Month January 2020

A campaign to raise $1,000,000 is now live. After last month’s horrific attack which has left the community shattered, they have come together to continue their efforts and flourish. Unwilling to allow the ordeal to hold them back, they have… Continue Reading →

He knew it would be impossible, but in some ways that was the point. “I am trying to draw every person in New York,” Jason Polan announced on his website… Read more » The post Artist Who Set Out To… Continue Reading →

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday his administration has set up a 24-hour hotline to answer the public’s questions about the deadly virus that has hit China. Murphy, a… Read more » The post NJ Sets Up Hotline To… Continue Reading →

Justice David Weinstein declared the law unconstitutional in a decision issued Tuesday, marking a win for a prosecutors’ association that sued over the statute. The law would have set up… Read more » The post New York Judge Strikes Down… Continue Reading →

According to a report in NorthJersey.com, Police in Teaneck, Bergenfield and Lakewood – all areas with large Jewish communities in New Jersey – said they have seen a spike in gun permit applications in recent weeks. Some gun ranges and… Continue Reading →

Ami reporter Shloime Zionce recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and visited blogger and Twitter influencer Mohammed Saud at his home in the capital city of Riyadh. Zionce, a Breslover chassid who visited Saudi Arabia in his role as a journalist… Continue Reading →

Bernie Sanders is approaching next week’s Iowa caucuses in a position to become the first major-party Jewish presidential nominee in the nation’s history. And at a time of resurgent anti-Semitism, he’s talking in more depth about how his faith shapes… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico that he said replaces the “nightmare” of a Clinton-era agreement and will keep jobs, wealth and growth… Continue Reading →

The White House on Wednesday objected to the publication of a book by President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton depicting Trump as playing a central role in… Read more » The post As White House Objects to… Continue Reading →

What will become of all the memories? That is the six million dollar question that was recently answered by the Jewish traveller known as Picturemacher and the Jewish photojournalist, best recognized by his Instagram handle, HasidimInUSA, who teamed up with… Continue Reading →

Foreign governments flew their citizens out of the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday, as the number of deaths jumped to 133 and the World Health Organization voiced “grave… Read more » The post WHO to Reconsider Declaring Global… Continue Reading →

President Trump held a campaign rally on Tuesday night in Wildwood, New Jersey, an event that should have national Democrats shaking in fear. New Jersey is one of the deepest blue states in the union and it continues to veer… Continue Reading →

The Central Elections Committee voted on Wednesday to disqualify Arab Joint Arab List MK Heba Yazbak for running in the upcoming elections due to her public statements supporting terrorism against Israel. Degel HaTorah joined Agudas Yisrael, Shas, the other right-wing… Continue Reading →

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will speak in the United Nations Security Council in the next two weeks about the U.S. Middle East peace plan, Palestinian U.N. envoy Riyad Mansour said… Read more » The post Palestinians Push U.N. Action Over… Continue Reading →

Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz, who endorsed the U.S. peace plan while in Washington, said Wednesday that he intends to bring it to a vote in the Knesset next… Read more » The post Knesset Gears Up for Peace… Continue Reading →

The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant didn’t have a recommended warning system to alert the pilot he was too close to land but it’s not clear it would have averted the crash that killed nine because the pilot may have lost… Continue Reading →

ITALY (JTA) — Anti-Jewish graffiti was discovered in multiple locations in Italy as the country observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan 27. On Monday night, the words “die dirty Jew” were discovered outside the home of Maria Bigliani, 65,… Continue Reading →

Late Tuesday night, four helicopters carrying 50 Afghan special forces commandos touched down just outside a Taliban compound on Afghanistan’s western edge. Intelligence collected by U.S. and Afghan forces indicated… Read more » The post Afghan Forces Rescue More Than… Continue Reading →

The Interior Department is banning non-emergency flights of its fleet of 810 drones as it reviews national security concerns about the Chinese-made devices. The restrictions were outlined in an order… Read more » The post U.S. Interior Department Grounds Chinese-Made… Continue Reading →

Ring, the Amazon.com Inc.-owned maker of high-tech doorbells and home security cameras, markets itself as protection from the world outside users’ homes. But its app collects data from users’ phones… Read more » The post Ring App Shares Personal Data… Continue Reading →

Arab powers appear to be prioritizing close ties with the United States that are vital to countering Iran over traditional unswerving support for the Palestinians in their reaction to President… Read more » The post Arabs Prioritize Ties with U.S…. Continue Reading →