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Thousands of people gathered at the Kosel Thursday morning for the traditional mass Birkas Kohanim event, held on Chol Hamoed of Pesach and Sukkos, on the first day of Chol…
Moderna Inc Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel thinks the coronavirus pandemic could be over in a year as increased vaccine production ensures global supplies, he told the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher…
Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash called on Thursday for the government to impose more stringent restrictions on public gatherings as coronavirus morbidity and hospitalizations remained high. "I would downsize big…
Iran's foreign minister expressed a "very clear intent" to return to nuclear talks in Vienna, Ireland's foreign minister said on Wednesday after meeting with his Iranian counterpart on the sidelines…
Congress is slated to vote on $1 billion in funding for Israel's Iron Dome air defense system on Thursday, a day after Progressives tried to scuttle a larger budget bill…
Israel
Two million Israelis suffer from food insecurity and don’t have access to adequate quantities of nutritious foods, according to a reported published Wednesday by Israel’s largest anti-poverty non-governmental organization. The…
Thousands gathered at the Kosel on Wednesday morning, the first day of Chol Hamoed in Eretz Yisrael, for the mass Birkas Kohanim ceremony. This year’s event, which has been scaled…
Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday removed $1 billion in military funding for Israel from legislation to fund the U.S. government after objections from liberals in the House of Representatives, but party…
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Klal Yisrael is urged to daven for the refuah sheleimah of Hagaon Harav Avraham Erlanger, shlita, elderly Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Kol Torah in Yerushalayim, who is now listed in…
National
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embraces the…
Amid deteriorating conditions in migrant camps on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. authorities on Wednesday tried to deal with thousands of the mostly Haitian migrants that have gathered,…
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A student opened fire Monday at a university in Russia, leaving six people dead and 28 hurt, before being shot by police and detained, officials said. Beyond saying that he…
North Korea has criticized a U.S. decision to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia and threatened unspecified countermeasures if it finds the deal affects its security. State media on Monday published…
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