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Month April 2020

Sanders Advisers Form Super PAC to Back Biden, Push Him Left

Top advisers to Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign are forming an outside political group to support the candidate who beat him in the Democratic primary, Joe Biden, hoping to push the… Read more » The post Sanders Advisers Form Super PAC… Continue Reading →

Blind Justice: No Visual Cues In High Court Phone Cases

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the evening before he was to argue a case before the Supreme Court years ago, Jeffrey Fisher broke his glasses. That left the very nearsighted lawyer with an unappealing choice. He could wear contacts and clearly… Continue Reading →

Biden, the Moderate

Joe Biden has emerged as the Democratic Party’s centrist, moderate nominee for president. The realistic challenger to President Donald Trump in 2020 that Bernie Sanders would not have been. However,… Read more » The post Biden, the Moderate appeared first… Continue Reading →

The Pandemic Makes the World More Dangerous

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 202,000 lives and thrown the global economy into chaos. It’s making the world more dangerous, too. In the Middle East, Iranian gunboats have… Read more » The post The Pandemic Makes the World… Continue Reading →

PM Netanyahu Approves: Israelis Yeshivahs Re-Opening With The “Capsule Plan”

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved the “capsule plan” on Tuesday evening to re-open Israeli yeshivahs. The plan was finalized on Monday evening during a virtual meeting with the participation of the National Security Council (NSC), Health Ministry officials, the Education… Continue Reading →

Doubts About Testing Remain In Spite Of Trump’s Assurances

The White House released new guidelines aimed at answering criticism that America’s coronavirus testing has been too slow, and President Donald Trump tried to pivot toward a focus on “reopening” the nation. Still, there were doubts from public health experts… Continue Reading →

FREE CD Recording for your Preschooler at Home!

    Is your preschooler yearning for something to fill his time? Are you finding it harder and harder to keep him occupied? Have you caught yourself thinking, “If only he had phone classes like his older siblings”?Your FREE solution… Continue Reading →

Losers Turn to Winners on Wall Street, Leaving Indexes Mixed

Stocks are mixed on Wall Street Tuesday, as former losers turn into winners and earlier stalwarts run out of momentum. On the winning side were shopping-mall owners, travel companies and… Read more » The post Losers Turn to Winners on… Continue Reading →

Police Man Roadblocks Across Country to Enforce Curfew

Israeli Independence Day began on Tuesday night under the cloud of the coronavirus epidemic, forcing the annual public ceremonies to be held without crowds, fireworks cancelled, outdoor barbeques banned and… Read more » The post Police Man Roadblocks Across Country… Continue Reading →

Arrest Made In Fire That Damaged Missouri Islamic Center

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday announced the arrest of a Missouri man with a history of vandalizing mosques for a fire that badly damaged an Islamic center. Police said in a news release that Nicholas Proffitt was… Continue Reading →

Audio replay of the Levaya of Lakewood Mashgiach Rav Yehuda Jacobs Zatzal

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JetBlue Mandates Face Coverings for Customers During Travel

JetBlue Airways Corp on Monday became the first major U.S. airline to impose face coverings on customers during travel, in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.… Read more » The post JetBlue Mandates Face Coverings for… Continue Reading →

Testing Supply Up, Demand Down

  Israel has been conducting less testing for coronavirus in recent days. Even though its capacity for testing has increased, demand from the public has declined. The Health Ministry attributed… Read more » The post Testing Supply Up, Demand Down… Continue Reading →

‪BREAKING: Total confirmed Covid-19 infections in the US surge past 1 million.

In Rural U.S., Fears Of Virus Seem Far Away As Stores Reopen

Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana town of Roundup. That’s because it’s largely business as usual in the town of 1,800 people…. Continue Reading →

House Won’t Resume As Planned Next Week Due To Virus Risk

Facing fierce blowback, House Democratic leadership announced Tuesday the House will not resume session next week as planned because of risks associated with the coronavirus pandemi c. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer declared the sudden about-face a day after a lawmakers… Continue Reading →

Woman Born During Spanish Flu Survives Second Pandemic

A New York woman who was born during the Spanish Flu pandemic has survived COVID-19. Angelina Friedman, who lives in a nursing home in Lake Mohegan, was taken to a… Read more » The post Woman Born During Spanish Flu… Continue Reading →

Israeli Yeshivos Allowed to Reopen – Someday Soon

The Israeli government said on Tuesday that yeshivos will be permitted to reopen on a gradual basis, but specified no date for the return. Minister of Education Rabbi Rafi Peretz… Read more » The post Israeli Yeshivos Allowed to Reopen… Continue Reading →

New NY COVID Hospitalizations Under 1,000 a Day

New COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York state are averaging under 1,000 a day for the first time this month, the latest sign of slowly decreasing pressure on the health-care system.… Read more » The post New NY COVID Hospitalizations Under… Continue Reading →

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Opinion: The Pandemic Gave Us Israelis A More Meaningful Memorial Day

TEL AVIV (JTA) — In 2017, a senior representative of an Asian nation ended her tenure in Israel. We were neighbors and in a meeting, before she headed home, she told the residents of our apartment building how she had… Continue Reading →

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