Month October 2019
A meeting between Blue and White chief Benny Gantz and senior Joint List MKs Ayman Odeh and Ahmad Tibi on Thursday evening promised no breakthroughs toward forming a new government… Read more » The post No Breakthroughs in Gantz Meeting… Continue Reading →
Chicago teachers and the nation’s third-largest school district reached a labor contract deal on Thursday, ending a strike that canceled 11 days of classes for more than 300,000 students. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that the district had reached a deal… Continue Reading →
During the night between Thursday and Friday, October 31st to November 1st, the price of gasoline will be adjusted and prices at the pumps will drop by six agorot. The price of 95 octane fuel may not exceed NIS 6.12… Continue Reading →
The question has long baffled lawmakers: What is missing from the White House’s rough transcript of President Donald Trump phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy? Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman… Read more » The post White House Disputes Vindman Account… Continue Reading →
The Jerusalem District Prosecutor handed down a criminal indictment against Div Abdullah, 48, a resident of Ein Naqquba in Central Israel, for allegedly abusing and beating a patient in his charge in a nursing home in Maale HaChamisha. Read more… Continue Reading →
Measles has a stealth side effect: New research shows it erases much of the immune system’s memory of how to fight other germs, so children recover only to be left… Read more » The post Measles Saps Kids’ Ability to… Continue Reading →
Chinese hackers with a history of state-sponsored espionage have intercepted the text messages of thousands of foreigners in a targeted campaign that planted eavesdropping software on a telecommunications provider’s servers, a cybersecurity firm said. Read more on Yeshiva World News
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court Judge Ala Masarwa on Wednesday approved “measured” and “well-defined” searches of cell phones belonging to aides of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The decision came following a complaint by one aide that police… Continue Reading →
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today heralded the heroic service and sacrifice of the military K9 team that played an integral role in the take down of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and… Continue Reading →
A Jewish youth sustained head injuries as a result of being attacked with rocks and a baton, by Palestinians. The attack occurred on Wednesday morning near his home, Yishuv Yitzhar. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Shomrim is alerting Boro Park business owners to be alert for counterfeiters. Counterfeit $50 bills were used at a Boro Park takeout store and a grocery Wednesday. A Shomrim member… Read more » The post Counterfeit Currency Passed at Boro… Continue Reading →
New York City lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill that bans restaurants and grocery stores from selling foie gras, the fattened liver of a duck or goose considered a culinary delicacy for centuries. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The annual New York City marathon will take place this Sunday, November 3rd. 50,000 runners are expected to participate in the 26.2 mile race, which snakes through all five of NYC’s boroughs. The marathon will hamper traffic for thousands who… Continue Reading →
U.S. stocks moved broadly lower Thursday as investors shifted to a more cautious stance following another record high for the market a day earlier. Banks led the decline as bond… Read more » The post Stocks Move Broadly Lower as… Continue Reading →
It appears that former justice minister, MK Ayelet Shaked, is probing current realities vis-à-vis a possible return to the Bayit Yehudi party. According to a report appearing in the daily Yisrael Hayom newspaper, the chairwoman of the New Right party,… Continue Reading →
BORO PARK (VosIzNeias) — In the wake of the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council (REMSCO) hearing which took place last night regarding Ezras Nashim’s request for a Certificate of Need allowing them to operate an ambulance in Boro Park and… Continue Reading →
BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group declared a new leader Thursday after it confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi days earlier in a U.S raid in Syria. In its audio release by the IS central media… Continue Reading →
A bitter fight over funding for border fencing is imperiling Capitol Hill efforts to forge progress on more than $1.4 trillion worth of overdue spending bills, one of the few areas in which divided government in Washington has been able… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli Justice Minister Amir Ohana on Wednesday signed the extradition order of Russian hacker Aleksey Burkov, who is wanted in the United States on suspicion of cyber crimes. Burkov’s extradition ends hopes of a prisoner exchange with… Continue Reading →
After years of debating and issuing guidelines on the labeling of Israeli products from Yehudah and Shomron, the European Union will likely rule that its member states are required to… Read more » The post EU Court Poised to Require… Continue Reading →
An Israeli-developed app offers turn-by-turn voice directions to help visitors navigate large cemeteries in search of a loved-one’s resting place. Finding the exact location of a grave for a visit… Read more » The post App Helps People Navigate Cemeteries… Continue Reading →