Month December 2019

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Along with hitting the gym more often and starting a diet, quitting smoking tops many New Year’s resolution lists. There are 873,600 smokers in New Jersey and more than 63% tried to quit last year. New ads from e-cigarettes companies… Continue Reading →

The Cabinet, at its weekly meeting on Sunday, approved the proposal of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri to invest over NIS 200 million in a plan to… Continue Reading →

MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against the 38-year-old man suspected of stabbing five people with a machete at a Hanukkah celebration in a New York City suburb on Saturday night. Grafton E. Thomas was… Continue Reading →

Thousands of mispallalim on Monday night visited Kever Yosef HaTzaddik, located in PA (Palestinian Authority) occupied Shechem. The group coordinated the visit with security officials, with soldiers escorting the mispallalim, who entered Shechem in armor buses to protect against gunfire… Continue Reading →

A man accused of storming into a rabbi’s home and stabbing five people as they celebrated Chanukah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City – has been charged with Federal Hate Crime charges. Grafton Thomas was expected… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump retweeted a post that included the alleged name of the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint ultimately led to Trump’s impeachment by the House. Just before midnight Friday, Trump retweeted a message from Twitter user @Surfermom77, an account that… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump’s impeachment. As the Senate weighs options for a trial, Pompeo will depart Thursday… Continue Reading →

The Israeli Security Cabinet on Sunday voted to withhold $43 million of tax funds from the Palestinians, saying the money has been used to promote violence, Israeli media reported. The sum represents funds that Israel says the Palestinians have used… Continue Reading →

U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced that Hackensack Meridian Health has been awarded $15.8 million over seven years from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish the New Jersey Integrated Care for Kids (InCK)… Continue Reading →

As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 1960s forced a nation’s awakening to racial discrimination. As a congressman today at… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (VINnews) – Rockland County officials are calling for new security measures to keep the Jewish community safe following Saturday’s synagogue stabbing that injured five people in Monsey. The county executive Ed Day, announced this morning that a major… Continue Reading →

The gunman who pulled out a shotgun during a church service in Texas on Sunday and opened fire on worshipers appeared to be in disguise when he entered the sanctuary, according to a woman who said he made her feel… Continue Reading →

The U.S. ambassador in Warsaw came to Poland’s defense on Monday following repeated claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Poland bears blame for the outbreak of World War II.… Read more » The post U.S. Ambassador Defends Poland From… Continue Reading →

Reports of power outages in the area of West Gate, New England Village, Prospect Street and James Street. — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) December 30, 2019

[COMMUNICATED] Five children’s lives were changed forever this month, when their mother Sima Chayun went to sleep on Friday night, and never woke up. Sima had no health issues, and her passing came as a complete shock. No news coverage or… Continue Reading →

Agudath Israel has announced that it has arranged for expanded and expedited parking to be available at the new American Dream for those attending the Siyum Hashas at MetLife Stadium. “This arrangement will help with the flow of traffic and… Continue Reading →

The farther you live from Tel Aviv, the more you pay in mortgage interest, the Bank of Israel has determined in a study. Residents of the city and its suburbs… Read more » The post Residents of the Center Pay… Continue Reading →

With the recent troubling uptick in anti-Semitism in the New York area, TLS sat down for an exclusive interview with Jim Keady, a Democratic candidate for the NJ-04 Congressional seat, currently held by 20-term Republican Congressman Chris Smith. Mr. Keady… Continue Reading →

The U.S. carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia blamed for a rocket attack that killed an American contractor, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the strikes send… Continue Reading →

MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — A man accused of storming into a rabbi’s home and stabbing five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City was raised to embrace tolerance but has a history… Continue Reading →