A New Hampshire man is resuming dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for a record 271 days, doctors said Monday. His experience is helping researchers in their quest for animal-to-human transplants. Tim Andrews, 67, had the organ removed on Oct. 23 because its function was declining, according to Mass General Brigham. In a […]
Three BMG Roshei Yeshiva — Rav Malkiel Kotler, Rav Dovid Schustal, and Rav Yisroel Neuman — met Tuesday with Assemblyman Avi Schnall, offering their encouragement and urging the Lakewood community to re-elect him to a second term in the New Jersey General Assembly. During their discussion, the Roshei Yeshiva emphasized the importance of maintaining strong […]
The Rav’s visit marks major progress in building thousands of housing units for leading avreichim from the yeshivah world In light of the accelerated development of thousands of housing units for elite avreichim from the yeshivah world in Netivot’s Kiryat Beit Halevi and the Ramot Meir neighborhood, HaRav HaGaon Rav Shalom Ber Sorotzkin, shlit”a, Rosh […]
Not even a year out from the last presidential election, the Democratic National Committee has begun setting up a framework for the party’s next round of presidential primary elections, which could upend the early-voting calendar yet again. The Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee on Monday approved a plan giving states until […]
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A large crowd attended this week’s pidyon haben for a descendant of the Modzhitz and Zvhil dynasties and great-grandson of Rav Shmuelka Halpert — grandson-in-law of HaRav Chaim Baak, Rosh Mesivta of Yeshiva Minchas Yitzchak. The Kohen performing the Pidyon was the Spinka Rebbe. As is customary, the baby was adorned with gold and silver […]
Palestinian media report that an Israeli airstrike on a car in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis has killed five people. The IDF has yet to comment on the strike.
UK’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis meets Pope Leo in Rome, saying he “highlighted the centrality of Israel in our Jewish faith and consciousness, and our deep yearning for peace.”
In an interview with Arutz Sheva, Rabbi David Fendel, the Rosh Yeshivah of the Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot, explained his decision to take part in the Chareidi protest against the arrests of bnei yeshivos in Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon. “I see it as a great zechus to join the mass tefillah,” Rabbi Fendel said. “Hakadosh […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom supports California’s Attorney General suing the federal government over the suspension of SNAP benefits due to the government shutdown.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch declines to comment at City Hall on whether she would take Zohran Mamdani’s offer to stay in her role if he wins election.
An Israeli educator was attacked in midtown Manhattan on Monday in what authorities believe was an antisemitic assault — the latest in a troubling wave of bias incidents targeting Jewish New Yorkers. According to reports in American and Israeli media, 58-year-old Rami Glickstein was walking toward Mr. Broadway, a kosher restaurant on West 38th Street, […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday confirmed the names of five candidates to replace Jerome Powell as chair of the powerful Federal Reserve next year. On an Air Force One flight to Asia with President Donald Trump, Bessent said he would engage in a second round of interviews in the coming weeks and present a […]
HAPPENING NOW: Dancing is currently taking place on Ezra Street in Bnei Brak to celebrate the release of a Bobover chassid who had been arrested in recent weeks by military police after returning to Israel from a visit to his Rebbe in the U.S.
The Federal Reserve will almost certainly cut its key interest rate on Wednesday and could signal it expects another cut in December as the central bank seeks to bolster hiring. A cut Wednesday would be the second this year and could benefit consumers by bringing down borrowing costs for mortgages and auto loans. Since Fed […]
