratic White House hopefuls in criticizing Trump’s order, saying it could leave the U.S. […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that a “harsh retaliation is waiting” for the U.S. after the airstrike on Baghdad airport that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. The Iranian state TV carried a statement by Khamenei also calling Soleimani “the international face of resistance.” Khamenei declared […]
Iran or its proxy forces may be planning further strikes on American interests in the Middle East, and the U.S. is prepared to take preemptive military action if it gets sufficient warning, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday. “The game has changed,” Esper said, citing a series of violent attacks on U.S. personnel and facilities […]
U.S. long-term mortgage rates declined slightly this week, remaining close to the historically low levels where they have hovered for the past two months. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday
The Shmuz, the wildly popular shiur class by Rabbi Shafier, announces new Parsha series. Sharing groundbreaking ideas and thought-provoking concepts, each segment is carefully crafted to be real, relevant, and
Former Obama housing secretary Julián Castro, the only Latino in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race, on Thursday ended his campaign that had pushed the field on immigration and swung hard at rivals on the debate stage but never found a foothold to climb from the back of the pack. “I’m so proud of the […]
Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials said Friday that Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. The officials said the strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces. Their deaths are […]
It is the talk of the small Jewish South African community. For the first time in the community’s history, a Siyum Hashas – of a magnitude never before seen in the country – will be organized by Dirshu in honor of the Torah. The special event will take place on Wednesday, 18 Teves, with the […]
A Texas judge on Thursday sided with a hospital that plans to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support after her mother disagreed with the decision by doctors who say
The Siyum HaShas saved a Jewish driver from a moving violation on Thursday, in an incredible Kiddush Hashem. The story happened less than 24 hours after 93,000 Orthodox Jews gathered
The top Republican in the New York State Assembly was charged New Year’s Eve with driving while intoxicated in his state-issued vehicle, just a week after he wrote a newspaper column warning citizens against getting behind the wheel drunk. Brian M. Kolb, a Republican from Canandaigua who represents a district just outside Rochester, was arrested […]
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