Month February 2020

A growing number of discharged coronavirus patients in China and elsewhere are testing positive after recovering, sometimes weeks after being allowed to leave the hospital, which could make the epidemic… Read more » The post FOCUS: Coronavirus Reappears in Discharged… Continue Reading →

The last poll that will be released before Monday’s election shows the Likud and Blue and White running neck and neck, with both parties predicted to get 33 seats. Altogether,… Read more » The post Poll: 88% of Israelis Have… Continue Reading →

Asian stock markets plunged further Friday on spreading virus fears, deepening a global rout after Wall Street endured its biggest one-day drop in nine years. The Tokyo and Shanghai benchmarks… Read more » The post Asia Stocks Tumble on Virus… Continue Reading →

Turkey on Friday raised the death toll from a Syrian government airstrike on its forces in northwestern Syria the previous night to 33 Turkish troops, the highest number of Turkish… Read more » The post Turkey Raises Death Toll to… Continue Reading →

Benny Gantz fired his senior political advisor, Yisrael Bachar, on Friday morning after the latter was heard in recordings broadcast on Channel 12 Thursday calling his boss a “zero” and… Read more » The post Benny Gantz Fires Adviser Who… Continue Reading →

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billionaire Mike Bloomberg said Thursday that he might not spend money to assist Bernie Sanders if Sanders is the Democratic presidential nominee, a walk back of previous comments that he would use his fortune to boost… Continue Reading →

Israeli researchers are weeks away from developing a vaccine against COVID-19, Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis stated, adding that the vaccine could be ready within three weeks and enter the marketplace 90 days later. “Congratulations to MIGAL [The Galilee… Continue Reading →

Your grocery shopping experience is about to get a lot more expensive, thanks to onerous new regulations imposed by New York State lawmakers. Particularly for large families, a typical grocery visit can cost hundreds of dollars. These costs are only… Continue Reading →

ITALY (JTA) – Ruben Golran had studied for a year and a half in anticipation of this week, when 600 of his relatives and friends were supposed to converge on Milan to celebrate his bar mitzvah. First, he planned to… Continue Reading →

With three days left to Israel’s elections, Shas and Yahadus HaTorah (UTJ), which are striving to garner as many votes as possible in the last days of campaigning, are both trying to win the support of HaGaon Harav Meir Mazuz,… Continue Reading →

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Democratic White House hopefuls are seizing on President Donald Trump’s delayed response to the coronavirus outbreak, calling it the latest evidence of his incompetence and warning that the crisis may only deepen as a result. But… Continue Reading →

R’ Moshe Kauders z”l, of Lakewood, passed away at the age of 52 on February 6th after a lengthy illness, lived the life of a “poshute Yid”; yet his unassuming nature was really a mask for the very special person… Continue Reading →

One of the nation’s largest labor unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide campaign to help defeat President Donald Trump, a sweeping effort focused on eight battleground states and voters of color who typically don’t vote…. Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials confronted tough questions and doubts Thursday about testing to intercept the fast-spreading virus, with scrutiny focused on a four-day delay in screening an infected California woman despite her doctors’ early calls to do so…. Continue Reading →

JERSEY CITY (VINnews) — It has been a long two months since the deadly shooting in Jersey City that claimed the lives of 4 people, including 2 Jews and a police officer. While the loss is still keenly felt, the… Continue Reading →

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman slammed Blue and White leader Yair Lapid on Thursday for comparing Education Minister and Yamina leader Rabbi Rafi Peretz to Joint Arab List MK Heba Yazbak (Balad). Yazbak was recently disqualified for running in the upcoming… Continue Reading →

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is against cutting off immigration authorities’ warrantless access to the photos and personal data of seven million Maryland residents, including roughly 275,000 undocumented immigrants, his spokesman… Read more » The post Maryland Governor Opposes Blocking ICE… Continue Reading →

A court ruling in Ukraine has forced state investigators to open a probe into alleged pressure by then-Vice President Joe Biden that led to the 2016 dismissal of Viktor Shokin… Read more » The post Ukraine Court Forces Probe Into… Continue Reading →

Billionaire Mike Bloomberg said Thursday that he might not spend money to assist Bernie Sanders if Sanders is the Democratic presidential nominee, a walk back of previous comments that he… Read more » The post Bloomberg Might not Spend to… Continue Reading →

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A Republican congressman’s decision to challenge freshly appointed Sen. Kelly Loeffler is pitting two visions of the GOP’s future against each other. So far, it’s divided voters and been anything but polite. Loeffler, 49, is a… Continue Reading →

On January 9, 2020, the highest grade of the the Cheder of Jersey City wrote a letter to President Trump, thanking him for his words of comfort that he sent… Read more » The post President Trump Responds to Letter… Continue Reading →