Month January 2020

Citing several high-profile fatal police shootings involving children playing with toy guns over the last five years— including the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 and the 13-year-old Tyre King in 2016— legislation taking steps to ban the sale… Continue Reading →

The Supreme Court will hear a case that could result in a key decision regarding the breadth of the government’s obligation to accommodate conscience-based objections. The case bundles together the… Read more » The post Supreme Court to Weigh in… Continue Reading →

The Yeshiva of Rochester’s Forty-Fifth Anniversary Dinner honoring Rabbi and Mrs. Baruch Davidowitz as the guests of honor and  Dr. and Mrs. Eli Gabay awarded with the Torah Leadership Award. The post The Yeshiva of Rochester’s Forty-Fifth Anniversary Dinner appeared… Continue Reading →

Hillary Clinton says “nobody likes” her former presidential rival Bernie Sanders, even as the Vermont senator remains entrenched among the front-runners in the Democratic race, with the Iowa caucus beginning… Read more » The post Hillary Clinton Says ‘Nobody Likes’… Continue Reading →

An old photograph and modern face recognition technology could help two Israeli brothers find out how their father survived the Nazi Holocaust. Seeking clues to the past, Eli and Saul… Read more » The post Facial Recognition Could Help Discover… Continue Reading →

A woman of about 40 was hit by a bus on Tuesday morning in Kiryat Arba. She was identified as Diana Goz A”H. The bus driver did not stop after the incident occurred and it is unclear whether he was… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Benny Gantz said that following national elections in March, he will work to establish Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley “in coordination with the international community.” “We would like to reiterate that the Jordan Valley serves as… Continue Reading →

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly changed his proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial , backing off the condensed two-day schedule to add a third for opening arguments… Read more » The post McConnell Abruptly Eases Impeachment Limits… Continue Reading →

New York City Councilman Chaim Deutsch filed Tuesday to run for U.S. Congress in New York’s 9th District. Deutsch is one of several Democrats who will try to unseat incumbent… Read more » The post Councilman Chaim Deutsch Files to… Continue Reading →

JACKSON, N.J. (AP) — An ad in the Waze navigation app is misdirecting motorists headed to Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa into the wilderness of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, police said. Jackson Township police posted on Facebook that… Continue Reading →

A court in eastern Germany indicated Tuesday that it will likely reject a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a church where Martin Luther once preached. The Naumburg court’s senate… Continue Reading →

Senator Robert Singer’s legislation to combat drug addiction through requiring pharmacists to educate patients on how to safely discard unused, unwanted, or expired drugs and needles has been signed into law. “Charlie’s Law” is named in memory of Charlie Van… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption conviction Tuesday but ordered a resentencing after reversing the conviction on some charges. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S…. Continue Reading →

An appeals court has upheld former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption conviction but ordered a resentencing after reversing his conviction on some charges. The ruling Monday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means the Democrat may… Continue Reading →

Major central banks have joined together to explore whether they should issue digital currencies as the use of cash declines and more people turn to electronic forms of paying. The study group is made up of the European Central Bank,… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) — Shortly before they were rounded up by Nazi troops in Belgium and deported to Auschwitz in 1942, the parents of three-year-old Maurice Gluck placed their only child in the care of a local Christian family. Gluck forgot… Continue Reading →

Alert from the Star-K: Giant and Stop & Shop brand packaged fresh vegetables, (Soup Mix containing dill and parsley; Brussel Sprout Halves; Cauliflower Rice and 8 Vegetable Blend) bear an unauthorized Star-K. Product is being removed from store shelves. Consumers… Continue Reading →

Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation to make New Jersey the first state in the nation to impose a permanent ban on flavored vape products. The legislation (S3265) prohibits the sale and distribution of flavored vape products, including menthol. The… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Ahead of the Fifth World Holocaust Forum this week in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared the Nazi genocide of the Jewish people to Iran’s nuclear program, warning that attempts to wipe out the Jewish people… Continue Reading →

After a coordinated investigation by the NYPD and Boro Park Shomrim, the suspect who has scammed more than a dozen victims out of thousands of dollars was arrested. The suspect was taken into custody from his home in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn…. Continue Reading →