Month May 2021
No news from the Bank of Israel Monetary Committee is good news. On Monday, the committee had no news. No change, that is, in the interest rate which it left… Read more » The post BoI Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged,… Continue Reading →
New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams has received the endorsement of the Sephardic Community Federation, the latest in a string of endorsements he has received in the Orthodox Jewish… Read more » The post Adams Gains Momentum Among Orthodox … Continue Reading →
In what could be a significant breakthrough, the Hamas governor of Gaza Yahya Sinwar said on Monday that the terror organization is ready for “immediate negotiations” to reach a prisoner… Read more » The post Hamas Says Prisoner Swap Possible… Continue Reading →
Six shots were fired early Sunday morning in Boro Park. Police were called at 4:50 a.m. in front of 974 46 Street with reports of a shooting. Police said there… Read more » The post Shots Fired in Boro Park… Continue Reading →
China’s ruling Communist Party said Monday it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of slowing the rapid aging of its population, which is adding to strains on the economy… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Bennett-Lapid “change government” has yet to get underway but there are already many worrying signs that it is set to significantly harm the interests of the religious public despite Bennett’s claiming otherwise. Meretz leader Tamar Zandberg,… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party said Monday it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of slowing the rapid aging of its population, which is adding to strains… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] This coming Monday, June 7, is the yahrtzeit of R’ Yonasan ben Uziel, who is buried in Amuka, a day which is very mesugal for shidduchim. Ohel Sarala will be hosting a special Yom Tefillah at the home of Harav Chaim Kanievsky Shlit”a for all Ohel… Continue Reading →
Families arriving at the U.S. border with Mexico will have their cases fast-tracked in immigration court, the Biden administration said Friday, less than two weeks after it said it was… Read more » The post U.S. to Expedite Immigration Cases… Continue Reading →
This happened last night at the intersection of Albert and Bellinger.
Johnson & Johnson is asking for Supreme Court review of a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed cancer from using the company’s talc products. The… Read more » The post Johnson & Johnson Asks High… Continue Reading →
A survey cited by Channel 12 found that 61% of Yamina voters said that they would not vote again for Naftali Bennett’s party in light of his alliance with centrist… Read more » The post Poll: Most Yamina Voters Displeased… Continue Reading →
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Chinese climber who became the first blind Asian to scale Mount Everest says he aims to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents and then travel to the North and South Poles. Zhang Hong,… Continue Reading →
The expanded Child Tax Credit that was passed as a provision of the American Rescue Plan will be automatically deposited starting July 15, CBS News reported. The credit, which began… Read more » The post Child Tax Credit Deposits to… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met on Monday with U.S. Senator (R-SC) Lindsey Graham at the Prime Minister’s Office in Yerushalayim. Prime Minister Netanyahu said: “No one has done more for… Read more » The post Netanyahu Meets With U.S. Senator… Continue Reading →
A senior Hamas official said Monday that Israel must halt its “aggression” in both Gaza and Yerushalayim if it wants calm following an 11-day war earlier this month. Khalil al-Haya… Read more » The post Hamas: Gaza Calm Depends on… Continue Reading →
Texas Democrats pulled off a dramatic, last-ditch walkout in the state House of Representatives on Sunday night to block passage of one of the most restrictive voting bills in the… Read more » The post Dems Walk, Stop Texas GOP’s… Continue Reading →
Authorities in Texas arrested a man accused of plotting to carry out a mass shooting at a Walmart, and a search of the suspect’s home turned up firearms, ammunition and… Read more » The post Man Accused of Plotting Walmart… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Monday. In short public remarks Netanyahu said: “No one has done more for Israel than you, Senator Lindsey Graham, a stalwart champion… Continue Reading →
Israel was hit by a spate of wildfires Monday as the country experienced a dusty and dry heatwave that sent temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit).… Read more » The post Firefighters Battle Multiple Blazes Across… Continue Reading →