Month September 2019
Port Authority voted Thursday in Jersey City to approve a proposal to increase tolls, fares and other fees at bridges and tunnels, airports and the PATH transit system. The plan includes: -Increasing tolls by $1 at the George Washington Bridge,… Continue Reading →
The Trump administration’s trade war with China is largely to blame for stocks’ screeching halt on Wall Street since April, analysts and economists say. The benchmark S&P 500 index, a… Read more » The post FOCUS: Investors Slam the Brakes… Continue Reading →
This year’s Dinner was on the Grand Floridian mega yacht, which included a main ballroom and two other breathtaking floors where hors d’oeuvres and dessert were served Jewish music superstar Benny Friedman brought 250 people to a state of genuine… Continue Reading →
The post JCC of Greater Coney Island Holds Rosh Hashanah Food Pantry Distribution appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Loews Donates Furniture to JCC of Greater Coney Island Reward Offered For Info on Coney Island Hate Graffiti Tens of… Continue Reading →
The first flight of Virgin Atlantic Airlines landed in Israel on Wednesday, and on Thursday, September 26, 2019, it took off from Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv for London. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Jackson Township has finally responded to the emergency injunction filed by Agudath Israel of America, in which it was alleged that township officials deliberately discriminated against its Orthodox Jewish residents. A legal analyst who reviewed the Township’s legal response, noted… Continue Reading →
Mayor de Blasio joined the Boro Park Jewish Community Council on Tuesday evening, September 24, for the BPJCC’s much-anticipated milestone ribbon-cutting event. The evening, heralded as “The Great Launch,” received… Read more » The post NYC Mayor de Blasio Attends… Continue Reading →
“The number of lung injuries associated with the use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, is emerging as a new public health epidemic,” the Ocean County Health Department said today. Since September 17, 2019, 530 cases of severe respiratory disease and 7… Continue Reading →
ISRAEL (AP) — Israel, one of the pioneers of drone warfare, is now on the front lines of an arms race to protect against attacks by the unmanned aircraft. A host of Israeli companies have developed defense systems they say… Continue Reading →
General Motors now says striking workers will get company-paid health insurance, nine days after telling the union that coverage would be cut off. The automaker said in an emailed letter… Read more » The post GM Reverses Course, Says Strikers… Continue Reading →
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The Israeli Ministry of Tourism announced on Thursday a third consecutive record-breaking year. Tourism Minister Yariv Levin said there was an increase of 18 per cent and 4.6 million tourists… Read more » The post Israeli Tourism Up 18 Percent… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu next week will have a hearing before Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and following that meeting, Mandelblit will make the final determination regarding the filing of a criminal indictments against him. Read more on Yeshiva World News
NEW YORK (JNS) Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in front of City Hall in New York on Sunday, calling on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other municipal leaders, as well as those on the national level, to act… Continue Reading →
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would grant legal marijuana businesses access to banking, a measure that would clear up a longstanding headache for the industry. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A toddler is playing on the foam Alef-Beis mat as her proud mom and dad watching her build a block tower and then knock it down again. Her baby sister, just six months old, has her head on her father’s… Continue Reading →
Yamina party leader Ayelet Shaked succeeded in squelching the latest fake news related to the coalition talks on Thursday. Shaked denied a report that she was open to forming a… Read more » The post Report Removed After Shaked Denies… Continue Reading →
At 1:30 PM today, Alexis Franklin, Legal Specialist, with the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR), will be speaking with Lakewood High School and Middle School student-athletes and their coaches about bias incidents on and off the field.
Israel, one of the pioneers of drone warfare, is now on the front lines of an arms race to protect against attacks by the unmanned aircraft. A host of Israeli… Read more » The post As Attack Drones Multiply, Israeli… Continue Reading →
U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week, following a sharp rise the week before, making September the most volatile month for the key 30-year loan since March. Mortgage rates have… Read more » The post Long-Term Mortgage Rates Fall; 30-Year… Continue Reading →
Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, died Thursday… Read more » The post Ex-French President Chirac, Who Stood… Continue Reading →