Rabbi Yeruchim Silber, director of New York government relations for Agudath Israel, spoke with Hamodia last week Wednesday, the day after Gov. Kathy Hochul released her executive budget, regarding items…
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he plans to name a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer by the end of February and reiterated his intention to nominate…
New York Mayor Eric Adams has backed off plans for a $210,000-a-year, city-paid security job for his brother, who will now volunteer instead as an advisor. Adams' office confirmed the change…
The Coast Guard said Thursday that it had found four additional bodies in its search for dozens of migrants lost at sea off Florida but would suspend its rescue operations…
Long Island will likely be buried in snow by Saturday. A nor’easter set to blanket the tri-state area and New England over the weekend could drop as much as 36 inches…
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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made a number of sensational claims in interviews with local media on Thursday, bashing opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu as an unscrupulous propagandist on the one…
School Quarantine Policy Changes Again on First DayThe new quarantine policy in the Israeli school system saw its first update within the first twenty-four hours of its implementation on Thursday, following days of well-publicized internal dissension among…
The Tel Aviv Labor Court ruled illegal on Thursday a wildcat strike called by the Israel Teachers Union to protest the easing of quarantine rules for students. The court upheld…
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On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a special memorial service was held on Thursday at the Great Jewish Museum in central Moscow. The event was opened with Keil…
Over the past decade, archaeological excavations in the Sobibor extermination camp have uncovered three pendants bearing depictions of Luchos opposite the prayer Shema Yisrael. The excavations were directed by Wojciech…
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New York’s attorney general wants to put a stop to former President Donald Trump’s attempted end-run around a years-long civil investigation into his business practices, asking a judge Wednesday to…
A Texas man has been charged with a federal gun crime after authorities say he sold a gun to a man who held four hostages inside a Texas Jewish temple…
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Dozens of armed Islamic State terrorists remained holed up in the last occupied section of a Syrian prison, U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said Thursday. The two sides clashed a day after…
The U.S. rejection of Russia’s main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine leaves little ground for optimism, the Kremlin spokesman said Thursday, while adding that dialogue was still possible.…
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