Month June 2020
The U.S. peace envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, will not be going to the Afghan capital, Kabul, while in the region on his latest peace mission because of the dangers… Read more » The post U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan Not… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The City od David announced that it has discovered seals, known by their Latin name as bullae, which shed light on the status of Jerusalem during the Persian period after the First Temple was destroyed and Jews… Continue Reading →
HONG KONG (AP) — China on Tuesday approved a contentious national security law that will allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, a move many see as Beijing’s boldest yet to erase the legal… Continue Reading →
Long a symbol of pride to some and hatred to others, the Confederate battle flag is losing its place of official prominence 155 years after rebellious Southern states lost a war to perpetuate slavery. Mississippi’s Republican-controlled Legislature voted Sunday to… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Bouncing Back from Covid-19 Period, Supporters Launch Vital Response Campaign In the two decades since its founding, Bonei Olam has continually said “yes” tens of thousands of times, helping, guiding, supporting and advising. In a world where time stops… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it easier for religious schools to obtain public funds, upholding a Montana scholarship program that allows state tax credits for private schooling. The court’s 5-4 ruling, with conservatives in the majority,… Continue Reading →
A company wants to use an advanced balloon to fly customers from Earth’s surface in Alaska to the highest reaches of the planet’s atmosphere. Florida-based startup firm Space Perspective plans… Read more » The post Firm to Offer Balloon Rides… Continue Reading →
The New York State Department of Health announced that it has led a study on multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19, which was published in the New… Read more » The post N.Y.S. DoH Study Links Children’s… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – How risky is flying during the coronavirus pandemic? Flying can increase your risk of exposure to infection, but airlines are taking some precautions and you can too. Air travel means spending time in security lines and… Continue Reading →
Police arrested 3 demonstrators as officials clashed with some protesters calling for the defunding of the NYPD at City Hall Park Tuesday morning hours before the city’s budget is due. NYPD Chief of police Terence Monahan told the media that… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general said Tuesday he opposed a request from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to have a wealthy American supporter finance his legal defense against corruption charges. Netanyahu had asked an Israeli oversight committee to allow a… Continue Reading →
A pair of vandals tossed paint-filled balloons at the Washington Square Arch early Monday morning, dousing two statues of President George Washington with red paint, the NYPD said. The two men were caught on surveillance tape throwing the balloons at… Continue Reading →
A pair of vandals tossed paint-filled balloons at the Washington Square Arch early Monday morning, dousing two statues of President George Washington with red paint, the NYPD said. The two men were caught on surveillance tape throwing the balloons at… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli chief rabbinate has reacted angrily to a legal opinion submitted by Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit regarding the issue of females taking semicha tests and receiving an equivalent status to semicha as ‘halachic advisors’. Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef,… Continue Reading →
Britain’s medical regulatory agency has approved the resumption of a trial testing whether hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug favored by U.S. President Donald Trump, might help prevent health workers from contracting… Read more » The post U.K. OKs Resumption of Hydroxychloroquine… Continue Reading →
New York Democrats Eliot Engel and Carolyn Maloney have cruised to reelection through most of their decades in Congress. Now, both must wait for mail-in ballots to be counted — a process that begins Wednesday — to learn whether they… Continue Reading →
New Jersey had added eight states to the list of places from which visitors to New Jersey must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. In a joint announcement last week, the governors of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut issued… Continue Reading →
Hezbollah is busy trying to recruit Israeli civilians in order to carry out terror activities, an investigation by Israel’s security agency discovered following the June 6 arrest of two Israeli… Read more » The post Shin Bet: Hezbollah Trying to… Continue Reading →
The Israeli government announced new health restrictions late Monday night due to the increasingly rising uptick in coronavirus cases in recent weeks. The new restrictions are the following: The reduction of the number of people allowed at gatherings, including minyanim,… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Following the transfer of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Herzliya residence of the U.S. ambassador to Israel has been put on the market for a record NIS 300 million ($87 million)…. Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry said on Tuesday morning that 714 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours, the highest number of daily cases since the uptick in cases began at the beginning of June and the highest… Continue Reading →