President Donald Trumps son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is returning to the Mideast at months end to promote the administrations $50 billion economic support plan for the Palestinians that theyve rejected because they says it “ignores their political demands”. Kushner outlined the plans 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 Israels 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, Portugals 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 LTzion 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. Zeev Khanin, the Academic Chairman of the Institute for Euro-Asian Jewish […]
The United States said its concerned by reports of Chinas 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 Chinas repeated provocative actions aimed at the offshore oil and gas development […]
Friends, I’m sure you will agree: Over the past 30 years, Catskills Hatzalah has grown to be an integral part of our community’s infrastructure, one that we all rely on
Con Edison was taking 30,000 customers off power in Brooklyn to make repairs and prevent a bigger outage, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in a tweet Sunday night. The announcement comes on top of the more than38,000 customers who lost power on the third day of an oppressive heatwave. The heat index rose above 100 […]
Israel Prison Authority (IPA) officials report that during the weekend, they foiled efforts to smuggle eleven cellphones into Ofer Prison, referring to efforts to smuggle phones to imprisoned terrorists. Two
The House Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday that this weeks hearing with Robert Mueller will air very substantial evidence of wrongdoing by President Donald Trump and make a public case for impeachment. Republicans pledged sharp questioning of the special counsel about what they see as a one-sided Russia investigation. Days before back-to-back hearings Wednesday, both […]
It’s beginning to sink in. What a loss! Our beloved Rebbe, Rav Dovid Trenk ztz”l, was the most vibrant, lively, loving person that we ever encountered. His boundless energy, constant
Back on Brooklyn Colleges red brick campus this winter to launch his second bid for the White House, Bernie Sanders set aside rhetoric for a few minutes to acknowledge the neighborhood where he grew up. The irascible Vermont senator recalled that his father had come to Brooklyn as an immigrant without a nickel in his […]
In a border police operation early Sunday morning, 102 illegal Palestinians were found at the crossing. This refers to laborers seeking to enter Israel proper to find work, but border
Bnei Brak resident M.K. has been handed a sentence of four years imprisonment for smuggling seven kilos of cocaine from Amsterdam to Israel. The 23-year-old was given his sentence three
Beginning on Sunday, Israel Police returned to using speed cameras as part of its traffic enforcement campaign. This refers to the A3 cameras, which have been out of use for
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told constituents on Saturday that President Donald Trump enjoyed hearing a crowd at his rally call for a U.S. congresswoman to return to the country where
Despite public objections of Charish Mayor Yitzchak Keshet, and on the backdrop of protests in Charish against the arrival of chareidim into the city, on erev Shabbos, sixty families affiliated
Theres a new target in the clash over immigration: hotels. Advocacy groups and unions are pressuring Marriott, MGM and others not to house migrants who have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The U.S. government has occasionally detained migrants in hotels for decades and says it might have to split up families if […]
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