Israels Central Bureau of Statistics announced that from the current year, the term “elderly” (????) would be gradually discontinued and that it would be removed from the lexicon for the benefit of the term “veteran citizen” (???? ?????). The bureau’s announcement came following an appeal by MK (Machane Tzioni) Nachman Shai who claimed that the […]
The Trump administration has released a list of 114 Russian politicians and 96 “oligarchs” it says are linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but it’s decided not to issue any
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is advising Democrats to be on their better behavior during President Donald Trump’s speech for strategy’s sake. “Let the attention be on his slobbering self,” Pelosi told members during a closed caucus meeting, according to a Democratic aide in the room who was not authorized to discuss internal discussions […]
A Republican congressman from Arizona said any “illegal aliens” who attend the State of the Union address as guests of Democrats should be arrested and deported. More than 20 Democratic
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Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks of the threats posed to Israel by its neighbors in the region, which were at the center of the Prime Minister’s meeting with President Putin.
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow Americans: Less than 1 year has passed since I first stood at this podium, in this majestic chamber, to speak on behalf of the American People and to address their concerns, their hopes, and their dreams. […]
Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Tuesday morning, 14 Shevat, responded to the rabbis’ comments made during a recent atzeres for girls attending Midrashot on the halachic and problematic prohibition on enlisting into mixed army, saying that the rabbis were talking because they were frustrated. In an interview with Galei Tzahal (Army Radio), Ya’alon said […]
Child development experts and advocates are urging Facebook to pull the plug on its new messaging app aimed at kids. A group letter sent Tuesday to CEO Mark Zuckerberg argues
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) Tu B’Shvat is one of those little understood days that most people know very little about. We know it as the Rosh HaShana for trees. This is based upon the first Mishna in the tractate Rosh HaShana, Beis Shammai is of the opinion that Rosh […]
The U.N. agency for Palestinian “refugees”, hit by U.S. funding cuts, is seeking $800 million for “emergency operations in Syria, the West Bank and Gaza”. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which serves some 5 million Palestinian refugees and their descendants, had a budget of over $1 billion last year. They claim the money goes […]
On Friday, January 26, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner announced the adoption of a policy to include previously excluded schools in Illinois new tax credit scholarship program, the Invest in Kids Act. The breakthrough came after the Rauner administration, a bi-partisan group of lawmakers, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the Illinois Department of Revenue […]
Thousands of bacteria-infected mosquitoes will be flying near Miami to test a new way to suppress insect populations that carry Zika and other viruses. According to a statement from the
The exemption regulations for the recruitment of religious girls from the IDF continue to cause a stir in the Chareidi sector, due to fears of a change in the process.
Hundreds of Jews who flew to Morocco to participate in the Yartzheit and Hilula of the the Mekubal HaRav Yitzchak Abuchatzera ZATZAL, on Tuesday, 14 Shevat , were stuck for long hours on the roads following a heavy snow storm. Every year thousands participate in the celebration of Rabbi Yitzchak ZYA, the fourth son of […]
An Iranian opposition figure under house arrest has voiced rare criticism of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, blaming him for the “disastrous results” of the Revolutionary Guard’s vast political and
In an abrupt reversal, the U.S. military on Tuesday said it made a mistake when it ordered an independent federal auditor to stop providing the public with information about U.S.
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