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2 Letters From a Bais Yaakov Girl: Re Davening for Hostages

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman What follows is a remarkable story.  It is a story - or rather a glimpse into the heart and soul of a young Bais Yaakov student whose emunah and bitachon guided her throu...

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New York Governor Threatens to Send National Guard in Response to Prison Guard Strike

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul threatened Tuesday to deploy National Guard troops to restore order as a strike among prison guards across the state entered its second day. State officia...

Sheriff Says 3 Kids Found ‘Basically Abandoned’ for Years at Suburban Detroit Home

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DETROIT (AP) — Donations of clothes and money are pouring in for three children who were “basically abandoned” by their mother for years, living alone in a suburban Detroit home among trash and feces,...

Kennedy Says Panel Will Examine Childhood Vaccine Schedule After Promising Not to Change It

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WASHINGTON (AP) — To earn the vote he needed to become the nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a special promise to a U.S. senator: He would not change the nation's current vaccin...

Trump Signs Order to Study How to Expand IVF

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to study how to expand access to in vitro fertilization and make it more affordable. The order calls for pol...

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Pro-Hamas Supporters Gather in Borough Park Amid Israel Land Sale Event

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BOROUGH PARK, NY — Tensions escalated Tuesday as pro-Hamas supporters gathered in Borough Park to protest Israel land sale event. The event, initially moved and rumored to be canceled, was held at 36t...

Trump Orders DOJ to “Clean House” and Fire Remaining Biden-Era U.S. Attorneys

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WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)-President Donald J. Trump took to Truth Social to announce a major shakeup at the Department of Justice. The President has instructed the DOJ to "Clean House" and fire all rem...

Aviation Expert: Clever Engineering and Quick-Thinking Crew Saved 80 Lives in Toronto Plane Crash

Toronto, Canada – When Delta Connection Flight 4819 crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, flipping upside down in a fiery wreck, many feared the worst. But in what aviation ...

Emily Damari Drew Strength From Hearing Kotel Selichot On Radio From Gaza

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Emily Damari, the hostage who was released from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 471 days as part of the latest deal, made an emotional visit to the Western Wall last night (Monday)...

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Marian Turski, Auschwitz Survivor Who Warned of Danger of Indifference, Dies at 98

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor who became a journalist and historian in postwar Poland and co-founded Warsaw's landmark Jewish history museum, died on Tuesday. He was 98. ...

New York’s Governor Meets Top Political Leaders as She Weighs Removing Mayor Eric Adams From Office

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul held a series of meetings with key political leaders Tuesday as she contemplates removing Mayor Eric Adams from his office, an unprecedented step that reflec...

Lehavdil – Adrian and the Whale – Perhaps A Message of Teshuvah and Geulah

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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Sept. 1st, 1923, was the 20th of Elul – Almost 102 years ago.  An earthquake, a very powerful one – hit Japan’s Kanto plain.  It veritably destroyed Tokyo, Yoko...

New York’s Ethics Watchdog Ruled Constitutional by State’s Top Court

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's top court on Tuesday affirmed the constitutionality of an ethics watchdog created three years ago to stem public corruption, rejecting arguments from former Gov. Andrew ...

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Toronto Airport CEO Says All but 2 of 21 People Hurt in Delta Crash Have Left Hospitals

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TORONTO (AP) — All but two of the passengers injured on a Delta Air Lines jet that crashed upon landing in Toronto have been released, the airport CEO said Tuesday. Deborah Flint, CEO of Greater To...

U.S. Politicians and Media Personalities Condemn Barbaric Hamas Amid Fears for Baby Bibas Family

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WASHINGTON - U.S. politicians and media figures have strongly condemned Hamas after reports emerged suggesting that the Baby Bibas family may have been killed by the terrorist group. Anger has surged ...

Descendants of Holocaust survivors mark 76th anniversary of Cypriot internment camps’ closure

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Snunith Shoham says she was only a few months old in February 1947 when British authorities permitted her family to leave one of around a dozen internment camps in Cyprus that h...

Trump Sends Heavy Bombers to Middle East Skies

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WASHINGTON (IsraelHayom) - The US Air Force dispatched six heavy B-52 bombers for an aerial sortie over the Mediterranean Sea, extending to Egyptian airspace. The six massive jet aircraft, supported b...

Democrats ‘Mismanaged Everything,’ Says Sen. Kennedy

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WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)-Senator John Kennedy: "I've got a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they haven't asked me for advice, but if I did, I'd tell them, look, you just got to try harder not to ...

NYPD Commissioner Blasts Albany, DA and Judges After Officer Shot in Barricade Standoff

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Manhattan, NY – NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch had harsh words for Albany officials and the state’s judicial system after an officer was shot in the shoulder during a standoff with a barricaded su...

Massive Fire Breaks Out at Pennsylvania Aerospace Manufacturer, Prompting Shelter-In-Place Order

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JENKINTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Schools were closed and residents were ordered to shelter-in-place Tuesday after a large fire broke out at an aerospace manufacturer’s facility in a town north of Philadelphia, ...

Judge Sets Wednesday Hearing in Motion to Dismiss Case Against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

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NEW YORK (AP) — A Wednesday hearing in the prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams was set by the judge presiding over the case as he ordered lawyers to explain why the Justice Department asked ...

Senior Israeli Rabbi Directs Ultra-Orthodox to Withdraw from Zionist Institutions

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JERUSALEM - Rabbi Dov Landau, a prominent leader within Israel's Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community, has instructed representatives of the Degel HaTorah political party to withdraw from all particip...

Pro-russian Hackers Attack Italian Websites After President Compares Invasion of Ukraine to Nazis

MILAN (AP) — A pro-Russian hacker group attacked Italian government websites on Tuesday in what it said was a reaction to a speech by Italian President Sergio Mattarella that compared Russia’s invasio...

Brooklyn Woman Killed in Three-Alarm Fire at Dyker Heights Home

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BROOKLYN, NY — A woman was tragically killed in a three-alarm fire that broke out early Tuesday morning at a home in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. The fire began at approximately 8:03 a.m. at 1237 67th ...

Top Russian and US Officials Discuss Improving Ties and Ending the Ukraine War — Without Kyiv

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The top diplomats from Russia and the U.S. met Tuesday in Saudi Arabia to discuss improving ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine — talks that reflected a major...

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Yeruchim Silber Calls Out MTA Over Homelessness on F Train with Photo

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NEW YORK - Yeruchim Silber, the Director of New York Government Relations at Agudath Israel of America, took to social media to express his frustration with the conditions on the F train during his co...

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Shocking Footage Shows Delta Flight Catching Fire and Flipping Over During Crash at Toronto Pearson Airport

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TORONTO - Footage has emerged showing the terrifying crash of Delta Flight 4819, which flipped over at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. The plane, struggling against harsh conditions w...

Samaria Lookout Renamed ‘Trump Balcony’ in Honor of U.S. President

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