A recent article in the Christian Science Monitor called” “How a Wonder Rabbi is Stirring up a Hungarian Village” discussed the reaction of the non-Jewish population of the small village of Kerestir to the increasingly high number of frum Jews who visit the village to daven at the kever of Reb Shaya’le of Kerestir. The […]
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski came out Friday against calling witnesses in President Trumps impeachment trial, all but assuring the Senate will move to wrap up proceedings with a likely acquittal in a matter of days, if not hours. Given the partisan nature of this impeachment from the very beginning and throughout, I have come to […]
Bernie Sanders was endorsed Thursday by the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union, an influential group that also backed the Vermont senators presidential bid against Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. The unions support is key because it promises organizing muscle across the country. Sanders says that if turnout is high during Mondays lead-off […]
A child walking to Yeshiva in Boro Park walked away after being run over by a garbage truck on Friday morning. It happened at 8:45AM at the intersection of 9th
The Mekubal Rav Baruch Abuchatzeira, also known as the Baba Baruch, the son of the Baba Sali, recently related his view of Trump’s peace plan as part of a wide-ranging
Amazon had another prime holiday season. The online retailer said Thursday it has more than 150 million Prime members worldwide who pay $119 a year for faster shipping and other perks. Thats up 50% from the last time Amazon disclosed the number in 2018. It also surpasses Netflix, which has 139 million members globally who […]
Last year, towards the beginning of 2019, Reuven, an avreich in a Kollel in Yerushalayim was run over by a car on his way to learn near the Belzer Yeshiva.
Twitter and Pinterest are taking new steps to root out voting misinformation designed to suppress participation in the November elections. Twitter unveiled a new tool Wednesday that will make it
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will use his Super Bowl ad to highlight his efforts to combat gun violence, while President Donald Trump will focus on his economic record as the two candidates face off during the years most-watched television event. Trump and Bloomberg will broadcast dueling ads during Sundays NFL championship game, with each […]
Attorney General William Barr on Thursday nominated Timothy Shea, one of his closest advisers, to be the next top prosecutor in the nations capital. Shea will lead the largest United States attorneys office in the country, which has been historically responsible for some of the most significant and politically sensitive cases the Justice Department brings […]
A tectonic shift in relations quietly underway for years now was on full display as representatives of Gulf Arab states attended President Donald Trumps unveiling this week of an Israeli-Palestinian plan that heavily sides with Israel and all but crushes Palestinian aspirations. The audience at the White House, when Trump presented the plan alongside Israeli […]
Chief Justice John Roberts is the picture of judicial modesty at President Donald Trumps impeachment trial, wearing his unadorned black robe and wielding an ivory gavel as he presides over the Senate. So far he has played a limited role in the proceedings, but some hope that will change as the trial ends its second […]
Kan News interviewed Naama Issachar’s mother Yaffa on Thursday morning in Moscow as she shared the news about her daughter’s release from Russian prison with Rabbi Shea Deitsch, the Chabad
On Thursday, Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman issued a ban against all flights emanating from China from landing in Israel. The ban came in light of the rising death toll
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross suggested Thursday that the viral outbreak in China might offer an unexpected benefit for the U.S. economy: It could encourage American manufacturers in China to return to the United States. I think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to North America. Some to U.S., probably some to Mexico […]
When it comes to the 2020 presidential election, Democrats are nervous wrecks and Republican excitement has grown. Thats according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research as Americans look ahead to a high-stakes election that is 10 months away but still very much top of mind. While emotions could […]
Strong winds gusting across Southern California have toppled several panels of a new barrier being installed along the U.S.-Mexico border, a newspaper reported. The U.S. Border Patrol said the panels
The company that makes Marlboro cigarettes saw in late 2018 the opportunity to offset declining tobacco sales with a $13 billion investment in Juul, the e-cigarette maker. That investment has
The pilots union at American Airlines sued on Thursday to stop the carrier from flying to China and told members not to operate flights there because of the spreading coronavirus outbreak. The Allied Pilots Association, which represents Americans 15,000 pilots, asked a state district court in Dallas for an injunction to halt the flights immediately. […]
Republican seatmates Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski on Thursday passed a piece of paper back and forth, nodded and then sent the note on an unusual journey across the Senate aisle, into the hands of Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Two hours later, Sinema posed the trials first bipartisan question. On behalf of the power […]
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