Month June 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping praised North Korea for moving in the “right direction” by politically resolving issues on the Korean Peninsula in an essay published in both countries’ official media… Read more » The post Xi Supports N. Korea’s Direction… Continue Reading →
Asian shares hit five-week highs on Wednesday as investors wagered the Federal Reserve would follow the lead of the European Central Bank and open the door to future rate cuts… Read more » The post Asia Shares Pin All on… Continue Reading →
The Teveria city council on Tuesday evening rejected the budget proposal submitted by Mayor Ron Kobi following a stormy debate that lasted over four hours. After the vote ended and… Read more » The post Teveria Mayor Fails to Pass… Continue Reading →
Iran will not extend a 60-day deadline for it to start pulling out of more commitments agreed under its nuclear deal, the spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Behrouz Kamalvandi,… Read more » The post Iran Says It Will Not… Continue Reading →
Boruch Yida Ganz, a middle-aged Satmar Chasid from Williamsburg Roughly 120 years after the petirah of my elter-zeide, Dayan Rav Mordechai Rothstein of Holmein, I unexpectedly met an old friend. We were at a sheva brachos at the V’Yoel Moshe… Continue Reading →
Recently, rabbanim in the New York area have noted a halachic issue: A growing number of young mohalim have been failing to do a complete bris milah. In some cases, that has even been a d’Oraisa problem. These mohalim have… Continue Reading →
For more great recipes, check out this weeks issue of Whisk by Ami The post Summer in a Sandwich appeared first on Ami Magazine.
Like all new moms, Emily Oster wanted to give her newborn daughter the best possible start in life, but it didn’t take long before her baby’s incessant cries nearly defeated her. “I tried everything: bouncing her more, bouncing her less,… Continue Reading →
Among the many recent news updates, polling results and dramatic declarations in Israeli politics this past week, it was impossible to miss two significant events: the retirement of Avi Gabbay from politics in general, and the Labor Party in particular;… Continue Reading →
Our street is very close-knit and we all look out for each other—which was particularly beneficial for one elderly neighbor who lived alone and had no frum family. He rotated between our homes for Shabbos meals and became a guest… Continue Reading →
The renowned German poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, once said, “Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.” Bold people, however, are hard to come by. Even eons ago Shlomo… Continue Reading →
Sanctions have not stopped Hezbollah at all. The DEA has strong evidence that the group has only gotten richer from drug sales, but no agency inside the DC Beltway wants to admit how wrong they have all been and how… Continue Reading →
Last year, Beverley Benia-Herzig traveled to Poland for a tour of Jewish heritage sites and came home inspired. Learning about the communities that had been destroyed and the lives that had been stolen had a deep impact on her. She… Continue Reading →
This smoothie is so easy to make—no peeling or chopping required—and super refreshing. For additional pizazz serve topped with granola. 1 ripe banana, cut into chunks 2 cups fresh or frozen berries, such as blueberries, strawberries (quartered if fresh), or… Continue Reading →
A cookie tart is one of my favorite desserts. It’s basically one gigantic cookie, but a much more thick and gooey one. Another favorite of mine: browned butter. Browned butter takes just minutes to make and produces a deep, caramel-hazelnut-butterscotch… Continue Reading →
When the idea to interview current Civil Court Judge Elena Baron was first proposed, I must admit that I was unaware of the important role Surrogate’s Court judges play in people’s lives. I was surprised to learn that it is… Continue Reading →
Sacramento, CA – California public health officials would have oversight of doctors and schools with high numbers of medical exemptions for vaccinations under a legislative compromise announced Tuesday. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the bill’s author disclosed the deal aimed at… Continue Reading →
Dozens of girls were sent home from a Monsey school on Tuesday. The reason? Failure to provide proof of vaccination. The parents at the Satmar school (1 Monsey Blvd) were apparently asked to provide proof of vaccination to the administration…. Continue Reading →
After the four Sifrei Torah which were stolen from Beit Knesset Orot HaTorah in Bnei Brak recently, and subsequently recovered in a PA (Palestinian Authority) village in Shomron, it has been decided that the Seforim will be returned in a… Continue Reading →
Washington – Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren’t a fluke. Obesity rates dropped steadily to about 14% in 2016 —… Continue Reading →
Orlando, FL – President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday by presenting himself as the same political insurgent who shook up the Washington establishment four years ago and who is now a victim of an attempted… Continue Reading →