President Donald Trump delivered an ultimatum to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a tense phone call several days ago, telling the embattled strongman that the time had come to step aside — and to leave the country with his family — or face an escalating U.S. campaign designed to isolate and destabilize his regime, according […]
Adv. Yoav Lalum, chairman of the Noar K’Halacha organization, sent an urgent letter to IDF Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, demanding that they immediately intervene and halt what he says is military enforcement targeting only members of the Sephardi community. The letter was sent following the renewed arrests […]
Last week’s data told a clear story: the U.S. consumer is still standing, but looking increasingly tired – and businesses are starting to absorb more of the pain. What We Learned Last Week Retail sales: On the surface, retail sales barely grew. Once you adjust for inflation, Americans actually bought less stuff than the month […]
Israel’s most ambitious and closely watched defense project in years is no longer theoretical. The Defense Ministry announced Monday that the “Iron Beam” laser-interception system has officially completed its development and testing phase and will begin deployment to the IDF at the end of the month — a milestone defense officials say will fundamentally change […]
A wintry blast is set to usher in the month of December, with a developing storm on Tuesday expected to bring one of the first substantial snowfalls of the season to parts of the Tri-State area. Forecasters say the heaviest accumulations will fall north of New York City, where communities in the mid-Hudson Valley and […]
Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, citing a published report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order for all crew members to be killed as part of a Sept. 2 attack. […]
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who went from close U.S. ally in the war on drugs to a poster child for presidential corruption in Central America, is on the verge of becoming once again a friend of the United States with President Donald Trump’s intention to pardon him. The 57-year-old former two-term president was sentenced […]
Deals promoted as some of the best of the holiday season are expected to keep people across the United States glued to their computers and smartphones as the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon wraps up on Cyber Monday. It’s no secret that buying things online is now a staple of many people’s everyday routines. And year after […]
The Dublin City Council has decided to withdraw its plan to remove the name of “Herzog Park,” named after Israel’s sixth President Chaim Herzog. The council planned on renaming the park—located next to the country’s only Jewish school—as “Free Palestine Park” or “Hind Rajab Park,” after a girl killed in Gaza. The revocation of the […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has continued to transfer “pay to slay” payments to terrorists and their families despite PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s public promise to end all stipends to terrorists, the UK’s Telegraph reported. Abbas personally reassured UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer that the PA would completely cease all terrorist stipend payments. In reality, however, […]
Opposition leader Yair Lapid clarified on Sunday evening that his party’s proposed law to revoke voting rights from those who evade military service would apply only to Chareidim while excluding the Arab sector. Speaking on Kan News, Lapid said, “I don’t know who invented this phrase that voting rights are a sacred right—they are not […]
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. “If you want to have it released, I’ll release it,” the president said during an exchange with reporters as he traveled back to Washington from Florida. He said the results of the MRI were “perfect.” […]
How can one choose his shirt from a pile of different types of clothing and not transgress borer on Shabbos? What does one do if there is a power outage on Shabbos? Can someone put food in the oven on Shabbos? These and numerous other questions are impossible to answer unless one has a thorough […]
The last person to get their hands on a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci shelled out more than $450 million at auction. Now, Italian cultural officials are making it possible to purchase a limited edition, certified digital copy of the Renaissance genius’ “Lady with Disheveled Hair’’ for roughly the price of a Lamborghini. The Italian nonprofit […]
Recently, a respected community member lamented that our boys don’t even have the courage to propose. Many enter marriage without ever facing real responsibility—sheltered, financially dependent, and untested—while young women gain independence, work experience, and life skills. Many girls feel they are ahead of the boys, creating frustration, imbalance, and tension in the shidduch system. […]
Argentinian President Javier Milei has formally launched what his government is calling the Isaac Accords, a framework designed to bind Latin American governments more closely to Israel through coordinated political, economic and cultural cooperation. The announcement came during a high-visibility meeting in Buenos Aires with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who is touring the region […]
U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks Sunday aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters afterward that the session was productive but work remains in the search for a peace deal. “It’s not just about the terms that ends fighting,” […]
US envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow on Monday as part of ongoing efforts to advance Ukraine–Russia peace talks. According to Fox News, this trip comes amid growing momentum in negotiations involving U.S., Russia, and Ukraine, following recent rounds of discussions in Geneva and Florida.
A newly surfaced account from former Gaza hostage Segev Kalfon reveals harrowing details of his two years in Hamas captivity, marked by constant beatings, starvation, psychological torment, and repeated pressure from a Hamas battalion commander to convert to Islam. Kalfon, a 27-year-old baker from Dimona kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7, spoke […]
Cat Murphy, a college student, has wanted to be a journalist since she was 11. Many of her friends don’t understand why. When they engage with the news — if they do — they hear a cacophony of voices. They don’t know who to believe. Reporters are biased. They make mistakes. Besides, why would you […]
