After weeks of a record-breaking heatwave, which was briefly interrupted a week ago by a day and a half of rainfall, Israel was hit with a storm overnight Monday with an unprecedented amount of rainfall in a short period. The heavy rainfall, which intensified on Tuesday morning, caused massive flooding, and numerous people had to […]
President Donald Trump said Monday that he has accepted an invitation from Chinese leader Xi Jinping to visit Beijing in April and that he reciprocated by inviting Xi for a state visit to the U.S. later next year. Trump made the announcement after he spoke with Xi by phone nearly a month after the two leaders met in person in […]
A heartbreaking tragedy struck the community of Modi’in Illit this evening with the sudden passing of Racheil Hager A”H, an 11-year-old girl from Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai Street in the Brachfeld neighborhood. She collapsed without warning and was rushed to the hospital, where doctors fought to save her life. Despite intensive efforts, she was tragically […]
MK Tzvi Sukkot was forced to cancel a planned trip to the United States after the online visa application he submitted was denied, and a subsequent in-person request at the U.S. Embassy became entangled in questions about his criminal background. Sukkot had booked his flight weeks in advance and proceeded with the standard visa interview […]
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion’s vehicle was attacked earlier today during a visit to the Chareidi neighborhood of Meah Shearim, according to Hebrew media reports. Rioters hurled stones at the car, shattering its rear window. Lion was inside the vehicle when the attack took place, but he was not injured and continued with his schedule as […]
President Donald Trump is directing the federal government to combine efforts with tech companies and universities to convert government data into scientific discoveries, acting on his push to make artificial intelligence the engine of the nation’s economic future. Trump unveiled the “Genesis Mission” as part of an executive order he signed Monday that directs the […]
Neurological breakthroughs once hailed as miracles of modern medicine are now triggering urgent warnings from British researchers, who fear that governments could soon turn the human brain into a battlefield. In a new report, Preventing Weaponization of CNS-Acting Chemicals, experts at Bradford University argue that the same research used to treat neurological disorders could be […]
In a display of U.S. military force, F-18 Super Hornets launched from the USS Gerald R. Ford off the Venezuelan coast and joined up with a B-52 bomber.
PHOTOS & VIDEO: The Chuppah of the grandchildren of both the Skvere Rebbe Shlita and the Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak is currently taking place in New Square. The Vizhnitzer Rebbe flew in from Eretz Yisroel to attend the chasuna.
Spotify is preparing to raise US subscription prices in the first quarter of next year. A US Spotify subscription currently costs $11.99 a month, compared with $9.99 when it launched in the country 14 years ago.
TRUMP SIGNS ORDER TARGETING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to begin designating certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The order, invoking the Immigration and Nationality Act and the International Emergency […]
AG Pam Bondi: “We’ll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal, to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct.”
The White House is circulating a proposal that would extend subsidies to help consumers pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act for two more years, as millions of Americans face spiking health care costs when the current tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year. The draft plan suggests that […]
Channel 12 reports that Hamas has spent the past week quietly reaching out to multiple countries, seeking asylum for 100–200 of its operatives who are currently trapped in tunnels beneath Rafah — in an area now under IDF control. Every country approached has rejected the request, Israeli officials say. According to the report, Hamas turned […]
Poland’s foreign minister has summoned Israel’s ambassador to Warsaw after a social media post by Yad Vashem — Israel’s official Holocaust museum — sparked renewed diplomatic tensions over Poland’s role during World War II. Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced Monday that Ambassador Yaakov Finkelstein was being formally summoned following a post on the platform X […]
Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company’s next Starliner flight and instead perform a trial run with cargo to prove its safety. Monday’s announcement comes eight months after the first and only Starliner crew returned to Earth aboard SpaceX after a prolonged mission. Although NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni […]
Trump launches national AI initiative: President Trump signs an executive order creating the “Genesis Mission,” a Manhattan Project–style effort to accelerate AI innovation and secure U.S. global dominance in the technology.
The long-running Ponovezh machlokes took a dramatic step forward this week. Following last week’s arbitration decision issued by retired judge David Cheshin, representatives of Ponovezh Yeshiva (the “Sonim” faction) submitted a request today to the Tel Aviv District Court asking that the ruling be formally confirmed as a binding court judgment. The arbitration verdict granted […]
A major distribution of five million dollars will take place this coming week for Chinuch institutions in Israel that do not receive any government funding. The funds are being allocated through Keren Hatzalah, the philanthropic organization established decades ago by the Satmar Rebbe, Rav Yoel Teitelbaum Zatzal. The distribution will be held at the offices […]
