Month July 2019
In what he may be hoping will be a “September surprise” to help him clinch the elections – and pull the electoral rug out from under Avigdor Liberman – Prime… Read more » The post Netanyahu’s September Surprise? Report Says… Continue Reading →
The United States is planning to build additional military infrastructure in Australia once Congress gives approval to the U.S. Navy for $211.5 million, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on… Read more » The post Australia: U.S. Plans to Build… Continue Reading →
Some 1,300 people came to daven at Kever Yosef Monday night, and accompanying security forces fended off numerous Arab rioters who attempted to reach mispallelim. Several dozen Arab rioters were… Read more » The post Security Forces Neutralize Bomb as… Continue Reading →
BP has not taken any of its oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz since a July 10 attempt by Iran to seize one of its vessels, the British company’s… Read more » The post BP Has No Plans to… Continue Reading →
Asian stocks advanced on Tuesday in anticipation of a cut in U.S. interest rates later this week while the pound tumbled to a 28-month low versus the dollar due to… Read more » The post Asia Stocks Advance Before Fed,… Continue Reading →
Miami, FL – Details continue to emerge on Sunday’s shooting in front of a South Florida synagogue that sent a 69 year old man to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds to his leg. As previously reported on VIN News… Continue Reading →
A stormy atmosphere exists in Arad following the decision to evict Gerrer Chassidim from a bomb shelter converted into a shul. On motzei Shabbos, swastikas and obscene graffiti were painted in the shelter. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Syracuse, NY – Central New York’s oldest synagogue is being redeveloped as student housing for Syracuse University. Temple Concord, also known as the Temple Society of Concord, lays claim to being the ninth-oldest congregation in the United States. It sold… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump emphasized his personal connections to the World Trade Center site as he signed legislation Monday to ensure the Sept. 11 victims’ compensation fund never runs out of money. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The 40-year-old man who was shot and killed during a dispute over a parking space in the Azrieli Center in Ramle on Sunday has been identified as Ofer Hasdai, the father of two chronically ill daughters and a disable wife…. Continue Reading →
Baltimore, MD – As Latoya Peoples painted a mural with high school-age students Monday in Baltimore, she was determined not to let President Donald Trump’s recent tweets about the city “sink in too much.” Peoples was in Sandtown-Winchester, the West… Continue Reading →
New York – The face of the kosher food world is about to change as word broke today that Kayco will be acquiring Manischewitz, a company that has been serving the Jewish community for 131 years. An internal memo dated… Continue Reading →
An Afghan soldier shot and killed two American service members in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Monday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak on the record about details that have not yet been made… Continue Reading →
Washington – President Donald Trump’s pick for national intelligence director has been mayor of a small Texas city, a federal prosecutor and a member of Congress. But questions were already emerging Monday about whether those qualifications are adequate for the… Continue Reading →
Retirement savings reform isn’t a hot topic for journalists, but it’s one of the few areas where Democrats and Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump could pull off some… Read more » The post Older Americans Face a Housing… Continue Reading →
With all the attention focused on the second round of Democratic presidential debates this week, it is understandable that one might lose sight of other, less exciting news. But here’s… Read more » The post The Missing Donkey in the… Continue Reading →
United Nations – A confidential report by the ethics office of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees claims members of its top management including Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl “have engaged in sexual misconduct, nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and other abuses of… Continue Reading →
U.S., China Revive Trade Talks With Low Hopes for Progress BEIJING (AP) — Negotiations aimed at ending a tariff war between the U.S. and China are due to begin Tuesday… Read more » The post Business Briefs – July 29,… Continue Reading →
Major U.S. stock indexes closed mostly lower Monday as investors turned cautious ahead of a key Federal Reserve interest policy announcement and other potentially market-moving developments on tap for this… Read more » The post U.S. Stocks Slip Ahead of… Continue Reading →
Deputy Minister of Education (Yahadut Hatorah) Meir Porush held a series of working meetings with members of local authorities around Israel, with the subject being the potential strength of the chareidi voters. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Capital One says a hacker got access to the personal information of over 100 million individuals applying for credit. The McLean, Virginia-based bank said Monday it found out about the vulnerability in its system July 19 and immediately sought help… Continue Reading →