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An ambulance from Magen David Adom that arrived to treat a patient in Jerusalem’s Meah Shearim neighborhood was vandalized during the incident. While the medical team entered the building to provide care, a sticker reading “Jews are not Zionists” was placed on the ambulance, and Israeli flags displayed on the vehicle were sprayed with paint. […]

A joyful Chanukah celebration in Sydney was shattered by a hateful terrorist attack. Innocent lives were lost — including a 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivor. Many are critically injured. Families are broken, children traumatized, and an entire community is grieving in shock. This darkness is real. The pain is unbearable. Please help the victims […]

Russia has indicated it’s open to Ukraine joining the European Union as part of a potential peace deal to end the war, U.S. officials said Monday. The officials who briefed reporters after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well as British, French and German officials in Berlin […]

Sen. Tom Cotton: “We need to be mindful about mass migration from the third world, especially places that are known to have radical Islamic movements, and to hate America, and to hate Jews.”

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer: I want to reassure our Jewish communities that we will take every step that we can, use all of our powers to make sure that they are safe and secure, as they should be in the United Kingdom.

Rabbi Mendy Korer pays tribute to his childhood friend, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, HY”D, who was among the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack. “He was dedicated to his community and ensuring each and every person should be nurtured and looked after.”

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year. “It’s such an illustrative word,” said Greg Barlow, Merriam-Webster’s president, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s announcement. “It’s […]

Five young girls just lost their father — and their mother is still in the hospital, unaware she is now a widow. The children are alone, their home broken, and they have nothing.

Hundreds of talmidim of the Slabodka Yeshiva gathered on Sunday night for the annual Chanukah chagigah led by the Roshei Yeshivos, HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau and HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch. Like every year, the talmidim sang the song “זֵדִים הֱלִיצֻנִי עַד מְאֹד מִתּוֹרָתְךָ לֹא נָטִיתִ.” (“The arrogant have mocked me greatly, yet I did […]

HY’D: Another victim of the Sydney massacre has been identified as Tibor Weitzen, H’yd, 78, a member of the Bondi Chabad shul and a beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He had attended the Chanukah celebration with his wife, children and grandchildren and died as he tried to shield a family friend from the bullets. Sadly, […]

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 Word of the Year is “slop.” Once a term for mud or low-value junk, “slop” has taken on a new meaning in the AI era: low-quality digital content churned out at scale by generative artificial intelligence. According to Merriam-Webster, the spike in searches for thew word reflects growing public awareness — and fatigue […]

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Rep. Ryan Zinke on Healthcare: I would imagine we’ll probably get some bills to reduce overall care…

Another victim of the Sydney massacre has been identified as Tibor Weitzen, H’yd, 78, a member of the Bondi Chabad shul and a beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He had attended the Chanukah celebration with his wife, children and grandchildren and died as he tried to shield a family friend from the bullets. Sadly, she […]

Prime Minister Netanyahu met with US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack. Among those attending the meeting were Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Saar, National Security Council Acting Director Gil Reich, the Prime Minister’s Military Secretary, Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel […]