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Hamodia is saddened to report the petirah of Harav Baruch Saks, zt”l. Rav Saks was a magid shiur in Yeshiva of Staten Island for over half a century, and was the…
El Al Airlines may soon merge with Arkia, the country’s second largest carrier, Globes reported on Monday. “Talks have begun with Arkia to examine a possible deal in which the company…
Faced with a job walkout by hundreds of medical interns, the Health Ministry on Monday night made a new counter-offer on the issue of work shifts, The Times of Israel…
A memorial ceremony marking the 26th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin turned into a political slugfest on Monday, as Rabin family members and politicians traded accusations…
Alta Fixsler, the two-year-old, brain-damaged child at the center of a legal battle between her parents and the U.K. National Health Service, passed away Monday night, approximately 90 minutes after…
Israel
Israel marked a grim milestone on Monday as the national death toll due to the coronavirus pandemic passed 8,000, according to the Health Ministry. Eleven fatalities were recorded since Monday…
Israel’s Tax Authority will continue its efforts to rid the country of the scourge of fictitious invoices, which accounts for a large chunk of the black economy, despite failing to…
Health Ministry cybersecurity chief Reuven Eliyahu said on Monday morning that the attack on Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera was likely carried out by Chinese hackers, not terrorists. “This is…
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Hamodia is saddened to report the petirah of Harav Yehudah Goldberg, zt’’l, a magid shiur at Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni in Riverdale. Rav Yehuda was the son of Reb Yitzchok…
Ari Epstein, the CEO of the Antwerp World Diamond Center, has been appointed the Honorary Consul of the new Hungarian consulate in Antwerp. Epstein was appointed by Hungarian Ambassador to…
National
Investigators believe a 1,200-foot (366-meter) cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line…
Hundreds of people were ordered to report for jury duty Monday in Georgia for what could be a long, laborious effort to find jurors to hear the trial of three…
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Russia’s total number of coronavirus infections has topped 8 million, more than 5% of the population, and the daily infection toll hit a new record. The national coronavirus task force…
American officials are working with Haitian authorities to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children connected with a U.S.-based charity group who were abducted over the…
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