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The New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a Snow Alert for Tuesday, January 26 beginning at 2 a.m. Snow is expected to begin falling early Tuesday morning, according to…
The Senate on Monday approved President Joe Biden's nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation's 78th treasury secretary, making her the first woman to hold the job in the…
The U.S. Senate's longest-serving member, Democrat Patrick Leahy, will preside over the upcoming impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Leahy said on Monday. Chief Justice John Roberts presided at Trump's…
Dominion Voting Systems, which Giuliani placed at the center of a conspiracy to rig the election, sued the former New York City mayor Monday for $1.3 billion. “There must be accountability…
Democrats marched the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate Monday night for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the…
Israel
Just hours before Ben Gurion Airport was due to for closure due to the coronavirus, Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, arrived back in the country, ending a…
Based on initial data from the Israeli vaccination program, the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is every bit as good as advertised and even better. Maccabi Healthcare Services disclosed on Monday that…
Rabbanim Condemn Violence, Officials Work to Restore CalmAs prominent rabbinical figures continued to condemn violence in protests against the government lockdown, civil and police officials have been working on a plan to restore calm. Chief Sephardi…
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A bunker containing 100-year-old tefillin hidden from the Nazis in Holocaust has been discovered in the ruins of the Warsaw ghetto, the Shem Olam Institute reported. In recent years, Polish…
A fire broke out at 1447 East 29th Street near Kings Highway in the Madison section of Brooklyn, with 10 occupants of a residence being treated by Hatzolah as a…
NY State Budget Preserves Private School FundingJewish parents and educators can breathe easy: the New York State’s executive budget for 2021-2022, as outlined by Governor Andrew Cuomo, spares private schools and parochial schools from deep budget…
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Coronavirus deaths and cases per day in the U.S. dropped markedly over the past couple of weeks but are still running at alarmingly high levels, and the effort to snuff…
With a change of administrations, it looks like Harriet Tubman is once again headed to the front of the $20 bill. Biden press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the…
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Decades after suffering bombing and earthquake damage, Pompeii’s museum has been reborn, showing off exquisite finds from excavations of the ancient Roman city. Officials of the archeological park of the…
The European Union lashed out Monday at AstraZeneca, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to deliver the coronavirus vaccine doses that it promised to the bloc despite getting EU funding…
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