Month August 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has restored a Soviet-era award to encourage women to have more children, The Moscow Times reported. The “Mother Heroine” award, established by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1944, is aimed at saving the declining population of Russia as the… Continue Reading →
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to put forward proposed redactions as he committed to making public at least part of the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida. U.S. Magistrate… Continue Reading →
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the sixth consecutive month in July, deepening the housing market’s slide under the weight of sharply higher mortgage rates, surging inflation and slower, but still solidly rising home prices. The National Association… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Yuh-Line Niou, candidate for Congress in the heavily orthodox NY-10 district, reaffirmed her support for BDS Wednesday. The state assemblywoman said that she would vote “no” on any pro-Israel resolution opposing the antisemitic BDS movement. “I… Continue Reading →
New York City is looking to rent out a staggering 5,000 hotel rooms to house immigrants who illegally entered the United States and were then bused to the Big Apple. The city is already leasing 11 hotels to house homeless… Continue Reading →
Doug Schoen, the frum lawyer who successfully defended President Trump during his second impeachment trial turned down the former president’s request to represent him amid the FBI’s investigation into him. However, Schoen made it clear that he’s still on Team… Continue Reading →
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced criminal charges against 20 people for illegally voting in 2020, the first major public move from the Republican’s controversial new election police unit. The charges mark the opening salvo… Continue Reading →
A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 33 others, eyewitnesses and police said Thursday. There was no immediate claim of… Continue Reading →
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has formally appealed a judge’s order requiring him to testify before a special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. The South Carolina… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Wednesday (8/24/22)Morning Mrs. Sherley StenderWife R’ Shloimy StenderSon R’ Shalom StenderSon Mrs. Ellie CherickDaughter Mrs. Laya PfeifferDaughter Mrs. Aviva ScheinerDaughter
Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton says that Attorney General Merrick Garland is a “lamb” about to be “slaughtered” by Donald Trump, at least in a political sense, following the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. “I think we’ve got to… Continue Reading →
Attorneys for many of the nation’s largest media companies will try to persuade a federal magistrate judge on Thursday afternoon to make public the affidavit supporting the warrant that allowed FBI agents to search former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mrs. Tzurti BraunsteinWife Rabbi Mendel BraunsteinSon Rabbi Pinchas BraunsteinSon Rabbi Naftoli BraunsteinSon Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok BraunsteinSon Mr. Chesky BraunsteinSon Mr. Moishe BraunsteinSon Mrs. Faigy LoewiDaughter Mrs. Mirel FruchthandlerDaughter Mrs. Tirza ReichmanDaughter Mrs. Frayde WeinrebDaughter Mrs. Reva EichornDaughter… Continue Reading →
On Wednesday night, a year and three months after the terrible Meron disaster, Malky Diskind, the almanah of Reb Simcha Bunim Diskind, z’l, got engaged to habachur Moishe Bruner. Reb Simcha Bunin, z’l, a Gerrer chassid from Beit Shemesh Gimmel… Continue Reading →
A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for spreading “rumors” and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained Thursday, a decision that has drawn growing global condemnation. Activists and lawyers consider the sentence against… Continue Reading →
CNN has canceled its weekly “Reliable Sources” show on the media, and said Thursday that its host, Brian Stelter, is leaving the network. The show will have its last broadcast this Sunday. CNN has been looking to cut costs but… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – For the first time in history, women are occupying some of the most senior roles in Israel’s Mossad, the intelligence agency announced on Thursday. “A,” who has served in the Mossad for 20 years, recently assumed the… Continue Reading →
By: Rabbi Elly Merenstein -Anti-hypocrisy charged -craving authentic connection. – A penchant for all matters deep and meaningful. The above description can aptly express the teens of all stripes and our day and age. These are our kids, and we… Continue Reading →
Alex Jones, a powerful right-wing media personality and former ardent Trump supporter, said Wednesday that he’s getting off the Trump Train and throwing his support behind an expected 2024 presidential bid from Florida governor and rising conservative star Ron DeSantis…. Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a tragic accident which occurred at the Kinneret Wednesday evening, an 18-year-old boy drowned at the separate beach near the tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes. The boy, Mordechai Schlesinger from Bnei Brak, was missing for… Continue Reading →
A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine alleges holds stolen grain from territory seized by Moscow appears to have reached the Syrian port of Tartus, according to satellite images analyzed Thursday by The Associated Press. The arrival of the SV Konstantin… Continue Reading →