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With great sadness Hamodia reports the petirah of Rav Elya Meir Sorotzkin, z"tl, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiv Tiferes Boruch of Spingfield/Plainfield. He was the son R' Boruch Soroktzin z"tl, Rosh…
The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling…
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to challenge the election results, in a case that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court if…
An Iranian scientist named by the West as the leader of the Islamic Republic's disbanded military nuclear program was killed Friday in an ambush on the outskirts of Tehran, authorities…
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No progress towards normalized relations with Saudi Arabia will be made while King Salman remains in power, Channel 12 reported Thursday, citing a senior Israeli source. “Israel understands that there…
According to a report in Yisrael Hayom on Friday, quoting talks with “senior politicians,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz have been holding substantive…
Israel will soon roll out a “green passport” program that will enable anyone who has had coronavirus to travel more freely abroad, coronavirus commissioner Prof. Nachman Ash said Thursday. Prof.…
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Vienna: Rav Attacked at Knifepoint by Woman AssailantA Rav was attacked at knifepoint in Vienna by a woman who ripped the kippah from his head and yelled an anti-Semitic threat before fleeing, police in the Austrian capital…
Toronto police said Wednesday that they have identified a person of interest in the killing of Canadian drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife nearly three years ago. Police…
Just one year ago, the fledgling Jewish community of Jersey City was busy formulating plans for development and growth, with the residents and leaders focusing on securing sites and funding…
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President Donald Trump said on Thursday that delivery of the coronavirus vaccine would begin next week and the week after. Speaking to U.S. troops overseas via video link to mark…
The U.S. government on Wednesday appealed a judge’s order barring the expulsions of immigrant children who crossed the border alone, a policy enacted during the coronavirus pandemic to deny the…
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Italian authorities will soon approve an experiment with “COVID-tested” flights from three U.S. airports, with the aim of eliminating the required 14-day quarantine for passengers arriving in Italy, Rome’s main…
An Iranian diplomat and three other Iranians go on trial in Antwerp, Belgium on Friday for planning to bomb a 2018 meeting in France of an exiled opposition group, the…
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