Month January 2021
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calls Senator Dick Durbin ‘Yosel’ due to his middle name being Joseph. “Yosel, as they say in Brooklyn.” The post MUST WATCH: Schumer Calls Senator Dick Durbin “YOSSEL” appeared first on The Yeshiva World.
U.S. Capitol Police were denied pre-authorization for National Guard support two days before the Jan. 6 riot that overwhelmed their defenses and threatened lawmakers, according to written testimony in a… Read more » The post Capitol Officials Blocked Request for… Continue Reading →
Starting February 2, 2012, all elections in New York City will have “ranked choice voting,” where the voter ranks his choice in order of preference. If the voter’s preferred candidate… Read more » The post Rank Choice Voting in NYC… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s longest-serving member, 80-year-old Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening for observation after not feeling well, a spokesman said. Leahy was taken there for observation “out of an abundance of caution”… Continue Reading →
Sen. Patrick Leahy was hospitalized out of an abundance of caution on Wednesday, just hours after presiding over the opening of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. “This evening, Senator Leahy was in his Capitol office and was not… Continue Reading →
ANTWERP (JTA) — The mayor of Antwerp, a city in Belgium where about 15,000 haredi Orthodox Jews live, warned that their failure to comply with COVID-19 measures has triggered anti-Semitism — and it could turn into a wave. “In the… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered the Department of Justice to end its reliance on private prisons and acknowledge the central role government has played in implementing discriminatory housing policies.… Read more » The post Biden Orders End of Federally… Continue Reading →
The Justice Department on Tuesday rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a “zero tolerance” enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations.… Read more » The post Justice Department Rescinds ‘Zero Tolerance’… Continue Reading →
A few days ago I received a copy of the picture of one of our readers*, and I realized that the distinguished Yid in the image was Harav Yitzchak Yedidya… Read more » The post And the Trees Answered, Amen… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D., a world-renowned mental health expert, scholar, prolific author, and longtime Hamodia columnist, is in a very serious condition after contracting COVID-19. Readers are asked to… Read more » The post Tefillos Urged for Rabbi Dr…. Continue Reading →
The expression “out with the old, in with the new” sums up the way most transitions work in Washington. There is excitement about a fresh start and an (egotistical) belief… Read more » The post Tell-the-Truth Diplomacy appeared first on… Continue Reading →
Formal delivery by the House of an article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump shifted focus to the Senate, which will hold a trial soon to determine whether to… Read more » The post Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial: Lots… Continue Reading →
It’s a question many have, but with no clear answer. Where is Ocean County located, in Central Jersey or in South Jersey? Today, a student at Rutgers posed the question to Governor Murphy on social media, and Murphy responded. His… Continue Reading →
It’s a question many have, but with no clear answer. Where is Ocean County located, in Central Jersey or in South Jersey? Today, a student at Rutgers posed the question to Governor Murphy on social media, and Murphy responded. His… Continue Reading →
It’s a question many have, but with no clear answer. Where is Ocean County located, in Central Jersey or in South Jersey? Today, a student at Rutgers posed the question to Governor Murphy on social media, and Murphy responded. His… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Trump administration alumni Larry Kudlow is joining Fox News amid reports that a colleague, former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, will soon be joining him. Fox announced Tuesday that Kudlow, a former CNBC personality who… Continue Reading →
Shalom U’bracha, I am reaching out to you to share my story, I am a single woman raising four children, I recently survived two different types of cancer only to be struggling with debt. Last week as a bit of relief… Continue Reading →
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony Blinken as America’s top diplomat, tasked with carrying out President Joe Biden’s commitment to reverse the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine that weakened international alliances. Senators voted 78-22 to approve Blinken, a longtime Biden… Continue Reading →
Former Labor leader Amir Peretz said on Tuesday that he’s quitting the party in order to stay on as Economy Minister until the March elections. The decision came after MK… Read more » The post Labor Leaves Coalition But Its… Continue Reading →
Israel’s senior military officer said on Tuesday that the U.S. should not rejoin the nuclear deal with Iran, and that the IDF is developing new plans to handle the Iranian… Read more » The post IDF Chief to US: Don’t… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden had his first official call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Biden reaffirmed the United State’s commitment to Ukrainian sovereignty; Russia… Read more » The post Biden Holds First Call with… Continue Reading →