Month May 2024
The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office marked the official launch of three community-based initiatives intended to promote mental health services countywide with a ceremony in Freehold on Friday, timed to coincide with the start of May’s Mental Health Awareness Month. Flanked… Continue Reading →
An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing, according to two U.S. officials. The soldier, who is not being identified, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to the United… Continue Reading →
Sharp-eyed grocery shoppers may notice new labels in the dairy aisle touting yogurt as way to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. That’s because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently said it’s OK for producers of yogurt to… Continue Reading →
U.S. university presidents joined Holocaust survivors and thousands of Israelis on Monday for the March of the Living, a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz that honors the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and celebrates the… Continue Reading →
Rav Dovid Sternbuch, a grandson and right-hand man of Maran, Posek Hador, Hagaon Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch Shlita, has arrived in Lakewood on a mission from his grandfather for the benefit of the Kollel Mercaz HaTorah Teshuvos Vehanhagos. Mercaz HaTorah Teshuvos… Continue Reading →
The Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Ocean County and the state of New Jersey, is hosting a Day of Empowerment on May 13that the Clarion Conference Center in Toms River. This event, known as NJ Economic Development… Continue Reading →
The long-awaited IDF invasion of Rafah, Hamas’s last remaining stronghold in Gaza, appears to be underway. IDF jets have begun carrying out intense bombing raids on terrorist infrastructure in the city, and a column of Israeli tanks are reported to… Continue Reading →
Ceremonial gun salutes rang out across London under soggy skies Monday to mark the anniversary of the coronation of King Charles III. Smoke blasted from the barrels of six large horse-drawn guns in a 41-gun salute in Green Park, next… Continue Reading →
The incident occurred last night at the intersection of Pine Street and New Hampshire Avenue. (Via TLS Status)
Pro-Hamas students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge called to murder Zionists and destroy Israel. “We will sacrifice our blood and souls for you, Palestine!” they chanted. “Free Palestine. Zionists – get out! MIT student Talia Khan… Continue Reading →
Massachusetts is jumping into the national debate on affordable housing crisis with a proposal to tax high-value property sales. Governor Maura Healey’s $4 billion housing bond bill, the state’s biggest-ever investment in its residential stock, includes a provision allowing cities… Continue Reading →
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday that the military would hold drills involving tactical nuclear weapons — the first time such an exercise has been publicly announced by Moscow. A look at tactical nuclear weapons and the part they play in… Continue Reading →
300,000 IDF reservists were called after the October 7th Hamas attack and many went into battle wearing tztitzis for the first time under their uniforms. With record antisemitism in the U.S. many Americans felt the same inspiration, with new tzitzis… Continue Reading →
After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend… Continue Reading →
Torah Academy of Boca Raton is a rapidly growing yeshiva in South Florida, currently serving nearly 800 students over five divisions: our Early Childhood Center (ages 2-5), Elementary boys’ and girls’ divisions (Grades 1-5), and Boys Middle School and Girls… Continue Reading →
A senior Hamas source told Al Jazeera on Monday evening that the terror group has informed Qatari and Egyptian negotiators that it agrees to their proposal for a ceasefire deal. Shortly later, the terror group issued an official proclamation: “Ismail… Continue Reading →
The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday for violating his gag order once again and sternly warned the former president that additional violations could result in jail time. The fine marks the second… Continue Reading →
China’s President Xi Jinping arrived at the French presidential palace on Monday for a two-day state visit that is expected to focus both on trade disputes and diplomatic efforts to convince Beijing to use its influence to move Russia toward… Continue Reading →
Following a recent meeting between increasingly concerned Jews and the government agencies charged with protecting them, I approached the senior agent representing the FBI and asked him to explain their declared policy of not monitoring protests until violence or threats… Continue Reading →
Introducing the Feigenbaum Siddur, a groundbreaking new weekday siddur designed to revolutionize the way frum teens and adults approach davening. Unlike traditional guides or companions, this Siddur is crafted to ensure you ACTUALLY understand what you’re saying during Tefillah and… Continue Reading →
Students protesting the war in Gaza abandoned their camp at the University of Southern California early Sunday after being surrounded by police and threatened with arrest, while Northeastern University’s commencement ended peacefully at Boston’s Fenway Park. Developments in both places… Continue Reading →