Month July 2019
Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, met Thursday with the commander of the United States European Command (EUCOM), Gen. Tod D. Wolters, during his visit to Israel and… Read more » The post Commander of EUCOM Discusses Bilateral… Continue Reading →
Vilnius – Following years of protests, the city council of Vilnius in Lithuania voted to rename a street honoring a Nazi collaborator accused of inspiring Holocaust-era murders. During Wednesday’s vote, which passed 21-16, a handful nationalist protesters picketed city hall… Continue Reading →
The White House said on Thursday it would fight a federal judge’s decision blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that aimed to bar almost all asylum applications… Read more » The post White House to Fight Ruling… Continue Reading →
While it took just moments for the ink to dry on the Memorandum of Understanding, the effect could be life changing. Ocean County Freeholder Director Virginia E. Haines joined with Ocean Mental Health Services Chief Executive Officer James M. Cooney… Continue Reading →
Paris, London and places across Europe are sweltering under all-time high temperatures or near-record heat Thursday as the second heat wave this summer bakes the continent. Climate scientists warn this… Read more » The post Paris Hits New Heat Record,… Continue Reading →
After months of anticipation, Congress finally heard testimony from former special counsel Robert Mueller. So what now? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Mueller’s appearance was “a crossing of a threshold,” raising public awareness of what Mueller found. Read more on… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] A typical day in the home of Rav Chaim Kanievsky is truly a sight to behold: From the early morning hours, Jews from around the world huddle up the winding staircase which leads up to the front door of… Continue Reading →
Washington – After months of anticipation, Congress finally heard testimony from former special counsel Robert Mueller. So what now? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Mueller’s appearance was “a crossing of a threshold,” raising public awareness of what Mueller found. And… Continue Reading →
Weight is an issue that worries many, and solutions to overweight – not all of them successful or even healthy – run the gamut. To the suggestions on how to… Read more » The post Israeli Research: Potassium Helpful for… Continue Reading →
New York – Financier Jeffrey Epstein was found unconscious in his jail cell in a Manhattan jail with injuries to his neck. Epstein, who was arrested and indicted for sex trafficking earlier this month, was found on the floor of… Continue Reading →
Financial struggles is part and parcel of many people’s lives. Look around Lakewood and you will see people having difficulty paying for basic necessities like clothing, food and a mortgage. Lakewood has some of the highest rates of people on… Continue Reading →
Mexico City – Four people were shot in a restaurant in Mexico City on Wednesday, two of whom were Israeli citizens. Two other people were injured and rushed to the hospital. The murderer, a 33-year-old woman, was arrested by Mexican… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump is encouraging Republican lawmakers to back a sweeping bipartisan budget deal his administration struck with Democrats. Trump tweeted on Thursday morning that “House Republicans should support the TWO YEAR BUDGET AGREEMENT which greatly helps our Military and… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – A trio of forces on the Israeli left — including former Prime Minister Ehud Barak — united Thursday ahead of the upcoming elections, looking to pose a powerful contrast to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conservative ruling Likud party…. Continue Reading →
Britain’s navy will accompany British-flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in order to defend freedom of navigation after Iran seized a tanker, its Ministry of Defense said on Thursday.… Read more » The post British Navy to Accompany British… Continue Reading →
Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the North African country’s transition to democracy after a 2011 revolution, has died, the presidency announced on Thursday. Essebsi was… Read more » The post Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi… Continue Reading →
A New York City couple captured a 3-foot (1-meter) alligator in their local park and taped its mouth before calling police to pick the animal up. Authorities believe the gator was an illegally owned pet that escaped. Read more on… Continue Reading →
Taiwan said Thursday the U.S. Navy is free to sail through its strait after an American warship did so shortly following warnings from Beijing against foreign interference in its relationship… Read more » The post U.S. Warship Sails Through Taiwan… Continue Reading →
A woman says her 2-year-old son jumped onto a conveyor belt at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta and then fell through a luggage chute into a baggage room. Edith Vega tells WSB-TV that she set her son Lorenzo down… Continue Reading →
IDF soldiers and Shin Bet agents overnight Wednesday shut down a workshop for the manufacture of arms in an Arab village in Shechem. The workshop produced dozens of weapons a… Read more » The post IDF Shuts Down Weapons Workshop… Continue Reading →
Beginning Friday, the “fax age” in Israel officially comes to an end. Government offices that until now had demanded that individuals send them important documents by fax, and not by… Read more » The post End of an Era: Offices… Continue Reading →