Month June 2021
“Mazel tov! It’s a girl!” As soon as we heard that my daughter Rivka had given birth only a couple of hours before Shabbos, I quickly made my way to the hospital. When I got there, my new granddaughter had… Continue Reading →
The Mexican frum community is creating a new Jewish neighborhood, from the ground up, in the city of Ixtapan de la Sal, a tourist destination known for its hot springs. Nicknamed the “City of Torah” by Mexico’s Jewish community, it… Continue Reading →
Barely a week has passed since the new government was sworn in and it’s already facing its first test in the form of the Citizenship and Entry Law. On the face of it, this would seem to be a bureaucratic… Continue Reading →
There was a time in this country when state voting laws were designed to exclude minorities, particularly African Americans, from participating in the electoral process. Like the poll taxes and “literacy tests” that were once required by some Southern states…. Continue Reading →
A tight race for the City Council seat for the 48th district to replace Chaim Deutsch is brewing with 85% of first choice ballots counted. Former teacher Steven Saperstein is in first place with about 32% of the vote, while… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang conceded the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday after early results showed him in a distant fourth place among more than a dozen Democrats seeking their party’s nomination. “I am… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Airports around the country will share $8 billion in federal grants to help them recover from the pandemic, which caused a steep drop in air travel and a loss of revenue that airports expect from airlines and… Continue Reading →
The votes are in. The polls are closed. But the top contenders may have a long, anxious wait ahead of them for accurate results in New York City’s mayoral primary,… Read more » The post Voting Ends, Wait for Results… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa wins Republican mayoral primary in New York City.
The German military got its first rabbi in over a century Monday, with the inauguration to the post of Hungarian-born Rav Mordechai Eliezer (Zsolt) Balla at a shul in Leipzig. The German government in 2019 approved a proposal by the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The votes are in. The polls are closed. But the top contenders may have a long, anxious wait ahead of them for accurate results in New York City’s mayoral primary, the first citywide election to use… Continue Reading →
Very preliminary tallies of early voting ballots showed Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams with a slim lead over former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia. The votes tonight include early voting as well as first choice ballots from election day. Adams- 29.99% Garcia- 21.23%… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Tuesday struck down a New York City law that had prohibited the city’s police officers from putting pressure on a person’s torso while making an arrest, calling the measure “unconstitutionally vague.” Manhattan Judge Laurence… Continue Reading →
Israel confirmed 125 new coronavirus cases on Monday, the highest number of daily cases since April and over double the number of cases confirmed on Sunday. Health officials say that the surge in cases has been spurred by Israelis returning… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Defense Ministry said Monday it has successfully tested an airborne high-power laser that can shoot down drones, technology it hopes to deploy on a larger scale in the coming years. “For the first time ever, Israel’s Defense Ministry, Elbit… Continue Reading →
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sherry Villanueva’s family of Santa Barbara restaurants employed 350 people before the pandemic took hold and darkened dining rooms across California. Now, with the state’s economy officially reopened, about 250 workers are back on the job…. Continue Reading →
When U.S. law enforcement officials need to cast a wide net for information, they’re increasingly turning to the vast digital ponds of personal data created by Big Tech companies via the devices and online services that have hooked billions of… Continue Reading →
Two men from Bnei Brak who went to daven at Kevorim in Poland, were injured in a serious car accident that took place in Krakow. The victims, both belonging to the Dorg Chassidus, were injured when the car they were… Continue Reading →
WARSAW (JTA) – Several children in Poland toppled 63 headstones of Jewish graves because they wanted to use the slabs to build a fortress, they told police. The group of five 12-year-olds had been working on the project for several… Continue Reading →
Yanky Kanievsky, the influential grandson of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, said that the Chareidi parties never received an offer to join the Bennett-Lapid government and the possibility wasn’t ruled out, according to a Kan News report on Monday night. In… Continue Reading →