Month September 2019
A Delta Airlines baggage handler has been arrested on charges of stealing over $250,000 in cash from John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to federal authorities. Quincy Thorpe was arrested… Read more » The post Delta Baggage Handler Accused of… Continue Reading →
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax proposal is big. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ is about 60% bigger. Sanders’ plan for a wealth tax attaches his name to one of the most salient… Read more » The post Sanders, Warren Compete For Who… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) U.S. Reps. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) and David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) sent a letter on Thursday to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, sharing their concerns over tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Israel, and seeking an explanation why Israel has… Continue Reading →
Saudi Arabia called on the world to apply “utmost pressure with every tool available” to end Iran’s aggressive conduct, saying Thursday that the most effective way to control Tehran is to cut off its financial resources. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
HaGaon HaRav Bentzion Mutzafi, a prominent sephardi posek in Eretz Yisrael, addressed the outcome of the Knesset election vis-à-vis the Torah world. The rav explained “If we were real chareidim, and would block the breaches in our community, this would… Continue Reading →
Mo Hill Says he is open to Zoning Changes as TR Council Puts off Votes on Houses of Worship till 2020 Toms River Council Vice President Maurice “Mo” Hill… Read more » The post Lakewood Briefs appeared first on… Continue Reading →
New York is relaxing party enrollment deadlines to make it easier to cast a ballot in primary elections under a bill signed Thursday by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The new… Read more » The post NY Eases Rules for Changing… Continue Reading →
The flu forecast is cloudy and it’s too soon to know if the U.S. is in for a third miserable season in a row, but health officials said Thursday not… Read more » The post Health Officials: It’s Time to… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump’s repeated trashing of a Democratic impeachment inquiry has helped prompt a $13 million flood of campaign cash to bolster his reelection effort. House Speaker “Nancy (Pelosi) just called for Impeachment. Read more on Yeshiva World News
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The “OK” hand gesture, a mass killer’s bowl-style haircut and an anthropomorphic moon wearing sunglasses are among 36 new entries in a Jewish civil rights group’s online database of hate symbols used by white supremacists… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint unveiled the designs for the Anwar El Sadat Congressional Gold Medal in the Department of the Treasury’s historic Cash Room. United States Mint Director David J. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The U.S. is sending one Patriot missile battery and four ground-based radar systems to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said Thursday, in what officials describe as the first steps to help the kingdom protect itself against Iranian attacks. Read more on… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Hatzolah saves lives. Period. There’s no question in any of our minds how important life is and how critical Hatzolah is for us. As we approach Rosh HaShanah and we prepare to ask for life, can we show how… Continue Reading →
The organizations challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to end protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children have picked Theodore Olson, a Republican former solicitor general and… Read more » The post Groups Representing ‘Dreamers’ Pick Conservative… Continue Reading →
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took to the world stage on Thursday to slam the United States for “depriving the peace process of any credibility” and undermining prospects for a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
ISRAEL – (JTA) — Israeli voters delivered an inconclusive result in last week’s election. More than a week after the vote, it’s still unclear what shape Israel’s government will take. But a majority of Jewish voters is clear on one… Continue Reading →
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Eugene Scalia to succeed Alex Acosta, the former labor secretary who resigned in July. Scalia is a partner at the Washington law firm Gibson Dunn,… Read more » The post Senate Confirms Eugene Scalia as… Continue Reading →
As we prepare to welcome 5780, the number of Jews worldwide stands at 14.8 million, compared to 14.7 million in 5779. Of these, 8.1 million live outside Israel (including 5.7 million in the United States). Read more on Yeshiva World… Continue Reading →
The total population of Israel has passed the nine million mark, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. That figure breaks down to 74.2 percent Jewish, 21 percent… Read more » The post Israel’s Population Tops 9 Million… Continue Reading →