Month June 2019
The chairman of the dati leumi Bayit Yehudi party is Rabbi Rafi Peretz, who is also serving as Israel’s Interim Minister of Education – Peretz is reportedly considering compelling all schools, including chareidi and Arab, to fly the national flag… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Board of Fire Commissioners this evening appointed Harrison Pfeffer to fill the seat vacated earlier this month by Denise Gregory. A unanimous vote by the Board gave the position to Pfeffer, who was sworn into office by the… Continue Reading →
Same stage. Same rules. But the Democrats’ second back-to-back debate is fueled by star power. Debate night No. 2 marks the first time top-tier presidential candidates will confront one another in person over who is the best fit to lead… Continue Reading →
Miami – Democratic presidential candidate Bill de Blasio apologized on Thursday for unwittingly quoting Ernesto “Che” Guevara, a Marxist revolutionary reviled by many Cuban-Americans for helping Fidel Castro come to power in Cuba. The New York City mayor, fresh off… Continue Reading →
Israeli security forces during early Thursday morning raided a number of homes in the Amari Refugee Camp and discovered a factory containing equipment, including a lathe, for the manufacture of weapons and ammunition IDF soldiers, border police and Israel Police… Continue Reading →
Miami – Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke answered a question about marginal tax rates in Spanish. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey showed off his Spanish skills while discussing his ideas on immigration reform. Former U.S. Housing Secretary Julian… Continue Reading →
Two former Venezuelan officials have been indicted on U.S. money-laundering charges, including the ex-minister for electricity, who was fired after a series of blackouts, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Luis Alfredo… Read more » The post Venezuelan Ex-Electric Chief Among 2… Continue Reading →
How many fewer teens at risk would we have if those teens who are now struggling would’ve started out successful in school? I don’t know the answer. What I do know though, is that we would have far less than… Continue Reading →
Banks and health care companies led stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Thursday, ending a four-day losing streak for the benchmark S&P 500 index. The gains after a mostly wobbly… Read more » The post S&P 500 Snaps 4-Day Losing… Continue Reading →
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman who is serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison term for federal bank and tax fraud convictions, pleaded not guilty in New York state court… Read more » The post Manafort Pleads Not Guilty to… Continue Reading →
U.S. to China: Fix Tech Policies. China’s Retort: Drop Tariffs WASHINGTON (AP) – The Americans want to safeguard their technological riches, restore balance to their top trading relationship and force… Read more » The post Business Briefs – June 27,… Continue Reading →
Most discussions about “electability” boil down to what path Democrats need to take to win the White House. Do they need a presidential nominee who mobilizes the base (including nonwhites,… Read more » The post For the 2020 Democratic Field,… Continue Reading →
The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to send President Donald Trump a bipartisan, Senate-drafted, $4.6-billion measure to care for migrant refugees detained at the southern border, capping a Washington skirmish in… Read more » The post House Sends Trump $4.6B Border… Continue Reading →
One of the great mysteries of all time is the story of the Meraglim. How could ten honorable and praiseworthy men, handpicked by Moshe Rabbeinu, suddenly veer so dreadfully from… Read more » The post Misplaced Modesty appeared first on… Continue Reading →
The U.S. economy grew at a healthy 3.1% rate in the first three months of this year, but signs are mounting that growth has slowed sharply in the current quarter amid slower global growth and a confidence-shaking trade battle between… Continue Reading →
New York – The richest person in at least 7 states is Jewish. Forbes magazine on Wednesday published a list of the richest person in each of the 50 states. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 31, is the richest… Continue Reading →
The Senate passed a $750 billion defense bill Thursday without resolving whether the bill will seek to restrain President Donald Trump from going to war with Iran, the most politically… Read more » The post Senate Passes Annual Defense Bill,… Continue Reading →
A county clerk in upstate New York is seeking a federal review of a new state law authorizing driver’s licenses for immigrants who are in the country illegally. Saratoga County… Read more » The post County Clerks Ask Feds to… Continue Reading →
More than 200 demonstrators broke into the courtyard of Bahrain’s Embassy in Baghdad and took down the country’s flag on Thursday night, to protest a U.S.-led meeting in Bahrain on… Read more » The post Baghdad Protesters Take Down Bahrain… Continue Reading →
Across-the-board unity may not be the best strategy for the right-wing in the election campaign, according to a member of the New Right party citing public opinion research, The Jerusalem… Read more » The post Right Wing Unity May Not… Continue Reading →
Iran’s main demand in talks aimed at saving its nuclear deal is to be able to sell its oil at the same levels that it did before Washington withdrew from… Read more » The post ‘We Only Want to Sell… Continue Reading →