Sex abuse complainants need more than talk

Further heart-rending, stomach-churning sexual harassment allegations emerged last week about Chaim Halpern, a Charedi rabbi from Golders Green. On Israeli television, a young woman courageously came forward with an alleged recording of Halpern’s advances and efforts at intimidation. Halpern maintains his innocence and says that the recording is someone impersonating him. It has been nearly…

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Belarus officials say Vladimir Makei, long-time foreign minister, has died suddenly

Belarus’s long-standing foreign minister has died suddenly, the state news agency Belta reported on Saturday, just days before he was due in Poland to meet key Western officials. ‘Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei has passed away suddenly,’ Belta reported today without giving further detail. Makei, 64, had held his post since 2012 and wasn’t known to…

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The FBI should investigate the attack on US citizen in Jerusalem bombing

The Biden administration’s Justice Department recently announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the accidental death of an Arab-American journalist in Israel. So why isn’t it investigating this week’s intentional attempted murder of a Jewish American citizen in Israel? Shireen Abu Akleh, a reporter for the Qatari media agency Al Jazeera, was accidentally…

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