Month August 2021
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Famed Mossad agent Yael Man, whose contributions to the intelligence agency made her a national Israeli hero, passed away on Sunday at the age of 85. Man served as an undercover agent in Lebanon, gathering intelligence on… Continue Reading →
CAIRO — The Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for Monday’s rocket attack in Kabul, saying it fired at least six Katyusha rockets at the airport in the Afghan capital. The rockets stuck a neighborhood close to… Continue Reading →
New York City is braced for more heavy storms and possible flash floods this week, as remnants of Hurricane Ida are expected to make their way up the East Coast.… Read more » The post Hurricane Ida Expected to Bring… Continue Reading →
Ida, the powerful hurricane that was downgraded to a tropical storm early Monday, continued to lash Louisiana after leaving more than a million customers without power, the entire city of New Orleans in the dark and at least one person… Continue Reading →
The Dr. Roberts Sukkos Carnival sponsored by Kollel Ner Avrohom will be returning this Sukkos, TLS has learned. The event will be taking place on Sunday, September 26 between 11:30 am-5:30 pm. There will be nosh and prize giveaways, and… Continue Reading →
The European Union plans to recommend that its member states reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infection levels in the country, EU diplomats said Monday.… Read more » The post EU Set to Recommend Reinstating… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister has held talks with the Palestinian president in the occupied West Bank, the first high-level meeting between the two sides in years, officials said. Sunday’s meeting between Benny Gantz and Mahmoud Abbas signaled a… Continue Reading →
Creative Industries Are Booming! Did you know that TTI Careers is the number one place to learn the skills you need to enter both creative and technical fields? TTI has long been known to be the source that connects the frum community to… Continue Reading →
The United States has the capacity to evacuate the approximately 300 U.S. citizens remaining in Afghanistan who want to leave before President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline, senior administration officials said,… Read more » The post White House: U.S. Has Capacity… Continue Reading →
The Gerrer Rebbe tested positive for the coronavirus ten days after he received the third vaccine in the United States. In the wake of his diagnosis, the Rebbe stayed home on Monday morning and Selichos were recited without him at… Continue Reading →
The Gerrer Rebbe tested positive for the coronavirus ten days after he received the third vaccine in the United States. In the wake of his diagnosis, the Rebbe stayed home on Monday morning and Selichos were recited without him at… Continue Reading →
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Rocket fire apparently targeting Kabul’s international airport struck a nearby neighborhood on Monday, the eve of the deadline for American troops to withdraw from the country’s longest war after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. It wasn’t… Continue Reading →
I turned on my computer this morning and saw the clips of last night’s selichos. I saw the music. The connection. The devotion. The spirituality. The absolute beauty. I sensed the holiness that was in that room. I was able… Continue Reading →
A fire started in a manhole on a New York City street on Sunday evening, delaying service on multiple subway lines and eliciting a response from Gov. Kathy Hochul. The… Read more » The post Hochul Responds to NYC Manhole… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli border police officer who was shot in the head at point-blank range during a violent protest on the Gaza border last week died of his injuries on Monday, the Israel police announced. Barel Hadaria Shmueli,… Continue Reading →
Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there’s a few still-to-come twists that could make Ida nastier in some ways, but not quite as… Continue Reading →
Sergeant Barel Shmueli, the Border Police officer who was critically wounded by an Arab during a riot by the Gaza border last Shabbos died of his injuries, a Saroka Hospital spokesperson said on Monday. Barel, 21, who was shot in… Continue Reading →
Sergeant Barel Hadarya Shmueli, 21, Hy”d, the Border Policer officer who was critically wounded in violent riots on the Gaza border tens days ago, passed away from his wounds, the… Read more » The post BD”E: Border Police Officer Wounded… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A momentary power surge disrupted half of the New York City subway system for several hours and stranded hundreds of passengers, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday. The unprecedented breakdown affected more than 80 trains on the… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of Gazan Arabs gathered Sunday night along the separation fence with Israel, setting tires on fire and throwing explosives. It was the second consecutive nighttime border riot and took place hours after Israeli warplanes carried out a series of… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of Gazan Arabs gathered Sunday night along the separation fence with Israel, setting tires on fire and throwing explosives. It was the second consecutive nighttime border riot and took place hours after Israeli warplanes carried out a series of… Continue Reading →