Jason Greenblatt, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East and a key figure in the administration’s work on an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, has announced his resignation.
The White House announced Thursday that Greenblatt will leave his post in the coming weeks, after working on the Middle East issue for over two years.

Watch as this group of New Yorkers – Chassidim, Hispanics and others – join together to rescue a kitten that was stuck in a sewer for nearly two days.
Besides for being wet and frightened, the baby cat looked healthy.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his British counterpart Boris Johnson shook hands in front of 10 Downing Street on Thursday.
The Israeli leader was in London on a visit that had not been briefed beforehand by either country.

A special report about the ongoing saga of the remarkable relationship between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the Chareidi community was aired on Kan 11 on Monday. Ministers of Chareidi parties – both past and present, campaign advisors and political commentators analyzed the relationship between the Chareidi community and Netanyahu – the man and the legend – the good, the bad and the ugly.

A list of shailos relating to the upcoming elections in Israel on September 17, 2019, was brought to Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky. A Kikar Shabbos report summarized the main shailos and teshuvos.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’s disappointed to have not made the September Democratic debate and if he does not qualify for the October debate it is time for him to re-evaluate his presidential run.

Rabbi Yitzy Hurwitz, the tzadik from California, has been suffering with ALS for years. He has been a source of inspiration to thousands despite his tremendous challenges.
Tall and trim, with broad shoulders and a wide smile, Yitzy Hurwitz, the 42 year-old Chabad rabbi, was nursing big plans for his community in Temecula when he began having trouble speaking.

The IDF almost missed marking Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s birthday on Saturday but they quickly corrected their mistake, tweeting Nasrallah a Happy Birthday on Tuesday.
“It was Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s birthday on Saturday and he thought no one remembered,” the IDF tweet said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced he had hired a new executive director of the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, officially launching the new city organization months ahead of the official deadline.

In an interview conducted with the president of Lakewood’s BMG, Rabbi Aharon Kotler, a myth and legend that has been well-entrenched in the chareidi world about famous Jewish composer and singer, Shlomo Carlebach Z”L being expelled from the Lakewood Yeshiva, was shattered.