Month May 2019
When the Knesset on Wednesday night voted to dissolve the 21st Knesset, which was elected on April 9, 2019, it marked the first time that the State of Israel will hold another Knesset election in such proximity to one another,… Continue Reading →
Atlantic City, NJ – A man and a woman who spent three hours clinging to their capsized sailboat in the Atlantic Ocean about 65 miles (105 kilometers) off Atlantic City are safe. The Coast Guard received a satellite distress signal… Continue Reading →
U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 971 measles cases so far this year, the highest tally in 27 years, and experts say it’s not clear when the wave of illnesses… Read more » The post U.S. Measles Count Nears 1,000… Continue Reading →
As a tornado bore down on the western edge of New Jersey, some residents prepared for the worst, while others were caught off guard, despite bulletins from meteorologists and extensive… Read more » The post Busy Tornado Season Catches Naive… Continue Reading →
The White House plans to trigger a process Thursday that would allow President Donald Trump to submit his new trade deal with Canada and Mexico to Congress after 30 days,… Read more » The post Trump May Try to Accelerate… Continue Reading →
Seventy-five years ago, noted film director George Stevens stood on the deck of the HMS Belfast to film the start of the D-Day invasion. The resulting black-and-white films — following… Read more » The post Rare Color Footage Brings D-Day… Continue Reading →
Miami, FL – Frustration over how the Democratic National Committee is managing the upcoming presidential debates is bursting into the open as several longshot candidates say the party is stacking the process against them. Most of the two dozen declared… Continue Reading →
The scent of a possible recession is wafting through the bond market again. Bonds are supposed to be the boring corner of the finance world, but even high-flying stock investors stop and pay attention when they fall into a particular,… Continue Reading →
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Thursday he wants to see the District become the 51st state, reversing his long-held opposition to D.C. statehood. “Statehood would provide those in… Read more » The post D.C. Statehood to Receive First… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump told newly minted Air Force officers on Thursday that “to dominate the future, America must rule the skies.” Speaking at the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement, Trump… Read more » The post Trump: New AF Officers Are… Continue Reading →
New York – Family members of recovery workers who died after digging through smoldering ruins joined city officials Thursday at a dedication ceremony for a new section of the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan…. Continue Reading →
In response to Chilul Shabbos and a breakdown of the religious status quo in Ramat Gan by the city’s mayor, Shama HaKohen, who plans to run public buses on Shabbos, Rishon L’Tzion Hagaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef and Sephardi Gedolei HaTorah… Continue Reading →
To increase public knowledge of property tax relief programs available to New Jersey residents, a bill sponsored by Assembly Democrats Eric Houghtaling, Joann Downey, Raj Mukherji, and Jamel Holley that would make information about certain online resources included in property… Continue Reading →
New Jersey’s Democrat-led Senate passed a bill expanding medical marijuana services. The Senate voted 33-4 on Thursday. The bill would have gone to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk, but last-minute… Read more » The post N.J. Senate Passes Bill to… Continue Reading →
New York – Uber is continuing to bleed money even as it posts dramatic revenue growth. In its first financial release since its lackluster IPO, Uber reported Thursday that revenue rose to $3.1 billion in the first quarter of 2019,… Continue Reading →
Family members of recovery workers who died after digging through smoldering ruins joined city officials Thursday at a dedication ceremony for a new section of the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. Read more on… Continue Reading →
Invective continued to flow on both sides of the political divide on Thursday, a day after the Knesset voted for new elections following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s failure to form… Read more » The post The Day After: A Day… Continue Reading →
Lawyers for the man accused of killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue say the FBI has been discouraging witnesses from talking to the defense. Robert Bowers’ lawyers say in court documents that at least one witness contacted the defense,… Continue Reading →
Omaha, NE – The cost of a private lunch with Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, sat at a record $3,500,100 on Thursday afternoon, with a day to go in an annual charity auction. Bidding began on… Continue Reading →
The following is via Chabad.org: Sholom Ber (Berel) Raskin, the kosher fishmonger who, glinting cleaver in hand, welcomed generations of customers, visitors and journalists into his pungent Crown Heights fish store and the Chassidic neighborhood he called home, passed away suddenly… Continue Reading →