HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch spoke about the victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral election in his weekly English-language shiur this week. “The Jews in New York are going through a difficult period,” HaRav Shternbuch began. “A Muslim mayor was elected, and many Jews are afraid of him.” “But we must remember […]
In the aftermath of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s mayoral race, two regions hundreds of miles apart are experiencing the same boom — and for the same reason. Both Florida’s Boca Raton and Connecticut’s wealthy suburbs are seeing a surge of New Yorkers seeking refuge from what they fear will be […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced the latest in a series of strikes on boats accused of ferrying drugs, killing six people in attacks on two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The dual strikes on Sunday bring the total number of known attacks up to 19 and the death toll to at least […]
States administering a federal food aid program serving about 42 million Americans faced uncertainty Monday over whether they can — and should — provide full monthly benefits during an ongoing legal battle involving the U.S. government shutdown. President Donald Trump’s administration over the weekend demanded that states “undo” full benefits that were paid under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance […]
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Elise Stefanik tore into Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday night, accusing her of “endorsing a raging antisemite” while simultaneously accepting an award from a prominent Jewish organization. Speaking at the Zionist Organization of America’s annual gala in Manhattan, Stefanik said Hochul’s support for newly elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani […]
A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track Monday after a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to break the impasse in what has become a deepening disruption of federal programs and services, the longest in history. What’s in and out of the bipartisan deal drew sharp criticism and leaves few senators fully satisfied. The legislation provides funding […]
HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau on Sunday evening instructed the Degel HaTorah members to vote against the death penalty bill for terrorists, which will be brought on Monday for a vote in the Knesset plenum. The bill is being advanced by the Otzma Yehudit party, with the support of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. HaRav Landau stated, […]
A glimpse of the secret operations Israel carried out to retrieve Hadar Goldin’s body over the past year and a half was revealed following the return of his remains to Israel on Sunday after 11 years in Gaza. Over the course of a year and a half, since the IDF entered Rafah in May 2024, […]
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least eight people and displacing more than 1.4 million others. The typhoon was forecast to head northwest toward Taiwan. Fung-wong lashed the northern Philippines while the country was still dealing with […]
Israel has been pushed to the margins at the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in Kiryat Gat — the nerve center of the international effort to oversee Gaza’s fragile ceasefire — as the United States assumes near-total control of the operation, senior Israeli officials told Times of Israel. Once expected to be the main architect of […]
Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Sunday that a 7-year-old boy from Jerusalem passed away on Shabbos after contracting measles. He passed away after arriving at the emergency room due to complications from the disease. According to the statement, the child, who had an underlying medical condition, had received one dose of the measles vaccine. This […]
Over the past thousand years of Jewish history, we’ve rarely remained in one country for more than 80 to 120 years before the social or political climate turned against us. From England to Spain, from Poland to Germany, each thriving Jewish community eventually reached a point where life became unsustainable and was forced to move […]
Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Sunday that a 7-year-old boy from Jerusalem passed away on Shabbos after contracting measles. He passed away after arriving at the emergency room due to complications from the disease. According to the statement, the child, who had an underlying medical condition, had received one dose of the measles vaccine. This […]
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi amassed more than $130 million in stock profits during her 37 years in Congress — a staggering 16,930% return that has reignited calls to ban lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks while in office. Pelosi, 85, announced last week that she will retire […]
SHUTDOWN OVER: Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown. The agreement, which was negotiated in part by Sens. Angus King, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan as well as GOP senators, has “more than enough” members of the Senate Democratic Caucus to advance, according to two people granted anonymity to disclose the terms. […]