Month January 2022
Printable PDF for Shabbas Reading As a shliach to the exclusive community of Golden Beach, Rabbi Chay Amar has more than enough wisdom to share. His shlichus was hardly smooth sailing, but his simcha and strong principles made him come… Continue Reading →
Amazon workers have lined up enough support to vote on whether to unionize a New York City warehouse, federal labor officials said this week, following a setback this fall for… Read more » The post Workers at Amazon NYC Warehouse… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Federal Reserve signal of a coming rise in interest rates has sent the dollar up and the shekel down. In afternoon inter-bank trading on Thursday, the shekel exchange… Read more » The post Fed Rates Talk Drives Down… Continue Reading →
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida cook says he lived a nightmare recently when police mistook him for a fugitive with the same name, similar looks and almost the same birthday. Leonardo Silva Oliveira, 26, was wanted for… Continue Reading →
KUZNICA, Poland (AP) — Poland has started building a $394 million wall on its eastern border intended to block migrants pushed by Belarus, in what the European Union calls a “hybrid attack,” from crossing illegally into EU territory. Reporters were… Continue Reading →
The post PHOTO GALLERY: Snow in Israel appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Order Cancelling Kosel Bus Policy Rescinded Flug: Housing Prices in Israel Not So Bad Poland Cancels Meeting With Israeli Compensation Delegation Dozens Arrested After… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Several dozen octogenarians, bundled against the cold, chattered in Russian and Hebrew as they picked through heaps of carrots, onions and grapefruit in a Jerusalem courtyard. Nearly all of them Holocaust survivors, they were picking up donations… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. rejection of Russia’s main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left little ground for optimism, the Kremlin said Thursday, while adding that dialogue was still possible. Tensions have soared in recent weeks, as the… Continue Reading →
Both drivers involved in yesterday’s school bus accident were ticketed, police say. Yesterday afternoon at approximately 5:25pm, Officer Tymur Zavalnyuk responded to the area of Ocean Avenue and Jessica Court to investigate a motor vehicle crash involving a school bus… Continue Reading →
In keeping with the spirit of the weeks of Shovavim, a time when Yidden aspire to greater taharah, the Center for Taharas Ha’Mishpacha held a meeting to strengthen the mitzvah of family purity in Eretz Yisroel. Dozens of Gedolei Yisroel… Continue Reading →
BRUSSELS (AP) — Holocaust survivors and politicians warned about the resurgence of antisemitism and Holocaust denial as the world remembered Nazi atrocities and commemorated the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on Thursday. “I have lived… Continue Reading →
Israel on Wednesday broadened eligibility for a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to include adults under 60 with underlying medical conditions, their caretakers, and others over 18 at significant… Read more » The post Israel Broadens Eligibility for Fourth… Continue Reading →
Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Bergen, Passaic) issued the following statement in solemn observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day: “On Holocaust Remembrance Day we mourn the 11 million lives that were stolen by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. A tragic day for countless… Continue Reading →
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union has earmarked 657 million euros ($736 million) for the construction of a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable that will link the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece, Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said… Continue Reading →
Democrats stung by a series of election-year failures to deliver legislative wins for their most loyal voters may have been buoyed by the prospect that President Joe Biden will name the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court…. Continue Reading →
Dozens of armed Islamic State terrorists remained holed up in the last occupied section of a Syrian prison, U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said Thursday. The two sides clashed a day after… Read more » The post Dozens of Armed Terrorists Still… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Traditional promo videos, as well as being long, are often full of testimonials that lack the articulation of a script written to sell. This is something that today’s fast paced media landscape just cannot abide. No one has time… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman on Thursday agreed to add 45 ICU beds to the health system as the omicron wave reaches… Read more » The post Government Budgets Additional ICU Beds… Continue Reading →
The post Large Crowd at Levayah of Harav Lieberman, Zt”l, in Antwerp appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Jonathan Pollard to Be Released on November 20 Jewish Man Stabbed in Face Multiple Times in Milan, Italy ANALYSIS: WSJ Op-Ed… Continue Reading →
UTJ Yaakov Litzman signed a plea agreement with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Thursday, days before Mandelblit ends his term of office next week. Almost all charges against Litzman were dropped, including an obstruction of justice charge, and he admitted… Continue Reading →
As the Elpis storm arrived in Israel on Thursday night, covering Jerusalem in white, United Hatzalah received countless calls about people who were stuck in various areas or in their cars. But they received their most memorable call of the… Continue Reading →