Tel Aviv saw hundreds of people take to the streets to mark the 5th birthday of Ariel Bibas, who is still being held captive by terrorists in Gaza along with

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Rav Aharon Olshin, the eldest son of Rav Yeruchem and the next in line to become a BMG rosh yeshiva, delivered his first Shiur Klali in the yeshiva today. Rav Aharon is also the son-in-law of Novominsk Rosh Yeshiva Rav Yossel Mermelstein shlit”a. BMG officials told Lakewood Alerts that although this shiur is a historic […]

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared in a New York court Monday to fight a lawsuit alleging he falsely claimed to live in New York as he sought

Newly released footage shows the late Bobover Rebbe, Rav Shlomo Halberstam zt”l, recounting in Yiddish [and some English] his miraculous rescue from the Holocaust. The video, released in commemoration of

The U.S. handed over its last military base in Niger — one of two crucial hubs for American counterterrorism operations in the country — to local authorities, the U.S. Department of Defense and Niger’s Ministry of Defense announced in a joint statement on Monday. The handing over of Airbase 201 in the city of Agadez […]

Former President Donald Trump has attributed Monday’s sharp decline in the stock market to Vice President Kamala Harris, labeling it “the Kamala Crash.” Trump’s comments came after the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 1,000 points in morning trading on Monday, following a significant drop of more than 600 points on Friday. “Of course there is […]

Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. They have been found in a wide range of body tissues, including the heart, liver,

Iran on Monday issued a NOTAM notice (Notice to Air Missions), alerting aircraft pilots in the center, west, and northwest of the country to change their routes. According to Malcolm

Ordinary Americans are “getting whacked” by too many laws and regulations, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says in a new book that underscores his skepticism of federal agencies and the power they wield. “Too little law and we’re not safe, and our liberties aren’t protected,” Gorsuch told The Associated Press in an interview in his […]

Iranian Parliament member Mohammad Qasim Osmani on Monday threatened to assassinate Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in retaliation for the elimination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. In his speech,

Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country Monday, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence, a day after nearly 100 died in the unrest. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s departure threatens […]

Chinuch Atzmai, Israel’s premier network of Torah schools, is dedicated to providing high-quality religious education to Jewish children across the country, especially in disadvantaged communities. With 215 communities, 127 Kiruv

IDF defense officials believe that Hezbollah tried to carry out a large-scale attack against IDF forces on the northern border when it fired three suicide drones at an IDF command

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Is it permitted to date during the Nine Days? The answer is not only may one date, but one can even get engaged during the Nine Days. And not only during the Nine Days, but one can even get engaged on Tisha B’Av itself (See SA OC 551:2)! Showering for a Date The […]

Japan’s benchmark stock index plunged 12.4% on Monday, compounding a global market rout set off by investor concerns that the the U.S. economy could be headed for recession. A report Friday showing hiring by U.S. employers slowed last month by much more than expected has convulsed financial markets, vanquishing the euphoria that had taken the […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Knowing the historical background of the churban helps us mourn its destruction. Tisha B’Av is the culmination, of course, of two national tragedies: the loss of the first Beis HaMikdash as well as the Second Beis HaMikdash. To understand the historical background that existed in the years before the destruction of […]

Ukraine’s newly arrived F-16 fighter jets were put on display Sunday by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the planes will boost the country’s war effort against Russia. “These jets are in our sky and today you see them,” said Zelenskyy, standing in front of two of the fighter jets as two others flew overhead in […]

Hurricane Debby reached the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday, bringing with it the potential for record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly across the northern part of the state before stalling over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina. The storm made landfall as a Category 1 storm […]

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