Month September 2022
Nearly two-thirds of Republicans say in a new poll that they want Donald Trump to run for president in 2024, even if he’s charged with a crime over his handling of classified documents. The poll, conducted by NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist, found… Continue Reading →
Election officials preparing for the rapidly approaching midterm elections have one more headache: trying to combat misinformation that sows distrust about voting and results while fueling vitriol aimed at rank-and-file election workers. Some states and counties are devoting more money… Continue Reading →
David Stephens’ children romped around the small patch of grass they’ve turned into a makeshift playground, running and laughing — seemingly without a care in the world. Their father, though, is gripped by worry about the future. And he marvels… Continue Reading →
Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who is apparently feeling the heat after a former aide accused him of criminal acts, has resorted to his usual modus operandi – attacking others, especially former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, whom he called “trash of… Continue Reading →
I vividly remember 9/11/2001. I was just a young school student and playing in my school’s playground when the news struck. Over the course of that day and the weeks and months that followed, nobody had a doubt in their… Continue Reading →
Agudath Israel of America decries today’s one-sided New York Times hit piece on New York State’s Hasidic community and its educational institutions. The article is riddled with bias, ignoring the vast majority of Hasidic parents – those who cherish their… Continue Reading →
A global search for alternative sources to Russian energy during the war in Ukraine has refocused attention on smaller, easier-to-build nuclear power stations, which proponents say could provide a cheaper, more efficient alternative to older model mega-plants. U.K.-based Rolls-Royce SMR… Continue Reading →
Likud MK Nir Barkat on Friday davened at the kever of Rav Nachman M’Breslov in Uman under heavy security. Barkat’s visit to Uman was part of a trip he made to Ukraine on the invitation of Kyiv Rav Rabbi Moshe… Continue Reading →
Under pressure from his Republican rival, Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman said this week he would participate in one debate before the November election. In Georgia, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker are still working through… Continue Reading →
Democrats desperately needed the vote of Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia to get their signature legislative priority across the finish. So they did what Washington does best: They cut a deal. To help land his support for a bill… Continue Reading →
THE “HOSTAGE” YAD L’ACHIM EVENT WITH RACHEL, A RESCUED WOMAN… IS TONIGHT! SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11 @7:30PM LOCATION: YAD YOSEF – 1036 OCEAN PARKWAY, BROOKLYN FOR INFO AND TIX, CLICK: www.YadLAchimTour.com (SEE MORE EVENTS BELOW) Rachel will share her personal life story… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In response to the vicious NY Times article attacking Chassidic yeshivas, multiple people have spoken out on social media in defense of the community. Some of the defenders are not even members of the Charedi world,… Continue Reading →
PHOENIX (AP) — A New York woman has been sentenced to four months in prison for interfering with crew members aboard a flight from Dallas to Los Angeles last year that had to be diverted to Phoenix, according to federal… Continue Reading →
A Palestinian woman on Sunday morning approached the al-Jib checkpoint next to Givat Ze’ev armed with a knife. Border Police officers yelled at her to halt and when she ignored their calls, they fired in the air. She then halted… Continue Reading →
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Rail advocates are dusting off a proposal for passenger train service between Montreal and Boston, riding a renewed interest in train travel to bolster a concept that has been around for more than a decade. “It’s… Continue Reading →
Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s electricity grid, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid a radiation disaster as fighting rages in the area. The six-reactor Zaporizhzhia plant lost its… Continue Reading →
Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s electricity grid, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid a radiation disaster as fighting rages in the area. The six-reactor Zaporizhzhia plant lost its… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mr. Moshe Gottesman Son Ms. Yenty Gottesman Daughter
Southern Californians welcomed cooler temperatures and spotty rain Saturday from a tropical storm veering off the Pacific Coast days after a relentless heat wave nearly overwhelmed the state’s electrical grid. Officials braced for flooding in coastal and mountain areas from… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The Tzedek Association enlisted J. Erik Connolly of the Benesch law firm, which specializes in defamation suits, to write a letter to the NY Times, regarding its hit piece against the Chassidic community… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Security-sealed rooms. Lock bags. And in the most rare of circumstances, the ability to handcuff a document pouch to a messenger to transport the nation’s secrets. These are some of the ways Capitol Hill keeps classified documents… Continue Reading →