The government surpassed a dubious milestone this week: Its debt topped $22 trillion — that’s trillion, with a “t″ — for the first time.
Piles of federal debt have been growing ever higher for years, fueled by accumulating annual deficits, which themselves have been driven by tax cuts, government spending increases and the mounting costs of Medicare and Social Security and interest on the debt itself.
A new study conducted by the Chareidi Institute for Policy Research, which recently examined the rates of volunteering in Israel, reveals that the closer one is to a religious lifestyle, the greater the willingness to volunteer and contribute to others – in terms of time (physically becoming involved) and money (financial contribution).
During a testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar grilled Trump administration official Elliott Abrams, accusing the diplomat of being a liar and pressing him on his involvement in the 1980s Iran-Contra affair and killings in Central America during the Reagan administration – WITHOUT ALLOWING HIM TO RESPOND.
What appears to be an innocent and event welcome initiative, is nothing more than yet another component of Tiveria Mayor Kobi Ron’s intensive and tenacious anti-Shabbos efforts.
Israel has received its first-ever sea plane after 77 years, which is likely to bring additional visitors to the Kinneret in the future.
Nine people were lightly injured on Wednesday night on a plane traveling to Israel after the flight encountered air pockets and whirlwinds causing extreme turbulence on-board. The flight, a low-cost flight run by Transavia airline, was heading to Israel from France when it encountered the air anomalies.
During his weekly schmooze on Tuesday night for hundreds of talmidim in Yeshivas Maor HaTalmud in Rehovot, the mashgiach, HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Chaim Ginuar, veered from his regular words to share the yeshiva’s difficult plight with his talmidim, explaining to them the rosh yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Avraham Yitzchak Kook, who is 79, left for the Diaspora to raise funds in the hope of saving the yeshiva.