Americans Missing In Baghdad Kidnapped By Iran-Backed Militia
Three U.S. citizens who disappeared last week in Baghdad were kidnapped and are being held by an Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia, two Iraqi intelligence and two U.S. government sources said on Tuesday....
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Photos: At the Kevurah of Hagaon Rav Refoel Shmulevitz zt”l
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View ArticlePutin Says Fearful European Jews Should Return To Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on European Jews facing rising anti-Semitism to return to Russia. “They can come to us,” Putin told a delegation from the European Jewish Congress (EJC) during a...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Keeps Nuclear Option Open After Iran Deal Implementation
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir hinted that his country would keep open all options, including pursing a nuclear weapon, if Iran obtained a nuclear weapon despite the newly implemented deal with...
View ArticleWhite House Believes Missing Jewish Ex-FBI Agent Levinson May No Longer Be In...
The White House said on Tuesday that Robert Levinson, a Jewish former FBI agent who went missing on Iran’s Kish Island in 2007, may no longer be inside of Iran. Levinson was not among the five...
View ArticlePidyon HaRashash on the Day of the Yahrtzeit
[Communicated] Today is the yahrtzeit of the saintly Rabbi Shalom Sharabi. Kollel Chatzos will perform the Pidyon HaRashash for you. Sign up to have your name mentioned at this momentous event. Call...
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Photos: Inaugural COJO-NYPD CommUNITY Wide Security Meeting in Staten Island
On January 18, at the Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, in Seaview, the Council of Jewish Organizations (COJO) of Staten Island held its, “Inaugural COJO-NYPD CommUNITY Wide Security Meeting.”...
View ArticleToday’s Yahrtzeits and History – 10 Shevat
Rav Meir ben Yitzchak Katzenellenbogen, the Maharam Padua (1482-1565). Born in Ellenbogen , Germany , founder of the Katzenellenbogen family. After studying in Prague , he went to Padua , Italy, and...
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Photos: Yahrtzeit of Rav Dovid of Lelov zt”l Marked By Chassidim in Lelov,...
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View Article2015 Hottest Year in Recorded History
Last year was the hottest ever recorded in history by far, scientists announced Wednesday. In the continental U.S., 2015 was the second-hottest year on record. “The whole system is warming up,...
View ArticleCase Against Former IDF Chief Gabi Ashkenazi Is Closed
Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein on Wednesday closed the “Harpaz affair” case against former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi, who was accused of breach of trust and...
View ArticleBob Dole Prefers Trump to Cruz
Bob Dole may not like Donald Trump very much, but he really does not like Ted Cruz. The former Republican senator and presidential candidate has previously bashed both candidates, but in Wednesday...
View ArticleVideo: Fatah Official Says Hitler Was ‘Daring, Not Morally Corrupt’
A senior official in Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement told Palestinian TV that Adolf Hitler “was not morally corrupt, he was daring,” before he was cut off by his host. “There is a difference between an...
View ArticleRudy Giuliani: Hillary Can’t Avoid Indictment in Email Scandal
Former New York City Mayor and U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday he doesn’t think there is any way Hillary Clinton should be able to avoid facing an indictment for the “secretive and highly...
View Article‘Fast & Furious’ Rifle Capable Of Taking Down Helicopter Found In ‘El Chapo’...
A .50-caliber rifle found at Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s hideout in Mexico was funneled through the gun-smuggling investigation known as Fast and Furious, sources confirmed Tuesday to Fox News. A...
View ArticleGates: Don’t Expect the Nuclear Agreement to Lead to a More Moderate Iran
In an interview with Business Insider, former U.S. defense secretary Robert Gates, who spent 27 years in the CIA and then served under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, said he didn’t believe the...
View ArticleToday’s Yahrtzeits and History – 11 Shevat
Rav Dovid Nosan Deutsch, son of R’ Yosef Yoel Deutsch, and the second Rav of Kretchenif (1879). He authored Nefesh Dovid on Chumash. Today in History – 11 Shevat · The town of Colmar in northern France...
View ArticleTrump: Biden Would Run If Clinton Indicted
Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that Vice President Joe Biden would run if Hillary Clinton were indicted and put on trial for her handling of her email while secretary of...
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