Month January 2020

Britain will set out more details about its objectives for a free trade deal with the European Union next month after the country leaves the bloc on Jan. 31, Brexit… Read more » The post Brexit Secretary: U.K. Will Set… Continue Reading →

A search is underway for a 24-year-old Israeli hiker who went missing on Sunday after being swept away in the Wanganui River in New Zealand. Local rescue forces are working to locate him with the help of boats and a… Continue Reading →

WARSAW, POLAND (JTA) – Restorers working on a building that used to house a synagogue near Krakow, Poland, found a chest inside a wall containing precious silverware and Jewish artifacts. More than 350 items were found about two months ago… Continue Reading →

After the Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, the ruling appeared to shut down legal challenges that claimed the policy… Read more » The post Trump Travel Ban Heads Back… Continue Reading →

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he hopes to “make history” during his upcoming trip to the White House for the expected unveiling of President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan. Addressing his Cabinet shortly before departing for Washington, Netanyahu… Continue Reading →

Following the news that MONOC will cease operations on April 1, Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) advocated for swift passage of his bill, S-617, which would provide much needed flexibility to the Advanced Life Support System (ALS) in the state. “If… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib retweeted then removed a tweet falsely blaming Israelis for the death of a Palestinian child. Tlaib, a Palestinian American who is a Michigan Democrat and one of only two lawmakers to back the boycott… Continue Reading →

Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time, under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneurs seeking investments, in a… Read more » The post Israel Approves Travel to Saudi… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Robert Holden, a New York city councilman, met with officials in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York after he had called on the FBI to launch a probe into what he… Continue Reading →

A new viral illness being watched with a wary eye around the globe accelerated its spread in China on Sunday with 56 deaths so far, while the U.S. Consulate in the city at the epicenter announced it will evacuate its… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] Maya Safronov is an outstanding 7th grade student in Shuvu Petach Tikva.  She’s been keeping Shabbos for quite a while now, without her parents knowing.Maya’s father works in hi-tech and her mother is an English teacher. Both are (still) anti-frum…. Continue Reading →

All 55 members of the right-wing/chareidi bloc will boycott Tuesday’s Knesset session to choose a committee to hear Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s request for parliamentary immunity on the corruption charges… Read more » The post Right-Wing Bloc to Boycott Immunity… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor running for president, is launching his Jewish outreach in Miami. Bloomberg is rolling out “United for Mike,” the name for his Jewish campaign, at the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in… Continue Reading →

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TORONTO (AP) — A Toronto hospital said Saturday it has a confirmed case of the deadly virus from China, Canada’s first. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre said it is “caring for a patient who has a confirmed case of the novel… Continue Reading →

The United States will not lift sanctions on Iran in order to negotiate, President Donald Trump tweeted late on Saturday, seemingly in response to a Der Spiegel interview with Iran‘s… Read more » The post Trump: U.S. Will Not Lift… Continue Reading →

New Jersey’s attorney general says he’s “deeply disappointed” that the U.S. Justice Department is backing two counties in their lawsuits against his directive limiting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration… Read more » The post NJ AG: ‘Disappointed’ by Feds’… Continue Reading →

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has instructed his staff to examine the possibility of shutting down Arab businesses at the Ariel Junction. The request comes in the wake of a terror… Read more » The post Bennett Seeking to Shut Down… Continue Reading →

The reason President Donald Trump invited Blue and White head Benny Gantz to meet with him at the White House is because “the Americans understand Israeli politics, and they understand… Read more » The post Lapid: Trump Invited Gantz Because… Continue Reading →

The influential aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made her first public appearance in six years, state media reported on Sunday, years after her husband was executed in… Read more » The post Influential Aunt of N. Korea’s… Continue Reading →

Blue and White officials were concerned on Motzoei Shabbos that despite their best efforts, the committee to be appointed Tuesday to consider Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s request for parliamentary immunity… Read more » The post Likud Sources: Blue and White… Continue Reading →