Month July 2023
In the course of an atzeret on Thursday marking 11 months since the petirah of HaRav Chacham Shalom Cohen, z’tl, HaGoan HaRav Moshe Maya, the Zakein HaMoetzet, announced the appointment of HaRav Yehudah Cohen, Rosh Yeshivas Yakirei Yerushalayim, to the… Continue Reading →
Embattled freshman U.S. Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York charged with a host of financial crimes, including embezzling money from his campaign, withdrew $85,000 from his campaign to help repay hundreds of thousands of dollars he loaned himself… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee raised more than $72 million for his reelection in the 10 weeks since he announced his 2024 candidacy, his campaign announced Friday. That is all the money raised between April 25, when… Continue Reading →
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to file his 2024 candidacy for South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary when he’s in the first-in-the-South voting state next week, becoming the first GOP hopeful to do so. DeSantis will file his paperwork at the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Ahmed Alloush, a 32-year-old Swedish national, planned to burn the Jewish Bible in front of the Israeli embassy in Sweden this Saturday, but refrained from actually doing so, according to a Ynet report. Alloush arrived at the… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Nachum Lehman, founder and director of CSB CARE, has devoted his life to helping people with disabilities acquire or regain their ability to daven, learn, teach and be independent and productive members of their community. It all started in 1996… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was evacuated to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer on Shabbos afternoon after experiencing dizziness. A joint statement from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Sheba Medical Center on Motzei Shabbos said that the Prime Minister spent… Continue Reading →
The man who said he would burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm gave up his plan and instead held a one-person demonstration on Saturday against the burning of holy books, the media reported. At… Continue Reading →
The Wall Street Journal released an op-ed on Friday morning that strongly criticized the Biden administration’s treatment of the Israeli government. In the piece titled “What Does Biden Have Against Israel?” the WSJ’s editorial board questioned President Biden’s consistent snubs,… Continue Reading →
JORDAN (VINnews) — An archaeologist believes that he has discovered the ancient site where S’dom once stood. In a recent podcast interview, the expert described an abundance of evidence to support his belief. Trinity Southwest University’s Dean of Archaeology Steven… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has… Continue Reading →
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — As uninviting as it sounds, Death Valley National Park beckons. Even as the already extreme temperatures are forecast to climb even higher, potentially topping records amid a major U.S. heat wave, tourists are… Continue Reading →
My response to the despicable and cowardly decision to burn a #Torah in front of the Israeli consulate in #Stockholm, #Sweden. pic.twitter.com/wgf8Q724BH — Rabbi E. Poupko. #FreeEvanGershkovich (@RabbiPoupko) July 14, 2023
LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of British vacationers face potential disruption to their travel plans at the start of the school summer holidays, after almost 1,000 workers at London’s Gatwick Airport voted to strike in a dispute over pay…. Continue Reading →
Rabbi Tuvia and Chaya Teldon, Lubavitch of Long Island, New York In For the Long Haul By: Chaya Chazan Download For Shababs Reading Neither of us grew up in a religious home, but we were both fired up… Continue Reading →
MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY (AP) — A man arrested in connection with a long-unsolved string of killings on Long Island known as the Gilgo Beach murders has been identified as an architect who has been living for decades across a bay… Continue Reading →
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Stockholm police on Friday said they have authorized a protest this weekend by a man who has stated that he wants to burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm. Israeli officials called… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is showcasing its new capability to aggressively audit high-income tax dodgers as it makes the case for sustained funding and tries to avert budget cuts sought by Republicans who want to gut the agency. IRS… Continue Reading →
The IRS is showcasing its new capability to aggressively audit high-income tax dodgers as it makes the case for sustained funding and tries to avert budget cuts sought by Republicans who want to gut the agency. IRS leaders said they… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Department of Education will forgive $39 billion in student debt by updating a technical requirement under a long-existing program. The change, announced Friday, will help more than 804,000 borrowers. It comes as the Biden administration pursues alternatives to… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Department of Education will forgive $39 billion in student debt by updating a technical requirement under a long-existing program. The change, announced Friday, will help more than 804,000 borrowers. It comes as the Biden administration pursues alternatives to… Continue Reading →