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The yeshivah world was plunged into sadness upon learning of the sudden petirah of Hagaon Harav Yitzchok Paler, zt”l, Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivas Mekor Chaim of Lakewood, late Sunday night. Rav Paler…
President Donald Trump on Monday said he had alerted the military and federal border authorities that a U.S.-bound migrant caravan from Central America was a national emergency, and that the…
An adviser to Turkey's president on Monday rejected Riyadh's assertion that Jamal Khashoggi died in a fight, suggesting it "mocked" world opinion, as Western incredulity deepened over varying Saudi accounts…
After Jordan's announcement that it would not renew its border lease agreement with Israel, analysts on both sides of the Jordan River discussed what led to the decision. Not surprisingly, commentators…
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, said on Monday that the current status quo between Israel and the Palestinians is unacceptable. "The situation is only getting worse," Kushner…
Israel
Spying is getting harder because the same technologies that catch terrorists can sometimes uncover foreign intelligence operations, the director of the Mossad said on Monday. Yossi Cohen delivered rare public…
Just days before the municipal elections, a major election was thrown into turmoil after the High Court ruled Monday that Rabbi Yitzchak Pindrus, the Degel HaTorah/Shas candidate for mayor of…
In a sharp debate at a meeting of the Knesset Health Committee Monday, MK Shuli Muallem (Jewish Home) accused Yisrael Beytenu MK Yulia Milnovsky of anti-Semitism – after the latter…
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The Teimani community in Eretz Yisrael mourns the petirah of the eldest Teimani Rav, Hagaon Harav Shlomo Korach, zt”l, Chief Rabbi of Bnei Brak. Harav Korach was 84 at his…
The Pittsburgh Jewish community’ night life just got a new buzz. A new chaburah was started this zman for night seder in the Kollel Jewish learning center of Pitttsburgh. Rabbi…
Kiryas Joel Chaveirim Volunteers Drive Stranded Bus Passengers to MontrealKiryas Joel Chaveirim members sprang into action to assist passengers of a bus that had broken down on a highway in the wee hours of the morning. The chartered bus…
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For $2 a ticket, you have chance to be among the richest people in the world if you beat the longshot odds of 1 in 303 million to win the…
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s surprising announcement that he was quitting his bid for re-election with less than 21 days to go was an effort to boost Democratic rival Mark Begich’s…
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U.K.’s May Pleads for Support, Says Brexit Deal Is Almost DoneBritish Prime Minister Theresa May was seeking to scotch a growing rebellion against her Brexit plans Monday, urging lawmakers to back her and saying a divorce deal with the European…
Norway’s prime minister said Sunday that World War II saboteur Joachim Roenneberg, who headed the four-man team that blew up a plant producing heavy water which Nazi Germany could have…
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