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Car Attempts to Hit Two Orthodox Men in Jackson
A car attempted to hit two Orthodox men standing by the side of a road in Jackson this past Shabbos according to a report filed with local police. Both were…
VAT-Free Overseas Buying at RiskThe VAT exemption on products purchased online from abroad worth up to $75 is on the way out, according to a report in Globes on Sunday, citing official sources. The end…
Atmosphere Heats Up as Election NearsThe frantic run-up to Tuesday’s elections in Israel featured charges of electoral fraud, warnings of violence at the polls, anti-chareidi incitement, emergency meetings, accusations of personal vendettas, and more on…
What changed Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit's mind about legalizing the Mevo’ot Yericho outpost in the Jordan Valley? Prior to the cabinet meeting on Sunday, Mandelblit was opposed to it, on the…
Israel
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz urged President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday night to beware of a repeat of the kind of post-election machinations that led to this second round.…
EU Condemns Vandalism at Ramat Gan OfficesThe European Union condemned as ‘deplorable’ vandalism discovered at its Ramat Gan offices on Sunday. Graffiti was sprayed on the offices saying, “German money kills Jews.” “No diplomat was present,…
Central Elections Committee chairman Justice Hanan Melcer refused a request from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for an emergency meeting to discuss the possibility of voter fraud in Tuesday’s elections. Netanyahu…
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An adult and a child were injured after a sidewalk shed collapsed outside Beis Medrash Beis Shmuel Tzvi D’Spinka in Williamsburg on Shabbos afternoon, reports WABC News. Metal support beams…
The Pupa Rebbe, shlita, is to appoint his son Harav Levi Yitzchak Greenwald to serve as Dayan of the Pupa community’s Boro Park beis medrash. The hachtarah will be at…
National
Police Investigate Anti-Semitic Flyers Posted in Jewish Neighborhood in IndianaIndianapolis police say the posting of anti-Semitic flyers in a Jewish neighborhood is being investigated as a bias crime. The Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council said in a statement the…
A federal appeals court in New York has restored a lawsuit by restaurant workers, a hotel-event booker and a watchdog who say President Donald Trump has business conflicts that violate…
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Afghan security forces, backed by U.S. airstrikes, killed two of the movement’s shadow provincial governors on Sunday, as fighting stepped up in the wake of the collapse of talks aimed…
Turkey’s defense ministry said on Sunday that the delivery of a second battery of Russian S-400 missile defense systems has been completed as of Sunday, and added that the systems…
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