Month January 2020

Blue & White leaders Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, who arrived in Israel to attend the World Holocaust Forum on Thursday. Following the meeting, Lapid wrote on Twitter that Macron asked him… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — As this winter’s flu outbreak intensifies, small business owners try to keep their companies from being overwhelmed by employee absences. At Gold Medal Wine Club, any surfaces people are likely to touch, including the coffee machine,… Continue Reading →

A 36-year-old woman who was brought by MDA to Hadassah Har Hatzofim in Jerusalem on Tuesday night collapsed and died at the entrance to the delivery room. Following extensive and prolonged resuscitation techniques, the hospital was forced to declare her… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard filed a defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton on Wednesday over an interview in which Clinton appeared to call Gabbard “the favorite of the Russians.” Gabbard, a Hawaii congresswoman, said in her… Continue Reading →

The Trump administration is barring Iranian investors and business people from entering or staying in the United States on certain types of visas. In new regulations published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security said Iranians… Continue Reading →

Submitted by organizer: Attention all Women: How many times did you borrow from your neighbor and not return because she said “It’s a present!” How many times did you compliment your friend for being “the best person!” Because she lent… Continue Reading →

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NEW YORK (JTA) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, which preserves and promotes the study of Eastern European and Yiddish culture, has laid off four librarians to make up for a budget shortfall. The news was first reported by… Continue Reading →

Troubled that former American spies are plying their trade for foreign governments, Congress has passed new legislation requiring U.S. spy agencies to provide an annual assessment detailing the risks such… Read more » The post New U.S. Law Requires Government… Continue Reading →

The watchdog group Common Cause filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, alleging that Our Revolution, a political nonprofit organization founded by Bernie Sanders, violated campaign finance law by accepting donations in excess of federal limits while… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Half of American adults are unaware of basic facts regarding Nazism and the Holocaust, including the number of Jews who were killed and how Nazis came to power. Those are some of the findings of a new… Continue Reading →

When Revolutionary War soldier Josiah Clark was buried in a small Vermont cemetery near a river bank in 1835, it was supposed to be his final resting place. But erosion… Read more » The post Erosion, Floods Make Some Final… Continue Reading →

The man behind the network recruiting hundreds of Chareidi young men and women to smuggle Khat into Europe lives in Kiryat Sefer, Chareidim10 reported. Attorney Mordechai Tzivin, who specializes in international crime, extradition and Interpol and has voluntarily assisted in… Continue Reading →

The meteoric rise of Tesla shares that recently pushed the company’s value over $100 billion could turn into a supercharged payday for CEO Elon Musk. Stock in Tesla Inc. rose… Read more » The post Tesla Passes $100 Billion, Teeing… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday gave a lukewarm reception to an Israeli request to criticize the International Criminal Court, saying he would study the matter. Macron’s response dealt a setback to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s… Continue Reading →

Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, took a conciliatory tone at President Donald Trump’s Senate trial on Wednesday after Chief Justice John Roberts had admonished House prosecutors and Trump’s… Read more » The post Schiff Takes Conciliatory Tone After… Continue Reading →

House Democrats opened arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Wednesday, appealing to skeptical Republican senators to join them in voting to remove Trump from office to “protect our democracy.”… Read more » The post Dems Appeal for GOP Open… Continue Reading →

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday gave a lukewarm reception to an Israeli request to criticize the International Criminal Court, saying he would study the matter. Macron’s response dealt a… Read more » The post Macron Noncommittal on ICC War… Continue Reading →

The Trump administration is coming out with new visa restrictions aimed at restricting “birth tourism,” in which women travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children can have… Read more » The post U.S. to Impose Visas Restrictions… Continue Reading →

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu apologized Wednesday for mocking his chief political opponent stumbling over words in interviews during a campaign rally. Netanyahu drew criticism from an Israeli stuttering organization,… Read more » The post Netanyahu Apologizes for Mocking Gantz… Continue Reading →

WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the Jewish community center in Krakow along with a congressional delegation and received honorary membership. The bipartisan delegation led by Pelosi visited JCC Krakow on Tuesday after visiting the site of… Continue Reading →