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Jury Awards $28M to Family of UN Worker Killed in Ethiopian 737 Max Crash

A federal court jury has awarded over $28 million to the family of a United Nations consultant who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max jetliner in Ethiopia more than six years ago. The verdict was reached Wednesday on behalf of the relatives of Shikha Garg after two hours of jury deliberation that […]

EXPOSED: Jan. 6 Committee’s Primetime Hearings Came with a $17 Million Price Tag, Including Hiring TV Producers To Dramatize Attack

The U.S. House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol cost almost twice as much as previously reported, including spending taxpayer funds for TV news producers and documentary filmmakers to create videos dramatizing its case against President Donald Trump, an investigation by The Center Square found. The Washington Post […]

IDF Confirms Identification of Meny Godard HY’D, Murdered On October 7

The National Center of Forensic Medicine, working alongside the Israel Police and the IDF Rabbinate, has completed the identification of Meny Godard HY’D. IDF representatives personally informed his family that his remains have been recovered and returned to Israel. Meny Godard, 73, was murdered during the October 7 attack on Kibbutz Be’eri by Palestinian Islamic […]

Kinus Hashluchim Kicked Off Wednesday Night with a Powerful Welcoming Session [PHOTOS]

Thousands of Shluchim from around the world arrived in Crown Heights this week, filling the neighborhood with excitement as the 2025 Kinus Hashluchim began with its much-anticipated opening session on Wednesday evening. Thousands of Shluchim from around the world gathered in Crown Heights on Wednesday evening for the opening session of the Annual Kinus Hashluchim. […]

Federal Workers Fume After Six-Week Shutdown: “We Were Political Pawns”

Jessica Sweet spent the federal government shutdown cutting back. To make ends meet, the Social Security claims specialist drank only one coffee a day, skipped meals, cut down on groceries and deferred paying some household bills. She racked up spending on her credit card buying gas to get to work. With the longest shutdown ever coming to a […]

A Once-Ever Maamad Kavod HaTorah — The Oraysa Siyum. Seats Selling Out Fast!

The excitement is palpable. From Lakewood to London, Bnei Brak to Brooklyn, the kol Torah of tens of thousands of lomdim rises higher each day as Klal Yisrael prepares for a milestone unlike any before: the Siyum on Seder Mo’ed. With the final dafim of Maseches Chagigah now being learned, the dream that began nearly […]

Federal Workers to Receive Back Pay Within Days After Shutdown Ends

Government shutdown back pay headed to federal workers in coming days • Federal workers who were furloughed during the 43-day-long U.S. government shutdown could begin seeing back pay arrive in their bank accounts in the coming days. • “There really has been an aggressive effort to get people to get their checks as soon as […]

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