Month February 2020

NEW YORK (JTA) — Two volleyball players from Brooklyn College took a knee during the playing of “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem, before a match at Yeshiva University. The controversial protest gesture by Omar Rezika and Hunnan Butt was captured on… Continue Reading →

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Brazil’s government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who traveled to Italy this month has Latin America’s first confirmed case of the new coronavirus spreading worldwide. “We will… Read more » The post Brazil Confirms First Coronavirus Case… Continue Reading →

Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir has sealed his decision to stay in the election campaign as he made conditions for dropping out that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ is… Read more » The post Ben-Gvir Sets Conditions for Dropping… Continue Reading →

A former senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine will never be able to regain control over the country’s separatist-controlled east, where Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian… Read more » The post Ex-Kremlin Aide Says Ukraine Will… Continue Reading →

The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision that conflicted with three other federal appeals… Continue Reading →

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Beachgoers at the Jersey Shore would have to tether their beach umbrellas to the sand to prevent them from flying off and injuring people under a recently introduced bill. Assemblyman Eric Houghtaling, a Monmouth County… Continue Reading →

President Reuven Rivlin, currently on an official visit to Australia, acted as a go-between with Israel on Wednesday, conveying Canberra’s concerns about possible restrictions on travel to and from the… Read more » The post Rivlin Intervenes for Australia on… Continue Reading →

The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday… Read more » The post Court Sides With Trump in… Continue Reading →

U.S. stocks shed the modest gains they had made in early trading and veered mostly lower on Wednesday afternoon, deepening the market’s losses for the week. Worry about economic fallout… Read more » The post Stocks Slide on Wall Street,… Continue Reading →

All Israelis have been urged by the Health Ministry to reconsider non-essential trips abroad as coronavirus outbreaks multiply. In the latest of an expanding list of travel restrictions, the Ministry… Read more » The post Health Ministry Discourages Non-Essential Trips… Continue Reading →

Lawmakers from both parties told Pentagon leaders on Wednesday that the Defense Department is undermining its own efforts to get military money by diverting billions of dollars for the construction of President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall The chairman of… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Wednesday advised its citizens to reconsider all foreign travel amid the global spread of the new coronavirus that was first reported in China. The Health Ministry also ordered people to avoid travel to Italy and… Continue Reading →

A former federal railroad official who served in President Obama’s administration has been appointed to lead New York City’s beleaguered transit agency and it’s nearly 50,000 employees. The Metropolitan Transportation… Read more » The post Interim President Appointed to Lead… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Over recent months, many news outlets and social media platforms have been abuzz with a topic, known as the WZO elections. Although it has proved to be a hotly debated topic, many are still unaware as… Continue Reading →

“Bibi or Tibi” is the election slogan hammered home at nearly every opportunity on the campaign trail by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Rhyming, pithy and playing on Netanyahu’s nickname,… Read more » The post Bibi vs. Tibi: Likud Slogan… Continue Reading →

The driver of a school bus who veered across Interstate 80 in New Jersey after missing an exit and crashed into a dump truck, killing a teacher and a student and injuring dozens of others, faced sentencing Wednesday. Hudy Muldrow,… Continue Reading →

A utility company will pay the largest criminal fine ever imposed for breaking a federal pipeline safety law — $53 million — and plead guilty to causing a series of… Read more » The post MassachusettsUtility to Pay $53M for… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose solidly in midday trading Wednesday as investors regained an appetite for risk after two days of heavy losses. The sharp drops, which wiped out the market’s gains for the year, were brought on by… Continue Reading →

Scientists can’t tell yet how deadly the new virus that’s spreading around the globe really is — and deepening the mystery, the fatality rate differs even within China. As infections of the virus that causes COVID-19 surge in other countries,… Continue Reading →