Month June 2020
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The European Union has canceled a joint project and funding for a Palestinian NGO after the NGO objected to the anti-terrorism clause in the funding agreement. The Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights refused… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Right up to the end, the status message on Saadya Ehrenpreis’ WhatsApp profile read: “Having the time of my life.” “And he was,” Ahava Ehrenpreis said of her son, one of more than 110,000 lives claimed… Continue Reading →
New York City will begin phase two of reopening on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday, citing continued improvements in coronavirus data. The mayor also announced that playgrounds… Read more » The post NYC Playgrounds to Open Monday,… Continue Reading →
The Education Ministry petitioned Thursday to the National Labor Court to force the Secondary School Teachers’ Association to have members work for nine additional days after the scheduled completion of… Read more » The post Education System in Disarray, as… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA/New York City Council member Brad Lander) — Black people and allies are rising up in the streets to demand systemic changes to decades of racist policing. A global pandemic is ravaging New York and devastating our economy,… Continue Reading →
Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed Thursday that New York City will start Phase 2 of its reopening on Monday. Phase 2 includes offices; Playground, in-store retail; outdoor dining; hair salons and barbershops; real estate; vehicle sales leases and rentals; commercial… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign. For now, those immigrants retain their… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against the Trump administration’s effort to end the Obama-era program that protects young immigrants brought to the country as children from deportation. The court ruled that the administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action on… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has issued guidance to prosecutors directing them to drop Covid-19 violation charges against organizers of political protests and outdoor religious services. Last week, Governor Murphy said that he was lifting restrictions on the number… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (Newsmax) – The Department of Justice is stepping up its efforts to block former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s book from being released, even considering filing criminal charges against him. The Los Angeles Times reported that the DOJ is… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection… Read more » The post Supreme Court Rules Against Trump… Continue Reading →
In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court voted to uphold President Obama’s DACA program, which shields roughly 700,000 young undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program keeps the government from deporting… Continue Reading →
China’s legislature on Thursday passed a draft of a national security bill for Hong Kong that has been strongly criticized as undermining the semi-autonomous territory’s legal and political institutions. The… Read more » The post China Passes Draft of Controversial… Continue Reading →
Amtrak will cut service later this year on most of its long-distance routes nationwide to three times a week instead of the current daily service because ridership has fallen significantly during the coronavirus pandemic. Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods said Wednesday… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Thousands of people attended the funeral of Rabbi Aharon Kahan, the Divrei Emunah Rebbe from Monsey and brother of the Rebbes of Toldos Aharon and Toldos Avraham Yitzchak. Before the funeral procession left Meah Shearim police contacted… Continue Reading →
LONDON — The chief scientist at the World Health Organization says the agency hopes there will be about 2 billion doses of a vaccine against COVID-19 by the end of next year that would be reserved for “priority populations.” Dr…. Continue Reading →
(AJN) This morning, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced to New Jersey prosecutors that the governor ordered all coronavirus-related charges against organizers of outdoor protests or outdoor religious services to be dismissed. On Wednesday, Governor Phil Murphy, in… Continue Reading →
A rent freeze has been approved for rent-stabilized apartments in New York City. On Wednesday night, the Rent Guidelines Board passed the proposal with a 6-3 vote. Rents will now be frozen on one-year leases and the first year of… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (Newsmax) – Hours after portions of former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s book that painted a poor picture of President Donald Trump were made public, the president went on television and tore into the ex-administration official. “He broke the… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran test fired cruise missiles in a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean, state media reported Thursday. The report by the official IRNA news agency said the missiles destroyed targets at… Continue Reading →