The global Jewish population hovers around 14.8 million ahead of Rosh Hashanah, which marks the start of the year 5780, according to estimates published by Professor Sergio Della Pergola of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the American Jewish Year Book 2019.
Of this year’s nearly 15 million Jews, an estimated 8.1 million live outside of Israel, including around 5.7 million in the United States. In Israel, the number of Jews is close to 6.7 million, compared to 6.6 million in the Jewish year 5779. Many more reside in Europe and countries around the world.

An anonymous “whistleblower” claiming alleged misconduct by President Donald Trump has raised more than $65,000 in a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign.
The group Whistleblower Aid created a GoFundMe page titled “Help the Intelligence Officer Whistleblower” on Wednesday, and has already raised more than $65,000 for this person.
The page states that all the proceeds would go “toward the whistleblower’s legal fees.” The “whistleblower” alleged that Trump pressed Ukraine’s leader to investigate 2020 Democrat candidate Joe Biden, and has caused House Democrats to start a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump.
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President Trump’s reelection campaign and the GOP have reportedly raised $13 million since Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that House Democrats would launch a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump amid scrutiny over his interactions with Ukraine.
The campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) said they raised a combined $5 million from online donors in all 50 states in the 24 hours after the investigation was announced.
An RNC official told The Associated Press that Trump was expected to raise another $5 million from a Wednesday night fundraiser and $3 million from a Thursday morning breakfast for his reelection efforts.
The president’s son Eric Trump touted donations on Twitter, tweeting “A BIG thank you to @SpeakerPelosi and the Democrats.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign released a blistering statement on Thursday calling President Trump “unfit” to lead the nation after revelations that Trump urged the Ukrainian president to open an investigation into Biden and his family.
Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, called Trump “one of the most divisive, unfit individuals to occupy the Oval Office in our nation’s history.”
“His willingness to sell out our national interest for his personal gain endangers our security and his attempts to cover it up put the stability of our democracy at risk,” Bedingfield said.
Read more at The Hill.

Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich reacts to the Democrats’ official impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump.
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President Trump on Thursday accused the White House officials who relayed information to the whistleblower at the center of the Ukraine controversy of being “close to a spy.”
Trump dismissed the charges in the complaint, arguing that the whistleblower didn’t listen in on the July 25 phone call in which he allegedly pressured the leader of Ukraine to investigate 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden over unsubstantiated allegations of corruption.
“Basically, that person never saw the report, never saw the call, he never saw the call — heard something and decided that he or she or whoever the hell they saw — they’re almost a spy,” Trump said, according to the L.A. Times.

Tehran- A British-flagged oil tanker held by Iran since July was released Friday and was heading toward the United Arab Emirates, the company that owns the vessel said. Iran’s marine and port authority said the Stena Impero left Iran Friday morning. Hours earlier, the tanker had begun transmitting its location for the first time in […]

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An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing Thursday after a passenger threatened to storm the cockpit because he couldn’t use the bathrooms in first class, according to media reports.
The flight from JFK Airport to Los Angeles was forced to land in Kansas City when the man tried to enter the cockpit and made a threat against the aircraft — upset he wasn’t allowed the bathrooms in first class when the rest in coach were full, CBS News reported.
The unruly passenger was restrained until the plane could land and Kansas police could arrest him.
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With negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, failing to form a national unity government, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin ultimately choose Netanyahu as having the best chance to form a government within the next 28 days. However, with Netanyahu only garnering support of only 55 Knesset members—six short of a governing majority—it appears that Israel’s political deadlock will continue with both sides blaming one another for the impasse.