China’s acting ambassador to Israel apologized on Sunday after comparing the closure of several national borders to Chinese citizens amid fears of a new virus from China to the turning away of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. Dai Yuming told reporters at a English-language press conference in Tel Aviv that the “errors to limit or […]
Thousands participated in the hillulahs for the Baba Sali, z’tl, on Thursday near his tzion in Netivot for his 36th yartzeit (4 Shevat). The main speech was delivered by the
Maran Sar HaTorah Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky, Shlit”a: “One who contributes money to Kupat Ha’ir’s “Vehasirosi Machalah Mikirbecha” Fund WILL MERIT, MIDDAH KENEGED MIDDAH, THAT HE, AND ALL THE MEMBERS
Every week, dozens of brissim are held in the Lederman shul with Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky serving as the sandak, but one of the brissim held on Monday morning was anything but routine. A bris was held on Monday for a baby whose father is currently serving a jail sentence, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. Before the bris, […]
U.S. factories expanded unexpectedly last month, snapping a five-month losing streak. The Insitute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday that its manufacturing index rose to 50.9
A stun grenade was found in the entrance of a money-changing business on Rechov Bnei Akiva on Monday morning, Kikar H’Shabbat reported. The police were called about a suspicious object
Iowa? Who cares. On the day the 2020 presidential election kicks off with the Iowa caucuses, Michael Bloomberg was half a continent and a leap of faith away in California,
The worldwide panic over the coronavirus reached Bnei Brak on Monday afternoon when a Bnei Brak resident who had recently been in Thailand walked into a clinic and complained he
The World Health Organization chief has traveled a dozen times to monitor the Ebola response in Congo . But when he planned to visit China’s capital last week over a new viral outbreak emerging from central Hubei province, his daughter got worried. “Before I left for Beijing, my daughter was saying, ‘Oh, you should not […]
Shoshana Brohm is a remarkable mother of 13 who somehow, against all odds, managed to raise a large family on her own after the sudden passing of her husband, respected
A Haaretz investigative report on Monday morning revealed incriminating information about Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman, who brought Israel to 2nd and now 3rd elections due to his refusal to
Days after Gulf Arab states expressed their support for President Donald Trump’s efforts at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, representatives from these same countries and other Muslim nations gathered in Saudi Arabia and rejected the White House’s plan as “biased.” Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the kingdom backs efforts that push for […]
Congressman Max Rose, Member of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, hosted Staten Island resident and longtime New York City Rabbi Avraham Hakohen “Romi” Cohn, a Holocaust survivor, to deliver the Opening Prayer before the House of Representatives today. “I’m especially honored to welcome Rabbi Cohn this week as we remember the 75th Anniversary […]
Passengers on an Air Canada Boeing 767 that made a safe emergency landing in Madrid Monday evening have described how they spent hours flying in circles to burn fuel in
Former Vice President Joe Biden seemed to get short-tempered with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie when asked about his son Hunter Biden’s dealings with Ukraine. When Guthrie caught up with Biden on Monday, she noted the “irony” that more people know about Hunter’s work with the Burisma gas company now, thanks to President Donald Trump’s Ukraine scandal […]
A Hamas terrorist imprisoned in Ofer Prison near Jerusalem attacked and wounded a prison guard on Monday morning, the Israel Prison Service stated. The prison guard was lightly wounded in
A leaked recording of an exchange between an Iranian air-traffic controller and an Iranian pilot purports to show that authorities immediately knew a missile had downed a Ukrainian jetliner after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard, despite days of denials by the Islamic Republic. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged the recording’s authenticity in […]
Iconic Conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh announced on his Monday radio program that he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. He says he will not be on the air for some days due to treatment. “This day has been one of the most difficult days in recent memory, for me, because I’ve known this […]
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 17,300 people globally. Cases confirmed as of Monday in Beijing: — China: 17,205 cases on the mainland. In addition, Hong Kong has 15 cases and Macao has seven. Most of the 361 deaths have been in central Hubei province, where illnesses from the new […]
A gunman opened fire aboard a packed Greyhound bus as it was traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco early Monday, killing one passenger and wounding five others before the
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