Month September 2019
Despite estimations even within his Likud party that the formation of a government under current circumstances is a near-impossible task, Binyamin Netanyahu is trying anyway – and a report in… Read more » The post Report: Netanyahu Ready to Offer… Continue Reading →
Israelis are firmly in favor of a unity government, and firmly against new elections, a poll in Yisrael Hayom shows. Despite the near-impossible mathematics of assembling a coalition, at least… Read more » The post Poll: Most Israelis Favor Unity,… Continue Reading →
Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim, the largest yeshiva in the world unfortunately fell behind six months in paying its yungeleit. Despite tireless efforts, the yeshiva could not have foreseen this for multiple reasons, the biggest factor being the change in the value… Continue Reading →
In offering Ukraine’s president the help of Attorney General William Barr in investigating political rival Joe Biden, President Donald Trump is once again inserting the nation’s top law enforcement officer into a political fray. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Democratic presidential candidates are united in condemning President Donald Trump for seeking a foreign country’s help to trash a domestic political rival. But when it comes to defending the president’s target, former Vice President Joe Biden, it’s more complicated. Read… Continue Reading →
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5780, Israel’s population now stands at 9.092 million according to a report by the Central Bureau Of Statistics(CBS). The population is projected to exceed 10 million by 2024 and 20 million by 2065. The… Continue Reading →
New York officials want to add menthol to the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes as the vaping industry seeks to block it, according to the governor’s office. Read more on Yeshiva World News
President Donald Trump lashed out Thursday at the person who gave information to a whistleblower who has accused the president of abusing the nation’s highest office for political gain, saying that individual is “close to a spy” who could have… Continue Reading →
A Delta Airlines baggage handler has been arrested on charges of stealing over $250,000 in cash from John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to federal authorities. Quincy Thorpe was arrested at his Brooklyn home Thursday and was released on $80,000… Continue Reading →
A recent political deadlock over the issue of drafting haredi (ultra-Orthodox) youths into the Israel Defense Forces was one of the key reasons that led Israelis to the polls last week for the second time in less than six months. The second… Continue Reading →
The federal government badly botched its response to a weeklong power failure amid a cold snap at a federal detention center in New York City last winter, fueling rumors and sparking unrest among shivering inmates, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog… Continue Reading →
The Tishrei Yomtov season is well underway and the shopping has begun, with consumers filling shopping carts to capacity. Meat, fish and pomegranate sales are up, as are honey sales, with this being the busiest season, with Israel’s Honey Council… Continue Reading →
When the residents of a certain province decided on their own to crown a powerful king as their ruler, the sovereign was ecstatic. At the coronation ceremony, the king instructed… Read more » The post The Call of the Trumpets… Continue Reading →
U.S. Economy Grew at Modest 2% Rate in Second Quarter WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy grew at a moderate 2% annual rate in the second quarter, a pace sharply… Read more » The post Business Briefs – September 26,… Continue Reading →
Stocks ended modestly lower and bond prices rose on Wall Street Thursday as investors turned cautious, shifting money into lower-risk holdings. The selling, which lost some of its momentum toward… Read more » The post U.S. Stocks Fall, Bond Prices… Continue Reading →
For over a year now, Klal Yisroel as one has been waiting with bated breath for the 13th Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi. The word “historic” is an often overused cliché, but the upcoming Siyum of Daf Yomi is precisely… Continue Reading →
Authorities are investigating a shooting in Lakewood this evening, law enforcement sources confirmed to TLS. Nobody was struck, but bullets reportedly struck a vehicle. An investigation is underway.
The. Moment. Is. Almost. Here. Only 100 Blatt left to The Siyum! For over a year now, Klal Yisroel as one has been waiting with bated breath for the 13th Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi. The word “historic” is an… Continue Reading →
North Korea said Friday it wants President Donald Trump to make a “wise option and bold decision” to produce a breakthrough in stalled nuclear diplomacy, in an escalation of pressure on the U.S. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Amid the divide between the Trump administration and left-wing Jewish religious organizations, at least a few major ones will participate in the annual call ahead of Rosh Hashanah between rabbis and U.S. President Donald Trump, scheduled for Sept. 27. This tension has… Continue Reading →
Just 24 hours after a Holocaust survivor found a swastika drawn in the lobby of her Boro Park building, more hate was directed towards Jews. The car belonging to a Williamsburg Hatzolah Volunteer was defaced with a Nazi swastika in… Continue Reading →