Barack Obama spent hours reading legal briefs as he mulled candidates for the Supreme Court. Bill Clinton savored building a personal connection with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And Ronald Reagan offered

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A recent uptick in Covid-19 cases in Israel drove the Israeli government to enact a second lockdown, in an attempt to stem the increase of cases. This lockdown has added

Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine can protect against the virus. The study starting Wednesday will be one

A record number of 6,923 new coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours were confirmed in Israel on Wednesday morning, the highest number of daily cases since the start of

Marshall University has suspended a professor for saying in an online class that she hopes Trump supporters get coronavirus and die before the November election. The video posted on social

Ten years ago, Rabbi Dan Roth had dreams of being a Jewish educator in Jerusalem. An immigrant from London, he landed his first job as a teacher for high-risk youth

NEW YORK — The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is joining the ranks of city cultural institutions welcoming the return of visitors. The museum, a former aircraft carrier on

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ is calling for the immediate implementation of tightened restrictions on Israel’s public sphere and economy. Netanyahu asserted that Israel is in a state of a national

As in past years, Agudath Israel of America’s Washington Office has worked closely with agencies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help avoid potential problems for travelers carrying

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Facebook says it has removed a small network of fake accounts and pages that originated in China and focused on disrupting political activity in the U.S. and several other countries.

Cindy McCain endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president Tuesday in a rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the GOP’s 2008 nominee. Trump has had a fraught relationship

In a sweeping bipartisan vote that takes a government shutdown off the table, the House passed a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday night, shortly after President Donald Trump prevailed in

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