Month January 2020

Ohr Neriya of Petach Tikva, who has been imprisoned in difficult conditions for weeks in Ukraine after being involved in an accident in which the father of a local police officer was killed, was released to house arrest on Wednesday,… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz now says his headline-dominating argument against impeaching the president was ‘distorted.’ In a day-after tweet, the former Harvard Law professor complained Thursday about the portrayal of his testimony at Trump’s… Continue Reading →

Israel’s police have opened a community assistance and services center for Chareidim in Yerushalayim, the first of its kind in the country.  A number of Chareidi officers will be serving at the center and one of them is a Chassidish… Continue Reading →

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that four models of infant sleepers are being recalled due to concerns over their safety. Officials believe that the use of these sleepers may result in a baby suffocating and urge parents to stop… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will use his Super Bowl ad to highlight his efforts to combat gun violence as he blankets the airwaves against President Donald Trump. Trump and Bloomberg will be airing dueling ads during… Continue Reading →

Friday will mark a truly historic moment, but almost nothing will happen. A few Union Jack flags will be lowered from European Union buildings in Brussels, more will be waved in jubilation by Brexiteers in London at the moment of… Continue Reading →

SEATTLE (AP) — People around the world are buying up protective face masks in hopes of keeping the new virus from China at bay. Some companies have required them for employees. Schools in South Korea have told parents to equip… Continue Reading →

It seems like every year people end up fighting about midwinter vacation – how long it should be, should it be just girls or boys as well, and for whom the vacation is actually a benefit to. Others argue, for… Continue Reading →

In response to the increased reporting of anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes in the U.S., ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today officially launched an online Tracker of Anti-Semitic Incidents. The searchable database of incidents will be regularly updated with the most… Continue Reading →

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — A journalist from Argentina’s state-run public television used a Jewish conspiracy theory to explain the death of NBA basketball great Kobe Bryant in a helicopter accident. Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, and seven other passengers, including… Continue Reading →

Iraq’s military said on Thursday it was resuming operations with the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State terror group, which it had halted after the killing of Iranian General Qassem… Read more » The post Iraq Says It Resumes Anti-Islamic… Continue Reading →

Strong winds gusting across Southern California have toppled several panels of a new barrier being installed along the U.S.-Mexico border, a newspaper reported. The Border Patrol said the panels fell… Read more » The post Winds Topple Border Wall Panels… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Israeli airline El Al on said it will suspend all flights to China starting Thursday for a period of at least two months, due to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in the country. The death toll… Continue Reading →

Palestinians around the world are uniting to thwart President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said in an interview. “We completely reject this deal and… Read more » The post Hamas’ Meshaal Says Palestinians Working… Continue Reading →

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two co-founders of a prominent Jewish history museum in Warsaw urged their third partner — the Polish government — to comply with an agreement to re-appoint the museum’s former director, arguing Thursday that a failure to… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] This week HaGaon Rav Avner Efgin, the head of Bais Halevy, visited the home of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, who entreated those present to do their utmost to allow him to continue learning Torah and free him from the financial… Continue Reading →

LONSDALE, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota Roman Catholic priest apologized Wednesday for saying in a sermon that Islam was “the greatest threat in the world” to the United States and Christianity. The Rev. Nick VanDenBroeke apologized in a statement issued… Continue Reading →

A few months ago, Miami resident, Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman decided to donate a new ambulance to United Hatzalah, Israel’s largest all-volunteer EMS organization in memory of his mother and her entire family who were killed in the Holocaust. Hoffman recently… Continue Reading →

Six people arrested in a Bronx apartment in possession of $7 million worth of heroin and fentanyl were released without bail – thanks to the new “bail reform law” that went into effect on January 1st in New York State…. Continue Reading →

As the Senate impeachment trial grinds toward a climax, it remains unclear how three Democrats will vote on whether to toss President Donald Trump from office. Sens. Doug Jones of Alabama, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of… Continue Reading →

Authorities are investigating the theft of copper from multiple homes under construction in Lakewood, TLS has learned. The thefts appeared to have occurred overnight last night in the area of Vine Street. At least three homes were burglarized. Lakewood Police… Continue Reading →