Month February 2020

In an all-party resolution, the Austrian parliament on Thursday voted to call on the government to condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. All five parties represented… Read more » The post Austrian Parliament Passes Unanimous Condemnation… Continue Reading →

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz’s lead over Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ in the polls has evaporated in recent days, as his public image has taken one hit after… Read more » The post Polls: Likud Moves Ahead of… Continue Reading →

U.S. long-term mortgage rates declined this week as growing concern over the economic impact of China’s viral outbreak spurred a steep downturn in global stock markets. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac… Read more » The post U.S. Mortgage Rates Decline; 30-Year… Continue Reading →

The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank nearly 1,200 points Thursday, deepening a weeklong global market rout caused by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will wreak havoc on the global economy. Bond prices soared again, sending the yield on the 10-year… Continue Reading →

Reporter Amit Segal reported on Thursday evening that he is in possession of a secret recording of Yisrael Bachar, the senior advisor to Blue & White Chairman Benny Gantz. The recording is extremely damaging, and highly embarrassing. On the recording,… Continue Reading →

Thousands upon thousands of people are now at the Kosel for a Yom Tefillah joined by Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and other Gedolim ahead of the elections next week. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem) The post Thousands Pack Kosel Plaza… Continue Reading →

WALL STREET (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank nearly 1,200 points Thursday, deepening a weeklong global market rout caused by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will wreak havoc on the global economy. Bond prices soared again, sending the… Continue Reading →

Close to 700 artifacts and 100 photographs will be available to view as the Ocean County Historical Society unveils the newly renovated Birdsall Room at the Ocean County Historical Museum. ​The grand opening event is scheduled for 1 to 4… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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… Continue Reading →

What do ten kids with eight sets of parents around Israel have in common? One man: Shimon Farage. Shimon & his wife Michal were married for years and were not successful in having children. When it became clear that their… Continue Reading →

Tonight, Thurs. night (2/27) –  There will be a לבנה visible in Lakewood and surrounding areas, from 6 PM until 9 PM.  NOTE: It will be very windy (gusts to 35 mph) and windchill of 17 degrees. מוצאי ש”ק פ’… Continue Reading →

The New York State Health Department says 700 people in the state have been asked to voluntarily self-isolate for two weeks. It’s important to point out there are no confirmed cases here, and no one in New York City or… Continue Reading →

El Al Airlines is preparing to lay off 1,000 employees due to rapidly mounting losses in the coronavirus crisis, Globes reported on Thursday evening. CEO Gonen Usishkin has ordered the… Read more » The post El Al to Announce a… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump’s administration is considering invoking special powers through a law called the Defense Production Act to rapidly expand domestic production of protective masks and clothing to combat the… Read more » The post U.S. Mulls Using Sweeping Powers… Continue Reading →

Close to a third of Israelis say they are resigned to an inconclusive outcome in next week’s election and an unavoidable fourth round, according to a poll released on Thursday.… Read more » The post Many Israelis Resigned to Fourth… Continue Reading →

About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, government researchers said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention findings come from a 2017-18 health survey that measures height and weight. More… Continue Reading →

   Over a thousand graduates, parents, and friends of Nesivos Chachma gathered at Binyanei HaUmah for a historic fundraiser to guarantee the future of the yeshiva. Throughout the event live footage was broadcast in the hall of the hundreds… Continue Reading →

   Over a thousand graduates, parents, and friends of Nesivos Chachma gathered at Binyanei HaUmah for a historic fundraiser to guarantee the future of the yeshiva. Throughout the event live footage was broadcast in the hall of the hundreds… Continue Reading →

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood mustered its creative forces in the 1940s when Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany sought to conquer the world, with Humphrey Bogart standing up to the fascist regime in “Casablanca” and director Ernst Lubitsch mocking it and… Continue Reading →

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ rebuffed critics of the government’s far-reaching precautionary measures in the coronavirus epidemic, amid a daily expanding list of quarantines and travel bans. “As soon as… Read more » The post Netanyahu Defends ‘Over-Preparation’ Policy on… Continue Reading →

A man who has twice sued the New York Police Department over stop-and-frisk practices has settled with the city for $10,000. David Ourlicht, 32, initially sued the department in 2008,… Read more » The post Man Who Sued NYC Twice… Continue Reading →