Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 114 people in the Philippines with even more missing and then hit Vietnam Friday. A second typhoon, Fong-Wong, is forecast to hit the Philippines around Sunday and strengthen to a major storm by that time. Some facts about typhoons: Hurricane? Cyclone? Typhoon? They’re all the same — officially, tropical cyclones. […]
New York City Councilman Felder issued the following statement following Governor Hochul’s press conference announcing that $90 million will be given to secure Jewish schools and other institutions, following the scrawling of multiple swastikas in Brooklyn: “The chutzpah of Governor Kathy Hochul showing up in Midwood just one day after she proudly celebrated the election […]
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara announced on Thursday evening that she is transferring responsibility for investigating the Sde Teiman affair to State Attorney Amit Aisman. Her announcement came shortly after the publication of a legal opinion by Yael Kotik, the legal adviser to the Ministry of Justice, stating that Baharav-Miara is barred from handling the case […]
Life comes with a full spectrum of emotions. While some are more comfortable or enjoyable, they all form the music that accompanies a rich and meaningful life. Sadness is one emotion we rarely enjoy, and yet it’s an inevitable part of living and loving. But what happens when sadness doesn’t go away? When it feels […]
American shoppers are expected to spend more during this holiday shopping season than last year despite economic uncertainty and rising prices. The 2025 forecast from the National Retail Federation on Thursday estimates that shoppers will collectively spend between $1.01 trillion and $1.02 trillion in November and December, an increase of 3.7% to 4.2% compared with […]
Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Hagaon HaRav David Yosef, arrived earlier today in Argentina, marking the beginning of his historic visit to the Jewish communities of the country. He was warmly welcomed at the airport by Mr. Eyal Sela, Israel’s Ambassador to Argentina; Rabbi Yitzchak Sacca , Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic community; Rabbi David […]
JUST IN: UPS identifies 3 pilots killed in Louisville plane crash – Capt. Richard Warternberg – International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond – First Officer Lee Truitt
BREAKING: US flight cancellations accelerate as airlines comply with government shutdown order U.S. airlines began canceling hundreds of flights Thursday due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce traffic at the country’s busiest airports starting Friday because of the government shutdown. Nearly 500 flights scheduled for Friday were already cut nationwide, and the number of cancellations […]
U.S. airlines began canceling hundreds of flights Thursday due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce traffic at the country’s busiest airports starting Friday because of the government shutdown. Nearly 500 flights scheduled for Friday were already cut nationwide, and the number of cancellations climbed throughout Thursday afternoon, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight […]
Boeing will not face a criminal conspiracy charge over two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people after a federal judge in Texas on Thursday granted the government’s request to dismiss the case. As part of a deal to drop the charge, the American aerospace company has agreed to pay or invest an additional […]
Heartbreaking tragedy in Beit Shemesh: Rabbi Yaakov Steinberg zt”l, beloved Maggid Shiur, passed away suddenly at just 44 years old. Now, his *eight young children are left without a father — and their mother is struggling to provide even the most basic needs. *There’s no food in the house, no stability, no hope for tomorrow. […]
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. gave President Donald Trump’s administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, though it’s unlikely the 42 million […]
FAA flight cuts squeeze freight capacity in peak shipping season • U.S. logistics companies warned that the FAA’s decision to cut flight capacity at 40 major airports by 10% could markedly slow deliveries of airfreight right at the peak of the air shipping season. • The FAA says the slowdown is necessary because absences by […]
REPORTER: “Are you at all concerned it might not be safe to fly right now?” POTUS: “No. That’s why they’re cutting…Sean Duffy announced they’re cutting 10%, they wanna make sure it’s 100% safe, that’s why they’re doing it.”
DC sandwich thrower Sean Dunn found not guilty of assaulting federal agent • Former Department of Justice employee Sean Dunn was found not guilty of assaulting a federal agent whom he had thrown a Subway sandwich at on a street in Washington, D.C. • U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s prosecutors previously failed to get a grand […]
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ticked up for the first time in five weeks after falling to its lowest level in more than a year last week. The average long-term mortgage rate moved up to 6.22% from 6.17% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged […]
In a milestone nearly eight decades in the making, Yad Vashem announced that it has successfully recovered the names of five million Jews murdered in the Holocaust—an unprecedented effort to restore individual identity to victims whom the Nazis sought to erase from human memory. “Behind each name is a life that mattered,” said Dani Dayan, […]
In a totally bizarre meeting with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, rapper Kanye West – who has made countless blatantly antisemitic statements, including releasing a song titled “Heil Hitler” – apologized for his actions, claiming that it is due to his suffering from bipolar disorder. In 2010, YWN reported that Pinto met with NBA player LeBron […]
A jury in Virginia on Thursday awarded $10 million to a former teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student and later accused an ex-administrator in a lawsuit of ignoring repeated warnings that the child had a gun. The jury returned its decision against Ebony Parker, a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School in […]
