Mortgage rates, credit card rates, auto loan rates, and business loans with variable rates will all likely maintain their highs, with consequences for consumer spending, after the Federal Reserve indicated Wednesday that it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has “greater confidence” that price increases at the consumer level are slowing to its […]
Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election, according to a study published
Noga Mudrik, an Israeli PhD student at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, wrote on X. on Wednesday that she was assaulted on campus by a girl holding a Palestinian flag
The IDF announced the promotion of five generals to senior roles on Thursday, despite opposition from some lawmakers who argue that the military should not make such changes during the
Colombia has become the latest Latin American country to announce it will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its military campaign in Gaza, but the repercussions for the South American nation could be broader than for other countries due to longstanding bilateral agreements over security matters. Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday described Israel’s actions […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman There certainly may be heated discussions in the shuls across the country where there are multiple minyanim on an erev Shabbos. The Shul’s Rav cannot be everywhere, and at times people are unaware of his particular ruling for Sefiras HaOmer when Ma’ariv ends well before sunset. Typical conversations may sound like […]
Turkey has prohibited exports to Haifa and Ashdod ports in Israel, sources familiar with the matter told “Globes”. Despite no official statement, Turkish ports have begun enforcing the instruction, and
A unexpected symbol of Jewish identity caught the attention of many during clashes between anti-Israel protesters and pro-Israel counter-protesters at UCLA on Tuesday night. Amidst the familiar flags of Israel
Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Thursday that Dror Or, a 49-year-old resident, was murdered during the Hamas-led terror attack on October 7. His body is being held in Gaza, bringing an
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week and remains historically low as the labor market continues to show resiliency in the face of high interest
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman “Yes, Mommy, but what does the key mean? Why do we put it in the Challah dough?” Last Shabbos, we read a fascinating Pasuk in Shir HaShirim – the standard reading for Chol HaMoed Pesach. The verse (Shir HaShirim 5:2) states, “”I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! […]
Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now. The
The situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine is worsening but local defenders are so far holding firm against a concerted push by Russia’s bigger and better-equipped forces, a senior Ukrainian military official said Thursday. Russia has amassed troops in the Donetsk region in an effort to punch through the Ukrainian defensive line, according […]
HaGaon HaRav Tzvi Kushelevsky, who in March celebrated the birth of his first child at the age of 88 – an incredible neis that made headlines around the world –
Authorities said they have recovered the body of a fifth person who was missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge more than a month ago. The Key
U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to provisional CDC data. That’s down from 817 deaths in 2022 and 1,205 in 2021, when it was the highest level in more than 50 years. COVID-19 seems to […]
Jewish students at Northwestern University met with members of Congress on Wednesday and told them about the “shocking and scary” antisemitic acts they have been exposed to on campus, the
Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space. The Russian draft resolution, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, goes further than the U.S.-Japan proposal, […]
A report by Galai Tzahal’s Amir Bar Shalom has revealed that only two out of eight SM-3 missiles launched by the US military during Iran’s large-scale missile and drone attack
Herbert Rubinstein was 5 years old when he and his mother where taken from the Jewish ghetto of Chernivtsi and put on a cramped cattle wagon waiting to take them
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