Bench is a simple, secure way to send Chanukah warmth to loved ones in Jerusalem — from the U.S. or anywhere else in the world. Chanukah is about light, warmth, and connection. But when your kids, family, or close friends are in Israel and you’re far away, turning that connection into something tangible can be challenging. […]
Record-breaking rain from back-to-back atmospheric river events has caused significant flooding along the Snoqualmie River in Washington. Drone footage shows animals going to dry land, residents wading through water, and homes surrounded by floodwaters.
Trump on Democrats talking about “affordability” when THEY created the crisis: “The word that they use is a hoax — because they’re the ones that caused the problem… They created the highest inflation in history and they created the highest prices in history!”
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth met with defense ministers from Australia and Britain, touting the ‘hard power’ of the AUKUS defense deal between the countries
U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuela Coast • The Trump administration seized an oil tanker near Venezuela’s coast, according to U.S. officials. • The action comes as the U.S. expands its military presence in the region — including an aircraft carrier, fighter jets, and tens of thousands of troops. • Officials said the Coast Guard […]
Columbia University is facing a full-scale credibility crisis after its own Task Force on Antisemitism released a blistering assessment of entrenched discrimination, politicized teaching, and a pattern of faculty behavior that pushed Jewish and Israeli students to the margins of campus life. The report, the most detailed internal accounting to date, reads less like a […]
TRUMP: “We’ve just launched the Trump Gold Card.” “All funds go to the United States Government…It’s somewhat like a green card, but with big advantages over a green card.”
BREAKING: Trump confirms the U.S. has seized a “very large” oil tanker off Venezuela “The largest one ever seized, actually. Other things are happening soon.”
With Storm Byron lashing Israel and threatening days of flooding, the IDF on Wednesday imposed sweeping safety restrictions across the entire military, effectively freezing nonessential movement and training until conditions stabilize. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir issued the directives as the powerful Mediterranean storm, which already battered Greece and Cyprus, moved inland […]
UPDATE: Twelve people were injured in the crash at Union Turnpike and Main Street in Queens, after an NYPD vehicle collided with a school bus. Four patients are being transported to the hospital by Hatzalah and FDNY. Approximately eight others were treated at the scene and released.
Self-driving Waymo taxis have gone viral for negative reasons involving the death of a beloved San Francisco bodega cat and pulling an illegal U-turn in front of police who were unable to issue a ticket to a nonexistent driver. But this week, the self-driving taxis are the bearer of happier news after a San Francisco […]
An American, a Frenchman, and an Israeli walk into a plate in Jerusalem > Lifta, the American-style restaurant everyone is talking about. ⸻ Anyone familiar with Jerusalem’s culinary scene already knows Chef Eli Davis. He is a rising star, highly sought-after by the American tourism elite who flock to Israel during the holiday season. The […]
QUEENS: Major MVA involving an NYPD cruiser and a school bus at Union Turnpike and Main Street. Multiple children and two NYPD officers were injured, including one officer with serious trauma. Hatzalah Queens responded with over a dozen EMTs and paramedics, including four ambulances, treating the injured. FDNY EMS is also on the scene.
The BPJCC and JCCGCI hosted a pre-Chanukah luncheon event in honor of Boro Park’s Holocaust survivors. The gathering, organized specifically for women, took place on Tuesday, December 9, at the BPJCC’s new community center. Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser, popular author and Rav of Khal Bnei Yitzchok shared words of inspiration with attendees. “With the support of Metropolitan […]
A teacher walking toward a Jewish day school in Miami Beach was assaulted in what authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime, prompting an intensive police operation that ended with one person taken into custody Wednesday afternoon. The attack occurred Tuesday morning just steps from the Lehrman Community Day School, along the 500 block […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from execution. There was no clear outcome apparent after the justices heard two hours of arguments in an appeal from Alabama, which wants to put to death a man who lower […]
