Month February 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — From the opening bell, Democrats savaged New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raised pointed questions about Bernie Sanders’ take-no-prisoners politics during a contentious debate Wednesday night that threatened to further muddy the party’s urgent quest to… Continue Reading →

Airline travelers were a bit more likely to be delayed, and more often for longer spells, when flying around the U.S. last year, according to a government report issued Wednesday. Canceled flights were up, and so were the number of… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — Morgan Stanley is buying online brokerage E-Trade for about $13 billion. Discount brokers like E-Trade have engaged in a vicious fight for customers since late last year, when Charles Schwab Corp. announced that it would eliminate… Continue Reading →

PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump trolled his political enemies Wednesday in the first of three rallies in three days in the West as Democrats vied in neighboring Nevada to be the one to challenge him in the November election…. Continue Reading →

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday said it was possible the crowded Democratic primary race was headed toward a contentious convention fight and downplayed the political dangers of a scenario many party leaders are dreading. “I don’t think… Continue Reading →

HANAU, Germany (AP) — A 43-year-old German man shot and killed nine people at several locations in a Frankfurt suburb in attacks that appeared to have been motivated by far-right beliefs, officials said Thursday. The gunman first attacked a hookah… Continue Reading →

With less than two weeks to go before elections in Israel, a new poll was published by the group “HaHadashot” that shows very little change in the current political layout of the Knesset parties in Israel. The poll was taken… Continue Reading →

New York City’s police commissioner during the Sept. 11 attacks said Wednesday he started crying when President Donald Trump pardoned him for felony convictions that put him behind bars for three years, aware he got a break other ex-convicts never… Continue Reading →

Just days after a Jewish-owned business in Jackson was defaced, a Jewish-owned business in Howell found itself hit with similar hate. The business-owners returned to their property to find multiple Swastikas and other graffiti sprayed on a utility pole, trash… Continue Reading →

Inspired by the incredible hisorerus from the speeches given at the Siyum HaShas, the CBS Kollel of Somerton in Philadelphia, Penn., has increased the number of daily Daf Yomi shiurim… Read more » The post New Daf Yomi Shiur in… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz denied wrongdoing on Thursday after media reports said an investigation would be launched into an allegedly shady deal between a company he once headed and Israeli police. The reports say Gantz is… Continue Reading →

Emergency medical services United Hatzalah and Magen David Adom responded to a motor vehicle accident on Route 716 near Kibbutz Ein Harod in northern Israel on Wednesday night in which a motorcyclist was killed. The incident took place in the… Continue Reading →

Prime Minister Binyami Netanyahu announced Thursday that some 4,000 new apartments would be built in Yerushalayim – 2,200 of them in Har Homa, and an additional 800 in Givat Hamatos,… Read more » The post Netanyahu: We’re Finally Building in… Continue Reading →

Electronics and appliance firms in Israel announced that they will be raising prices by 10% to 15% – because of anticipated supply difficulties with merchandise from China. Among the items… Read more » The post Coronavirus Causes Appliance Prices to… Continue Reading →

By Monet Binder, Esq. It is so important to know what to look for in aging parents, to make sure parents are protected, and how to speak to them about very sensitive subjects, including long-term care planning.  Many of the… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump’s adviser Roger Stone is set to be sentenced on Thursday after being convicted on charges including lying to a congressional panel investigating Russian interference in the 2016… Read more » The post Roger Stone to Be Sentenced… Continue Reading →

Turkey’s foreign minister said Thursday that Turkey and Russia have inched closer toward each other’s positions during talks in Moscow this week on restoring calm in northwestern Syria, but that… Read more » The post Turkey Unhappy With Ankara-Moscow Talks… Continue Reading →

In his first public comments on an investigation into the activities of the high-tech company he managed until its bankruptcy, Blue and White head Benny Gantz said that the fact… Read more » The post Gantz on Fifth Dimension Investigation:… Continue Reading →

Chicken may be in short supply next week, the Israel Poultry Association said Thursday. That’s because a series of labor disputes which are coming to a head will see chicken… Read more » The post Veterinary Labor Issues Could Mean… Continue Reading →

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com For one reason or another, the Tik Tok app has been the talk of the community of late. Tik Tok is one of the fastest growing Apps in the social media world – with… Continue Reading →

President Vladimir Putin said the ouster of Russia’s prime minister and a Cabinet reshuffle that caught many in Russia off guard in January was not in fact unexpected, but he… Read more » The post Putin: Cabinet Dismissal Didn’t Come… Continue Reading →