Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau, who spent more than three decades jailing criminals from mob kingpins and drug-dealing killers to a tax-dodging Harvard dean, died Sunday. He was
Prominent rabbonim of the chareidi tzibur in the Ramat Eshkol neighborhood of Jerusalem released a letter warning against the planned establishment of a Kiryat Chinuch (Educational complex) in the community
Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the U.S. and states over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly
By Yehuda Leib Grohman It was one of those rare precious moments, as the famed Rav and Mashpia of Boro Park,Horav Binyomin Eisenberger Shlit”a graced Monsey with his presence, and
After the announcement that Ayelet Shaked has assumed the leadership position of the New Right party, Itamar Ben-Gvir, of the Otzma Yehudit party, is calling for right-wing unity. “I Believe
Police on Sunday arrested three youths in Yavne after they attacked passersby by spraying them with the contents of a fire extinguisher. Some of the victims required medical care following
(VIDEOS AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan expressed his dismay that Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Khaled Barakat was invited to,
Israel’s Ministry of Health will be paying a cash incentive to the kupot cholim (HMOs) that reduce the usage of painkillers among its patients, and that will improve its availability
Due to a large sinkhole on Jabotinsky Street at the corner of Ben-Gurion Street in Bnei Brak on Monday morning, both lanes from the western to eastern direction are closed
Seven artists have asked New York City’s Whitney Museum to remove their work from its biennial showcase of American art over a museum board member’s ties to the sale of law enforcement supplies including tear gas. The artists are protesting Warren Kanders’ role as vice chairman of the Whitney’s board. Kanders is the owner of […]
Magen David Adom, as Israel’s National Emergency Medical and Blood Services Organization, has accumulated considerable experience in coping with mass casualty incidents. The “First 7 Minutes” project, initiated and developed
In line with a decision from the High Court of Justice, the IDF will begin demolishing illegal structures in the eastern capital near the eastern border gate of the city.
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is returning to the Mideast at month’s end to promote the administration’s $50 billion economic support plan for the Palestinians that they’ve rejected because they says it “ignores their political demands”. Kushner outlined the plan’s ambitious investment and development goals at a Bahrain conference last month. […]
The Vizhnitzer Rebbe announced on Sunday that he will push off his annual two-month excursion to Switzerland until all of the Yeshiva workers get paid their salaries. The educational institutions
Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy of the United States, came with his wife for a visit to the Kosel and the Kosel Tunnels to begin his official and first visit to the State of Israel. The Rabbi of the Kosel and Holy Sites, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, greeted the Secretary along with the Israel’s Minister of […]
About 1,800 firefighters were struggling to contain wildfires in central Portugal that have already injured 20 people, including eight firefighters, authorities said Sunday. The fires broke out Saturday across three fronts in the district of Castelo Branco, 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) northeast of Lisbon, the capital, Portugal’s Civil Protection Agency said. Firefighters were being […]
While on a pilgrimage to the town of Mezbiuz in Ukraine to visit the Kever of the Baal Shem Tov, a group of Charedim were shocked to see a group
Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita denies the Chief Rabbinate requests DNA from immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, as is alleged by the chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party, MK Avigdor Lieberman, who petitioned the High Court of Justice on the matter. “There is no such thing, it is a lie, an outright […]
Russian and Ukrainian Jews feel much safer in big cities, a new large poll finds. First results of the extended study “Jews of the Post-Soviet Space” were presented last week at the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute 2019 for curriculum development in critical antisemitism studies, prof. Ze’ev Khanin, the Academic Chairman of the Institute for Euro-Asian Jewish […]
The United States said it’s concerned by reports of China’s interference with oil and gas activities in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, where Vietnam accuses Beijing of violating its sovereignty. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement that China’s “repeated provocative actions aimed at the offshore oil and gas development […]
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