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BREAKING: Supreme Court Asks Lower Court to Reconsider Ruling Upholding NJ Limits on Religious Gatherings
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Avraham Wolfson, one of the greatest tomchim of Olam Hatorah was niftar at the age of 70. Son of the late Rabbi Zev Wolfson, founder of the Wolfson Foundation, he lived…
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked a lower court to reconsider a ruling upholding New Jersey's limits on religious gatherings, in light of a recent Supreme Court case striking down…
Acting fast, Yosef Gluck seized and threw a table at the masked man, stunning him and sending him running out the door. The attacker had entered during HaRav Chaim Rothenberg's…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. presidential election, after Biden won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that officially determines the U.S.…
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their Electoral College victory during a Senate speech on Tuesday. "The Electoral College has spoken; so today I want…
Israel
The online retail behemoth Amazon has plans to ship merchandise to Israel using its warehouses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Globes reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. The decision…
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a U.S. delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday decided to appoint Deputy Mossad Director “D” as the next Mossad director. “D” is an accomplished Mossad veteran. The appointment is currently in the…
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Prompted by a petition by Jews from Antwerp, Belgium’s high court ruled that 15 will be allowed to attend prayer services. According to the judgment, there is “a disproportionate restriction…
The third night of Chanukah was marred for the Chabad community of Bluegrass, Kentucky, when a driver passing by swore and jeered at the outdoor candle lighting on Saturday night.…
We regret to inform readers of the petirah of Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld z”l of Kew Garden Hills. A distinguished and respected rabbi, Rabbi Schonfeld served as the rabbi of Young…
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Hundreds more U.S. hospitals geared up to vaccinate their workers Tuesday as federal regulators issued a positive review of a second COVID-19 vaccine that’s likely to soon boost the nation’s…
An FBI agent shot and wounded someone aboard a subway train in a suburb of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, the agency said. The shooting happened around 7 a.m. aboard a…
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Britain’s Supreme Court will give Heathrow Airport the go-ahead to expand on Wednesday, a lawyer in the case said, a decision that would put the 14 billion pound ($19 billion)…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson repeated to his top ministers on Tuesday that the most likely outcome of post-Brexit trade talks with the European Union was no deal, but his…
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