Month January 2022
HaGaon HaRav Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Margulies of blessed memory, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Temimah in Brooklyn for over sixty years, passed away this past Shabbos. He was a visionary mechanech and Rosh Yeshiva who had educated thousands… Continue Reading →
New coronavirus cases are falling in parts of the United States hardest hit by the fast-spreading omicron variant, according to a Reuters analysis of public health data, offering an early… Read more » The post Is COVID Retreating in the… Continue Reading →
Shas leader MK Rabbi Aryeh Deri handed in his resignation on Sunday to Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy. The founder of Shas party’s resignation will take effect within 48 hours according… Read more » The post Shas Leader Rabbi Deri Submits… Continue Reading →
Using Iranian bank funds freed from American sanctions, South Korea has paid Iran’s $18 million in delinquent dues owed to the United Nations, Seoul said Sunday. The step was apparently… Read more » The post Seoul Paid Iran’s Delinquent U.N…. Continue Reading →
The Israeli police used the NSO Group spyware to monitor mayors of local authorities and those close to them, including relatives and associates, said a report released Sunday. The financial… Read more » The post Report: Police Used NSO Malware… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (VINnews) — Leftist Bari Weiss, a Jewish journalist and author, stunned many people when she went on an epic tirade against Covid restrictions. Even more shocking, the crowd she appeared in front of, presumably full of liberals, cheered… Continue Reading →
Residents of a Pennsylvania county were warned Saturday not to approach a monkey that was missing after a crash involving a pickup that was towing a trailer taking about 100 of the animals to a lab. State police urged people… Continue Reading →
The annual anti-abortion rally in the nation’s capital sounded more like a victory celebration as speakers expressed a growing sense of optimism that their long-sought goal, a sweeping rollback of abortion rights in America, was finally in reach. Thousands of… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — The British government on Saturday accused Russia of seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration, and said former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev is being considered as a potential candidate. Murayev is head of the small… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — An Irish man on a Delta flight from Dublin to New York refused to wear a mask, threw a can that hit another passenger, and pulled down his pants and exposed his buttocks to a flight… Continue Reading →
A wind-driven wildfire broke out late Friday in the rugged mountains above Big Sur, forcing residents to evacuate from their homes and authorities to shut down a stretch of Pacific Coast Highway. The fire started in a canyon and was… Continue Reading →
The central committee of Arizona’s Democratic Party voted on Saturday to censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a symbolic rebuke that follows her decision to buck her party’s leadership on an effort… Read more » The post Arizona Democratic Party Votes to… Continue Reading →
Britain on Saturday accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, and said Russian intelligence officers had been in contact with a number of former Ukrainian… Read more » The post UK Accuses Kremlin of Trying… Continue Reading →
Chaya Malka Stern, the 13-year-old Lakewood girl who collapsed at school approximately three weeks ago, is on her way home from the hospital. “Good Vuch. Nisim V’niflaos! We were just discharged from the hospital, and heading home with our precious… Continue Reading →
Kurdish-led fighters advanced slowly Saturday under the cover of U.S.-led coalition air power in Syria’s northeast. Intense clashes with Islamic State group militants took place around a prison where thousands of extremists were held, officials said. Fighting broke out Thursday… Continue Reading →
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — In the final moments of a 10-hour standoff with a gunman at a Texas synagogue, the remaining hostages and officials trying to negotiate their release took “near simultaneous plans of action,” with the hostages escaping as… Continue Reading →
A New York City police officer was killed and another critically wounded Friday night while answering a call about an argument between a woman and her adult son, officials said,… Read more » The post 1 NYPD Officer Killed, 1… Continue Reading →
The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has climbed to at least 82 detainees, the rebels and an aid group said Saturday. Internet access in the Arab world’s poorest country… Continue Reading →
Hamodia is saddened to report the petirah of Harav Lipa Margolies, zt”l, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Temimah for over sixty years. The levayah is scheduled for Sunday morning at 11:15 a.m. at… Read more » The post BD’E – Harav Chananya Yom… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK CITY (VINnews) — Brooklyn Councilman Kalman Yeger wants to reverse fines and summonses which have been issued for Covid violations. Mr. Yeger introduced a bill on Thursday that would dismiss summonses for all Covid violations and refund those… Continue Reading →
DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A truck carrying about 100 monkeys was involved in a crash Friday in Pennsylvania, state police said as authorities searched for at least three of the monkeys that appeared to have escaped the vehicle. The truck… Continue Reading →