Month June 2020
In Tuesday’s New York State Primary, newcomer Jamaal Bowman is projected to unseat longtime Congressman Eliot Engel in the 16th Congressional District. With 20% of the votes tallied, Bowman has… Read more » The post New York State Primary Winners… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has defeated her challengers in the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th Congressional District, in her first defense of the seat she claimed in a shocking victory two years ago. Her chief… Continue Reading →
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A police officer who was suspended for pushing a kneeling black woman to the ground at a George Floyd demonstration in Florida is under scrutiny again after the agency reviewed bodycam footage from two unrelated… Continue Reading →
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cruised to the Republican nomination Tuesday night in pursuit of a seventh term, but his general election challenger might not be known for days as Kentucky awaits the outcome of a… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration won a court ruling Tuesday upholding its plan to require insurers and hospitals to disclose the actual prices for common tests and procedures in a bid to promote competition and push down costs. Health… Continue Reading →
The Kavim bus company fired one of its drivers after receiving complaints that he regularly tried to convince passengers to convert to Christianity, Arutz Sheva reported last week. Yad L’Achim, a counter-missionary organization, said that it received complaints about a… Continue Reading →
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan will propose $20 million in cuts to the police budget in the remainder of 2020, the most of any department as the city attempts to fill a hole of about $400 million caused… Continue Reading →
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, more than three months after the 26-year-old black woman was killed in her home. A termination… Continue Reading →
Learn how to make delicious garlic knots AND pizza this Sunday at 10am EST with Kosher.com’s Naomi Nachman. A great activity for kids and parents to do together! Tickets are just $10, and a portion of every ticket will go… Continue Reading →
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is imploring residents to stay home as the state grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations stemming from the disease. In an interview Tuesday with local CBS affiliate KBTX-TV, Abbott said that Texas would… Continue Reading →
About two months ago (right before Rosh Chodesh IYAR) I wrote about the unique occurrence (once in about 20 years) of Kiddush Levana being able to be said on the night following the first day of the month AND on a Motzoei… Continue Reading →
Rav Yehudah Grami, the Chief Rabbi of Teheran, said there was “complete freedom of religion” in Iran in an interview on Sunday. In the interview, which was carried out in Hebrew with Al-Monitor and broadcast on Channel 12 News in… Continue Reading →
One county in Oregon has enacted a public health order mandating all citizens wear a face covering in public—-unless you are a “person of color.” On Tuesday, Lincoln county health officials wrote in their guidelines, “people of color who have… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel apologized Tuesday for his 1990s blackface impressions of NBA player Karl Malone and other Black celebrities but said his delay in addressing the subject came in part to avoid handing a victory to his… Continue Reading →
Malls, gyms and movie theaters will not reopen as part of the fourth phase of New York’s reopening plan, according to the Albany Times Union. State Budget Director Robert Mujica gave local leaders the news during a conference call today,… Continue Reading →
Sales of new homes rose a surprisingly strong 16.6% in May with the reopening of major parts of the country potentially fueling activity in the housing market. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that sales of new single-family homes rose to… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama warned Democrats against being “complacent or smug” about the presidential race at a grassroots fundraiser Tuesday for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, calling on viewers to learn the lessons from 2016 and not… Continue Reading →
Summer, along with intense heat, has arrived. And for many, it is a summer like no other in history. As explored in detail in these pages, the decision by New… Read more » The post Hot Days; Sticky Issues appeared… Continue Reading →
The last few months have been a world changer. Throughout the terrible ordeal, we saw tremendous greatness in Klal Yisrael. Resilience, chessed, Torah, avodah, bitachon. Yet, we are now staring… Read more » The post CHECK THE HEART appeared first… Continue Reading →
If you walk down a certain avenue in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, you pass a New York City District Middle School building decorated on one side with hand-made paintings… Read more » The post When Silence Isn’t Golden appeared… Continue Reading →
Confusion leads to mistakes. While erring is human, when misled by misinformation or perhaps even a deliberate attempt at covering up, the real story is much worse. In the beginning… Read more » The post Second Wave (of Confusion) appeared… Continue Reading →