Special Ed- The Field That’s Tried and True
Shani is a passionate special educator who positively impacts the lives of many Lakewood children. As a teenager, she worked with children with special...
FaceApp Raises Privacy Concerns; Democratic Leaders Tell Campaigns To Delete
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday warned presidential campaigns against using the viral face-transforming app FaceApp, citing the software's Russian developers. It urged campaign...
Man Suffered Stroke Due to Stress of Supporting Large Family
A Ramat Shlomo family made the news today, after father of 15 Asher Lichtenstein reportedly suffered a stroke as a result of immense financial...
Israel Busts Hamas Money-Laundering Operation
Israeli security forces arrested three Palestinian Authority residents on Tuesday night as part of a crackdown against a Hamas scheme used to transfer funds...
Greenblatt: Israel Is The Victim In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In an interview with Judy Woodruff for “PBS NewsHour,” U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt wasn’t to blame for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...
Report: Netanyahu Expresses Reservations About Possible West Bank-Gaza Passage
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed reservations about a $5 billion proposal for a highway and railway between the West Bank and Gaza...
Watch: Korean Tourists Visiting A Must See Destination! (via Dovid Cohen)
Bochurim learning in the Mir yeshiva in Yerushalayim were surprised to be visited yesterday by Korean tourists who came to see one of the...
SEND HER BACK: Crowd Chants As Trump Criticizes Omar At Rally
President Donald Trump held a campaign rally Wednesday night during which the crowd responded to his attacks on a Somali-born Muslim congresswoman with chants...
Survey: 93 Percent Of Tourists To Israel In 2018 Had A ‘Good To Excellent’...
A whopping 93% of tourists who visited Israel in 2018 rated their experience as “good to excellent,” according to the annual Israel Tourism Ministry...
Torah Lishma
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The gemara in Nazir, daf chof gimmel, amud bais and Sanhedrin, daf kuf heh, amud bais and in Horiyus, daf yud gimel, amud bais quotes Rav Yehuda in the name of Rav that one should...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 15 Tammuz
Rav Chaim ben Atar, the Ohr HaChaim Hakadosh, (1696-1743). Born into a well-respected family in Sali, Morocco, Rav Chaim spent his early years learning...
Syria, Iran Seek Plan To Deal With Israeli Airstrikes
Syrian President Bashar Assad met on Tuesday in Damascus with an unnamed senior Iranian official to discuss ways to deal with Israeli airstrikes in...
Boeing To Set Aside $50M For Victims’ Families
Boeing announced Wednesday that it will set aside $50 million for financial assistance for families affected by a pair of fatal Boeing 737 Max...
Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation To Raise Smoking Age To 21 Statewide
Governor Cuomo has signed a bill into law, raising the age to purchase tobacco products to 21.
"New York is taking aggressive action to stamp...
WHO Declares Ebola In Congo To Be Emergency Of ‘International Concern’
The World Health Organization took the rare step of classifying an ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo a "public health emergency of international concern"...
Trump Slams Impeachment Vote As ‘Most Ridiculous Project’ After House Tables Measure
President Trump on Wednesday declared a House vote to table articles of impeachment against him should be the "end of it," calling it "the...
Hannity: Dems Would Still Hate Trump If He Cured Cancer
House Democrats vote to condemn Trump's tweets about for freshman congresswomen.
WATCH:
Moetzes Ends Siyum App
The following statement was released by Agudas Yisroel of America:
Leaders of Agudath Israel of America were recently contacted by a number of Roshei Yeshiva,...
House Votes To Hold Trump Cabinet Members Barr, Ross In Contempt
The House voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt on Wednesday, escalating a battle between the...
House Votes To Kill Impeachment Effort Against Trump
The House on Wednesday voted 332-95 to kill the first articles of impeachment brought forward under the new Democratic majority, showing off a deep...
In Humiliating Blow, Egypt Prevents Hamas Leader From Leaving Gaza
Egypt is preventing Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh from setting out on a fundraising trip to several countries, chief among them Iran, Gaza media reported...
Gingrich: Trump Doesn’t Play Tic-Tac-Toe, He Plays Chess
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich says President Trump believes that if the Democrats embrace the radical wing of their party Republicans will...
Portugal Okays 10,000 Requests For Citizenship By Sephardic Jews
Portugal has approved about a third of approximately 33,000 applications for citizenship under its 2015 law for descendants of Sephardic Jews, according to official...
Pakistan Arrests Accused Mastermind of 2008 Mumbai Attacks
Pakistan authorities on Wednesday arrested Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on...
DESPICABLE: Omar To Introduce Pro-BDS Resolution In House
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said that she plans to introduce a resolution this week in support of the anti-Israel BDS movement, reported Al-Monitor on...
House To Vote To Hold Barr, Ross In Contempt Over 2020 Census Citizenship Question
The House is set to vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt for failing to...
Israeli Military Said to Be Making Significant Progress in Shoring Up Gaza Border Defenses
The IDF is making significant progress in its efforts to shore up defenses along the Gaza border, including an underground barrier, an above-ground fence...
Photo, Videos: Fire Destroys Home On Forshay Road in Monsey
A fire completely burned a home on Forshay Road in Monsey, New York, this afternoon.
Firefighters were called at 12:30 PM to 46 Forshay Road...
Police Investigate Voting Fraud
The Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit is investigating a suspicion that some of the results of April's election were purposely fraudulent, Kan 11 reported.
According to...
Israel Holds 5G Mobile Network Tender, Aims for 2020 Launch
Israel launched a tender for fifth-generation (5G) cellular frequencies on Sunday, hoping discounts to cash-strapped mobile phone operators battling fierce competition will entice bids.
The...
Only 14 Candidates Qualify For Second Round Of Debates
The second Democratic primary debate is on July 30 -- but some candidates are at risk of not meeting the thresholds for support and...
White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway Will Ignore Congressional Subpoena
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway will ignore a congressional subpoena at the request of President Donald Trump, refusing to testify about a government watchdog's...
Families Of Victims Of Boeing 737 Max Crashes To Testify At House Hearing
A Canadian man who lost five family members in one of two crashes of Boeing 737 Max aircraft is among those scheduled to testify...
Former CNN Commentator Mark Lamont Hill Tells Progressive Gathering That Major US News Outlets...
Former CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill, who has made remarks widely considered antisemitic in the past, told a progressive conference on Friday that Fox, ABC, NBC, “or whoever” were...
Tlaib Accuses Israel Of ‘Racist Policies’ That Go Back To 19th-Century Segregation
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) compared Israel’s “dehumanization and racist policies” to 19th-century segregation in the United States.
“There is continued dehumanization and racist policies...
Lancaster: THE SECRET YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT
Lancaster.
Mention the name of this South Central Pennsylvania city and it’ll conjure up memories of summer and bein hazemanim trips, visits to the 48-acre...
SENTENCED: Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Gets Life In Prison Plus 30 Years
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the crime kingpin known as "El Chapo" who controlled much of the illegal drug trade across the Western Hemisphere for almost...
WATCH: The Daf Yomi Song of Arachin
Daf Yomi will be celebrating the siyum of Maseches Arachim this coming Shabbos. “The SONG OF ARACHIN” reviews the highlights and main points of Eruchin,...
KEEP HALACHA OUT: Israeli Science Minister: ‘Likud Will Not Turn Israel Into A State...
Speaking to Israel Radio on Tuesday, Israel’s Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis said that the Likud Party under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
French Jews Vow to Appeal Paris Court’s Ruling That Antisemitic Murderer of Sarah Halimi...
Lawyers acting for the family of a French Jewish widow murdered in her own home during a frenzied antisemitic assault have vowed to appeal...
Mark Sanford Says He’s Considering Primary Challenge Against Trump
Former congressman Mark Sanford said Tuesday that he is considering a presidential bid, making him potentially the second Republican to wage a primary challenge...
John Paul Stevens, Longtime Leader Of Supreme Court’s Liberal Wing, Dies At 99
John Paul Stevens, a moderate Midwestern Republican and former antitrust lawyer from Chicago who evolved into a savvy and sometimes passionate leader of the...
[UPDATE] DAY 3: Rav Shlomo Kanievsky is STILL Waiting for a Yeshua! All Donations...
The current goal to save the Yeshiva is 5 MILLION DOLLARS.
They are waiting for a Yeshuah.
Please open your hearts and donate HERE.
The word of...
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Trump May Fire Wilbur Ross After Census Citizenship Question Debacle
President Trump is considering firing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, according to a report on Monday.
Trump is fed up with Ross over the lack of...
MaryEllen Elia To Step Down As State Education Commissioner
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, the former Sweet Home teacher who would go on to become New York’s top educator four years ago during...
UAE Oil Tanker Disappears In Iranian Waters In The Strait Of Hormuz
A United Arab Emirates oil tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz stopped in Iranian waters and switched off its transponder more than two...
Italian Police Seize Air Missile And Nazi Paraphernalia From Suspected Extremist Fighters
Police in Italy recovered Nazi paraphernalia, guns and missile during a Monday operation that was part of a year-long investigation into "Italian fighters with...
