Today, Monday, 20 Adar I, February 25, marks the anniversary of Agudath Israel’s 11th Siyum Hashas of the Daf Yomi which took place in 2005. Because of the then unprecedented sold-out attendance, Klal Yisroel celebrated the 11th Siyum in two locations: Madison Square Garden in Manhattan and the Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey. The […]
(By Velvel Kohn) When the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne became aware that a good friend of the yeshiva was ill and in serious condition. They responded by providing
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she will forgo the chase for campaign money from the biggest donors in her quest for her party’s nomination for president. In an email to supporters on Monday, Warren, of Massachusetts, acknowledged that “this decision will ensure that I will be outraised by other candidates in this race.” But by […]
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday demanded that the Trump administration earmark at least $1.2 billion in the federal budget for New York City’s blighted public housing – the nation’s largest. The New York Democrat spoke at the Alfred E. Smith Houses on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Tenants say conditions in the city’s more than 300 […]
For the second time in three days, the NYPD is investigating swastikas found scrawled in places where children play. Two swastikas were discovered some time between Sunday night and Monday
Embattled Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax compared himself to Jim Crow-era lynching victims in a surprise speech Sunday, as he resisted widespread calls to resign prompted by allegations of assaulting
More than 20 vehicles were involved in a major pileup on Highway 15 in Canada near the US Border, Monday morning. Montreal Hatzolah responded to the scene, after being called
Immigrants with specialized skills are being denied work visas or seeing applications get caught up in lengthy bureaucratic tangles under federal changes that some consider a contradiction to President Donald Trump’s promise of a continued pathway to the U.S. for the most talented foreigners. Getting what’s known as an H-1B visa has never been a […]
President Donald Trump says he’ll host a July Fourth celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. And though the event he’s calling “A Salute to America” is months away, he’s boasting it’ll be one of the city’s biggest Independence Day gatherings–ever. Trump tweeted Sunday: “HOLD THE DATE! We will be having one of the biggest gatherings in […]
A top House Democrat has threatened to call special counsel Robert Mueller to Capitol Hill, subpoena documents and sue the Trump administration if the full report on Mueller’s Russia investigation is not made public. Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said his committee will keep close watch on new Attorney General William […]
In a difficult event, a mother in her 60s was brought to a kupat cholim branch in Bnei Brak on Monday morning, and she was struck with a vehicle and
A woman in her 30s was critically injured on Monday morning when she was struck by a train in the Ayalon district, near the Rehovot station. Magen David Adom and
Roughly half the nation’s business economists say they think the U.S. economy will slip into recession by the end of next year, and three-fourths envision such a downturn beginning by the end of 2021. The finding comes from the latest survey by the National Association for Business Economics of its member economists. Just 10 percent […]
The Giant Is Not Sleeping Anymore Rav Noach Weinberg zt”l, the legendary founder of Aish HaTorah, would refer to the frum community as ‘the sleeping giant’, a giant with tremendous potential to share the beauty of its heritage with fellow Jews but oblivious to its latent power. That giant was effectively jolted out of its […]
Redefining success, President Donald Trump headed to his second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on Monday, determined to tamp down expectations that he’ll achieve big strides toward denuclearization. Yet he was still eager to claim an attention-grabbing victory to offset the political turmoil he faces at home. Trump is set to land in […]
The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline is up 10 cents a gallon (3.8 liters) over the past two weeks, to $2.44. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the United States has asked Moscow’s advice in dealing with North Korea before a summit between President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader. Trump and Kim Jong Un are expected to meet on Wednesday and Thursday in Vietnam’s capital. Their first meeting last summer ended without substantive agreements […]
Forbes Israel publishes a ranking of wealthy politicians 2019: This is the fourth time that Forbes publishes the rating, as part of the effort to create maximum transparency of elected
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