Two major countries are in the pipeline to possibly join the Abraham Accords: Saudi Arabia and Syria. In Syria, Bakr Simantov has won the title of ‘The Last Jew in
Senate Republicans will test the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts this week by aiming to pass President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in public media and foreign aid spending. Senate Democrats are trying to kill the measure but need a few Republicans uncomfortable with the president’s effort to join […]
According to sources who attended the restricted cabinet meeting on Sunday evening, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed determination to reach a hostage deal and even showed willingness to compromise on
A German doctor went on trial in Berlin Monday, accused of murdering 15 of his patients who were under palliative care. The prosecutor’s office brought charges against the 40-year-old doctor “for 15 counts of murder with malice aforethought and other base motives” before a Berlin state court. The prosecutor’s office is seeking not only a […]
On Sunday July 6th, Yeshiva Gedola of South Bend hosted its 8th Annual Masechta B’shaah event. As in past years, alumni and community members joined the yeshiva, with close to 200 lomdim gathering to cumulatively complete Maseches Gitin in the hour preceding the talmidims’ siyum. A beautiful feature of this communal siyum is that it […]
Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much, but they share a conviction that the government should help American manufacturers, one way or another. Democratic President Joe Biden handed out subsidies to chipmakers and electric vehicle manufacturers. Republican President Donald Trump is building a wall of import taxes — tariffs — around the U.S. economy to […]
The rabbanim of Degel HaTorah have directed the party’s representatives to immediately resign from the government and coalition, due to the government’s failure to advance legislation protecting bnei yeshiva from the military draft. Shortly after Degel HaTorah withdrew, Agudas Yisroel followed suit. The psak was issued late Sunday night by HaRav Dov Landau shlit”a, and […]
A powerful moment unfolded at Ben Gurion Airport this week as volunteers from Naava Kodesh warmly welcomed a group of Yeshivish families making Aliyah to Eretz Yisroel. Among the arrivals was a family from Lakewood, New Jersey — a sign of the growing trend among Bnei Torah families to establish permanent homes in Eretz Yisroel. […]
A group of families affected by the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led massacre has filed a landmark lawsuit against the Palestinian Authority (PA), seeking over NIS 1 billion (approximately $270 million)
U.S. President Donald Trump will make an unprecedented second state visit to the U.K. between Sept. 17 and 19 when he will be hosted by King Charles II and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Trump, who is a big supporter of the royal family, particularly of the monarch, will be accompanied by his wife, Melania Trump during the […]
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he will campaign for mayor of New York City as an independent candidate, staying in a crowded field running against surging left-wing
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett fiercely rejected explosive allegations that convicted predator Jeffrey Epstein had worked for Mossad, calling the claim “categorically and totally false” and accusing right-wing media personality Tucker Carlson of trafficking in conspiracy theories. The dramatic exchange erupted following Carlson’s remarks at the Turning Point USA conference this past weekend, where […]
The IDF issued an unusual statement on Monday stating that the Air Force attacked several Syrian tanks in the area between A-Sijin and Samia in southern Syria. A security source
The IDF has announced the deaths of three soldiers and the serious injury of an officer during heavy fighting in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza earlier today. The incident occurred around noon and involved a tank belonging to the 401st Armored Brigade’s 52nd Battalion. The IDF initially believed the tank had been struck by […]
Millions of people receive a federal tax deduction for the interest they pay on home loans. Under President Donald Trump’s new tax-cut law, many people for the first time also could claim a tax deduction for interest on their vehicle loans. The new tax break will be available even to people who don’t itemize deductions. But […]
More than a thousand avreichim from the “Chofetz Chaim B’Iyun” Kollel network, under the leadership of HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Edelstein, gathered this week for their annual conference at the Armonot Chen Hall in Bnei Brak. The major event was graced by the presence of Gedolei Yisroel, members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Roshei […]
More than 20 states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more. Some of the withheld money funds after-school and summer programming at Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA or public schools, attended by 1.4 million children and teenagers nationwide. Congress set aside money for […]
A senior Egyptian official has voiced sharp opposition to Israel’s proposed military redeployment in Gaza, warning that the plan could jeopardize regional stability and even prompt a reassessment of the Camp David peace accords. In an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, the official — a member of Egypt’s security delegation involved in ongoing ceasefire negotiations between […]
Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could wipe out centuries of history. The 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey is a sprawling Benedictine monastery that is one of Hungary’s oldest centers of learning and a UNESCO World Heritage site. […]
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