Month July 2020
The mayors of Portland, Oregon, and five other major U.S. cities appealed Monday to Congress to make it illegal for the federal government to deploy militarized agents to cities that don’t want their presence. “This administration’s egregious use of federal… Continue Reading →
An IDF search of the Lebanese border area on Tuesday night determined that no infiltration had occurred when suspicious movements were spotted earlier. The military notified residents in the western… Read more » The post IDF Searches Lebanon Border Area… Continue Reading →
Advocates for nonpublic schools have advanced ambitious plans, asking Congress to use its next round of coronavirus relief funding to help fill an anticipated gap in tuition payments amid the… Read more » The post School Choice Advocates Push for… Continue Reading →
An experimental blood test was highly accurate at distinguishing people with Alzheimer’s disease from those without it in several studies, boosting hopes that there soon may be a simple way… Read more » The post Scientists Get Closer to Blood… Continue Reading →
The USDA says it is aware that people across the country have received suspicious, unsolicited packages of seed that appear to be coming from China. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is working closely with the Department of… Continue Reading →
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A man at a weekend Colorado protest who shot and wounded two demonstrators after he apparently aimed at a Jeep driving toward protesters has been arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide, authorities said. Police in the… Continue Reading →
If you are single or if you know someone single, then you need to see/read this. 500,000 Yidden will unite this Tu B’Av Together this Wed, Aug. 5th @10am. At www.TuBavTogether.com you can Watch many inspirational videos about… Continue Reading →
A coalition of Orthodox organizations have asked the Supreme Court to take up the case of a Christian electrician who claims his employer engaged in discrimination by refusing to assign… Read more » The post Orthodox Groups Urge Supreme Court… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Jewish day camp has shut down due to 2 people in the camp testing positive for COVID-19. Camp Bnos, located on Ferndale Loomis Road in Liberty normally operates as a sleepaway camp, but was operating… Continue Reading →
LONDON (JTA) – The influential British rapper Wiley, suspended from Twitter after posting a series of anti-Semitic messages there, moved his social media rants about Jews to Facebook, where he threatened to come to a largely Jewish populated neighborhood of… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Finance Ministry came to an agreement with the Knesset Finance Committee on Tuesday, headed by MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ), to adapt the plan to grant stimulus checks to Israelis so it won’t discriminate against families with many children. According… Continue Reading →
In his first public accounting of a flashpoint in nationwide street protests, the head of the U.S. Park Police denied Tuesday that his officers turned their clubs and chemical agents… Read more » The post Park Police Head: No White… Continue Reading →
Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia has taken down a digital campaign ad featuring a manipulated picture of his Democratic opponent Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish, with an enlarged nose.… Read more » The post Georgia Senator Removes Ad That… Continue Reading →
Despite promising back on June 29th that his reversal on indoor dining will only last a “matter of weeks,” New Jersey Governor Murphy on Monday still declined to provide a guideline for when indoor dining might be able to return…. Continue Reading →
Stocks are drifting lower on Wall Street Tuesday following a mixed set of earnings reports from big U.S. companies. Most stocks in the S&P 500 were falling in afternoon trading,… Read more » The post Stocks Drift Lower on Wall… Continue Reading →
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine said Tuesday the woman killed in a rare shark attack off the state’s coast was a 63-year-old resident of New York City. The shark bite killed Julie Dimperio Holowach, the Maine Department of… Continue Reading →
U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in July to a reading of 92.6 as coronavirus infections spread in many parts of the country. The Conference Board, a New York research organization, reported Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index fell from a June… Continue Reading →
U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in July to a reading of 92.6 as coronavirus infections spread in many parts of the country. The Conference Board, a New York research organization, reported Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index fell from a June… Continue Reading →
Complaints about the police use of water cannon to disperse crowds in the ongoing anti-government protests was the subject of debate in the Knesset on Tuesday. Images of soaked Israeli… Read more » The post Knesset Takes Aim at Use… Continue Reading →
Wisconsin police departments are withdrawing from agreements to send personnel to help bolster security at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee next month, citing concerns with a recent order for… Read more » The post Outside Police Agencies Pulling Out… Continue Reading →
The Chareidi parties announced on Monday that the Health Ministry has agreed to raise the number of people allowed into shul at one time (currently limited to ten) for the tefillos on Tisha B’Av. The United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and… Continue Reading →