Month February 2020

The mashpiah Rav Meilech Biderman told an incredible story at a gathering in the Viznitzer yeshivah Yeshuos Moshe in Kiryat Sefer this week, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. Rav Biderman told the bochurim that last Wednesday, on yud ches Shevat, a Vitznitzer… Continue Reading →

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — After a two-year expansion and modernization, the Buenos Aires Holocaust museum has reopened to the public and now allows visitors to virtually talk with holograms of Holocaust survivors. The technology, called “Dimensions in Testimony” and… Continue Reading →

On Thursday evening there was a suspected ramming attack that took place in the Binyamin region just south of Beit El. The Arab driver is suspected of trying to carry out the attack and injure soldiers near the village of… Continue Reading →

The eleven Israelis that were quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have landed at Ben-Gurion Airport early Friday morning. The Israelis flew on a private jet chartered from Thailand through arrangements made by the Health and Foreign… Continue Reading →

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Can a socialist own a summer house? That’s the question unabashed capitalist billionaire Mike Bloomberg posed Wednesday night as he tried to brand Sen. Bernie Sanders a hypocrite in Wednesday night’s fiery Democratic presidential primary debate…. Continue Reading →

For a Supreme Court that says it has an allergy to politics, the next few months might require a lot of tissues. The court is poised to issue campaign-season decisions in the full bloom of spring in cases dealing with… Continue Reading →

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Eliezer Berland, who was arrested last week on charges of exploitation, money laundering and tax evasion, is heard telling his assistant, who was also arrested, to ask for $20,000 from someone who requested a bracha from him for wealth, on… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (JTA) — Shortly before he killed 51 people, the gunman who perpetrated the Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque shooting posted a manifesto to the website 8chan in which he praised a fellow white supremacist — the attacker who killed… Continue Reading →

There is something about going back to where it all began to make you remember who you are and what matters most. Taking part in the Agudah’s 20th annual Yarchei Kallah, participants found themselves overtaken by an emotional connection to… Continue Reading →

His aura suddenly shattered, a defiant Michael Bloomberg sent a pointed message Thursday to a political world grappling with his underwhelming presidential debate debut: He’s not going away. The New York ultra-billionaire lashed out at leading Democratic rival Bernie Sanders… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump has made an unconventional pick to oversee America’s spy agencies: an unusually undiplomatic ambassador who has had little intelligence experience. The appointment Thursday of Richard Grenell, an outspoken Trump loyalist, as acting Director of National Intelligence does… Continue Reading →

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A public square in Rio de Janeiro was named for the late Lubavitcher Rebbe three decades after the first Chabad center was opened in Brazil’s second-largest city. Several Jewish and non-Jewish leaders attended the Wednesday… Continue Reading →

BROOKLYN (VINnews) — Two suspects are in custody, after they terrorized and mugged a Yeshiva student at knifepoint Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred on Ave L and E 14th Street in Flatbush. At approximately 5:00 PM on Thursday, the Yeshiva… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has plunged over $400 million of his personal fortune into his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, an astronomical sum that has led many of his rivals to charge that he… Continue Reading →

In this exclusive interview, Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Executive VP of Agudas Israel of America, discusses the devastating proposal to impose new secular studies guidelines which would force Yeshivos to cut out many hours of limud Torah. Rabbi Zwiebel explains… Continue Reading →

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin arrived on Thursday in Fiji on his way to an official visit to Australia. During his visit, the president, together with the prime minister of Fiji,… Read more » The post Rivlin Feted in Fiji appeared… Continue Reading →

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo received bottles of wine in appreciation for his support of Israel’s rights in Yehuda and Shomron – and they came with his name on it.… Read more » The post ‘Pompeo Wine’ Honors Secretary of… Continue Reading →

One man was killed and another injured on Thursday after a collapse at a Queens demolition site, authorities said. The Fire Department of New York said it happened around 11:45 a.m at the site on 94th Avenue in the Jamaica… Continue Reading →

The third- and fourth-grade boys at Orlando Torah Academy celebrated a milestone last week as they began learning Mishnayos for the very first time! The students had been looking forward… Read more » The post Haschalas Mishnayos at Orlando Torah… Continue Reading →

Presented by: KnafayimShould I consider myself a high risk patient? Which symptoms should concern me and which can I ignore? Baruch Hashem the Lakewood population is growing. In the sha’ah tova of expectancy, so many concerns and questions arise. How many… Continue Reading →