Iran’s foreign minister said Tuesday he hoped his sudden resignation would reinforce the position of his fellow diplomats, hinting that a dispute with the security apparatus and hard-liners led to a “deadly poison for foreign policy.” Mohammed Javad Zarif’s move sent shockwaves through Iran, where tensions are already running high over America’s withdraw from the […]
Thirty-five soldiers of the chareidi Chetz (Arrow) Company in the paratroopers received the red berets on Thursday at a ceremony held at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem, the site of the
Agudath Israel of America notes, with appreciation, the recent zoning law change in the Village of Chestnut Ridge. This new set of zoning laws, passed by the Village last Thursday,
An Amtrak train with almost 200 people aboard hit downed trees during a blizzard and got stranded in the Oregon mountains for a day and a half, but passengers and
Jumaane Williams has won the race for New York City Public Advocate — a job that comes with a $165,000 salary, a $3 million budget, but little authority. The offers offers a bully pulpit that can be used to scold more powerful officeholders. Williams, a Democrat, had more than 32 percent of the vote when […]
Former Israeli cabinet minister Gonen Segev will be sent to prison for 11 years for spying for Iran. According to the plea bargain agreement, the former minister, who admitted the
Democrats ignored a veto threat and rammed legislation through the House Tuesday that would stymie President Donald Trump’s bid for billions of extra dollars for his border wall, escalating a clash over whether he was abusing his powers to advance his paramount campaign pledge. The House’s 245-182 vote to block Trump’s national emergency declaration fell […]
A fire broke out in a building next to a daycare on Yehuda Halevi Street in Bnei Brak on Tuesday. Thankfully, no one was injured. Residents who live and study
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced a deal on plans for new tolls on motorists entering the heart of Manhattan, an important show of support as state lawmakers debate ways to raise revenue for an outdated transit system. While the joint agreement doesn’t set a […]
Senate Democrats on Monday blocked a Republican bill that would have threatened prison for doctors who don’t try saving the life of infants born alive during abortions. The vote was the latest instance in which Republicans have tried to go on offense on the issue and put Democratic abortion-rights lawmakers in an uncomfortable position. Supporters […]
An elderly Jewish couple, tourists from France, came to the office of the Haifa train station administration and explained that they lost €4,200 in cash that they had with them, as they are visiting their daughter, a new immigrant from France who now lives in Netanya. The couple explained the cash for intended for the […]
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is expected to give a behind-the-scenes account of what he will claim is Trump’s lying, racism and cheating, and possibly even criminal
Built in 1896 under the encouragement of Rav Simchah Zissel Ziv of Kelm zt”l, the legendary Chatzer Straus campus was once home to the great mussar giants of previous generations.
The following is by DansDeals: Everyone loves earning points and miles, and they should. It’s allowed me and many others to travel the world in first class and stay in five star resorts for free. But depending how you earn those points, some people end up paying a very high price. 5 years ago I […]
According to a News 13 report, police are now probing Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman’s involvement in working to assist a convicted criminal with ties to the Gerre Chassidus who
If two New York City lawmakers get their way, the long, droning siren from police cars, fire trucks and ambulances that has been part of the city’s soundtrack for generations — WAAAAAhhhhhhh — would be replaced by a high-low wail similar to what’s heard on the streets of London and Paris — WEE-oww-WEE-oww-WEE-oww. Their reasons […]
An appointee of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called out his former boss Tuesday at his resentencing for his role in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal, blaming his
Following a combined continuing education seminar of members of Rescuers with Borders from Mevo Dotan and IDF medical personnel, held in Mevo Dotan in Northern Shomron, a training exercise was
Bayonne Story Nedarim x 9! By Velvel Kohn When the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne became aware that a good friend of the yeshiva was ill and
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