Month March 2024

The average Wall Street bonus fell slightly last year to $176,500 as the industry added employees and took a “more cautious approach” to compensation, New York state’s comptroller reported Tuesday. The average bonus for employees in New York City’s securities… Continue Reading →

Two Shin Bet agents were injured in a shooting attack in Gush Etzion on Tuesday afternoon. The attack, which occurred between the Gush Etzion junction and Migdal Oz, occurred while they were carrying out an operational activity in the area…. Continue Reading →

The United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the U.S. ambassador announced Monday. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a U.N. Security Council meeting that “any… Continue Reading →

The IDF have concluded their operation against Hamas in the Hamad Town residential complex located in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis. Commencing earlier this month, the raid was executed by the Maglan and Egoz commando units in conjunction with additional forces…. Continue Reading →

Yigal Calek, the founder of the London School of Jewish Song which revolutionized Jewish music beginning in the early 1970s, is seriously ill and in need of Rachamei Shamayim. His name for Tehillim is Yigal Yisroel ben Bluma Gittel. Calek,… Continue Reading →

Yigal Calek, the founder of the London School of Jewish Song which revolutionized Jewish music beginning in the early 1970s, is seriously ill and in need of Rachamei Shamayim. His name for Tehillim is Yigal Yisroel ben Bluma Gittel. Calek,… Continue Reading →

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a… Continue Reading →

President Joe Biden is embarking on a three-day campaign swing aimed at shoring up his standing in the Sun Belt as part of an aggressive play to reenergize vital parts of his 2020 electoral coalition. Much of Biden’s time on… Continue Reading →

The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security in… Continue Reading →

A translation and annotation  by Rabbi Yair Hoffman The Tur (OC 111) cites the Talmud Yerushalmi in Brachos 1:1:  Said Rabbi Ami, “Whoever does not connect Geulah to Tefillah – the after blessing of Shma of redemption to Shmoneh Esreh… Continue Reading →

In a letter to US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, former Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert expressed his twisted admiration for Schumer’s recent speech urging Israel to hold early elections to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Olmert, a longtime critic of… Continue Reading →

UnitedHealth is testing the last major system it must restore from last month’s Change Healthcare cyberattack, but it has no date yet for finishing the recovery. The health care giant said Monday that it is testing software for submitting medical… Continue Reading →

The IDF on Tuesday announced the death of an IDF commander who was killed in the battle in northern Gaza earlier in the day. He was identified as Warrant Officer (res.) Sebastian Haion, H’YD, 51, from Rosh Ha’ayin. He served… Continue Reading →

Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish leaders. Trump, in an interview, had been asked about Democrats’… Continue Reading →

Former President Donald Trump and other defendants in Georgia’s election interference case filed court papers Monday seeking to appeal a judge’s ruling not to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from their prosecution or dismiss the charges. The resignation… Continue Reading →