24-year-old haredi woman, Ine author Chaim Walder's alleged victims, takes her own life amidst uproar over his suicide.

Earlier this week, President Isaac Herzog spoke with the President of Belarus. The conversation was short and focused, and the President wished his counterpart a Happy Novy God and a Happy New Year. In their conversation, President Herzog raised the humanitarian matter of Maya Raiten.It must be emphasized that no promise was made and there was no discussion whatsoever of anything in exchange, either directly or indirectly, and any reports to the contrary are mendacious and contemptible.

The White House reports that United States President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have begun their scheduled telephone conference.

CDC reports that rates of COVID19 cases in the US remain high & are rising in many parts of the United States."As of December 28, the 7-day average of daily new cases is 277,242, a 71% increase from the previous week." the CDC wrote."Get vaccinated as soon as you can", they added.

NYC Councilmember Mark Levine updated that the past day was "another record-breaking day, 74,207 newly reported covid cases in NY State". "A stunning 43,985 in New York City alone" Levine wrote "Positivity continues to increase, now 23.1%.""Hospitalizations in NYC rising fast, now at 3,565. 884 new admissions in past day." he added.

The BBC is being called In to adopt the IHRA definition in the wake of heated criticism over biased reporting In Jews and Israel.

British Jews have harsh words for the BBC following its coverage of an antisemitic incident in London.

A staffer for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Israel a “racist European ethnostate” in a social media post.