by Ram ben Ze'ev Hanukkah: Lighting Truth in a World That Forgets Light As we prepare once again to enter the days of Hanukkah, beginning on כ״ה כסלו (25 Kislev) — this year commencing at sundown on Sunday, 14 December 2025 — we are not merely approaching a festival of memory, but a living commandment: to kindle light, night by night, for eight days, and to bring light into the world as our mandate by G-D. Hanukkah is the time when we, the Jewish people, actively fulfil our r

U.S. No Vote on Anti-Israel UNGA Resolution Today, the United Nations General Assembly yet again passed an unserious and biased resolution, demonstrating the continued prevalence of anti-Israel bias over substantive diplomacy at the organization. Under the visionary leadership of President Donald J. Trump, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2803 to end the war in Gaza and to offer a real solution to the fighting and to create a peaceful horizon for Gazans, Israelis, a

Three quarters of farmers have received Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship payments More than £400 Million in Taxpayers’ Money Paid Out for “Sustainable” Food Production Three quarters of eligible farmers have already received their Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship payments since the 2025 payment window opened on 1 December, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) confirmed today (Friday 12 December). So far, more than 28,351 taxpayer-funded pa

Strengthening Health Ties with Uganda and Lesotho under the America First Global Health Strategy Today, the United States signed five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the governments of Uganda and Lesotho to advance the American First Global Health Strategy and build resilient, self-reliant, and durable health systems in both countries.  In Kampala, the United States and Uganda signed a five-year, nearly $2.3 billion bilateral health co

Difficulties are facts of life, however, how we respond to them is our choice From HaGaon Rav Yaakov Sasson Shlit”a, a grandson of Maran zt”l(Translated by our dear friend Rav Daniel Levy Shlit”a, Leeds United Kingdom) From Christina Mattison Ebert’s D’rash Designs series It states in the Parashah, “Meanwhile, Yaakov settled in the area where his father had lived in the land of Canaan” (Bereshit 37:1). Our Chachamim say that Yaakov sought to live in tranquillity and then the

Condemning the Houthis’ Unlawful Detention of Current and Former Local Staff of the U.S. Mission to Yemen The United States condemns the Houthis’ ongoing unlawful detention of current and former local staff of the U.S. Mission to Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthis, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, have intensified their campaign of intimidation and abuse against Yemeni citizens affiliated with international organizations and foreign governments. ADVERTISEMENT: Start I

Pax Silica Initiative Pax Silica is a U.S.-led strategic initiative to build a secure, prosperous, and innovation driven silicon supply chain—from critical minerals and energy inputs to advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and logistics.     Rooted in deep cooperation with trusted allies, Pax Silica aims to reduce coercive dependencies, protect the materials and capabilities foundational to artificial intelligence, and ensure aligned nations can develop

Reward Offer of Up to $5 Million for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction of Leader of Foreign Terrorist Organization Los Choneros Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing a reward offer under the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Francisco Manuel Bermúdez Cagua, a/k/a “Churrón,” a leader of Los Choneros in Ecuador. A

United States and Republic of Korea Deepen Alliance at Senior Economic Dialogue Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg met today with Republic of Korea (ROK) Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina in Washington to hold the U.S.-ROK Senior Economic Dialogue (SED). The meeting reaffirmed the commitments made at the U.S.-ROK presidential summits in Washington in August and in Gyeongju in October, which inaugurated a more modernized U.S.-ROK Alliance. They bot