Month July 2020
University of Notre Dame pulled out as host of the first 2020 U.S. presidential debate, which will instead be held in Cleveland on Sept. 29, the Commission on Presidential Debates said on Monday. The Hill reported on Notre Dame Rev. President… Continue Reading →
The most popular video on Israel’s Health Ministry YouTube channel was targeted at Israeli Muslims to help them thwart the coronavirus pandemic during Ramadan, Algemeiner reported. The video, which encourages Muslims to celebrate Ramadan with their nuclear families only and… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hezbollah is “playing with fire” after the terror group launched an attack in Israeli territory on Monday that was blocked by the Israel Defense Forces. “Israel will continue to take action… Continue Reading →
The GPS device maker Garmin Ltd. acknowledged Monday being victimized by a cyberattack last week that encrypted some of its systems, knocking its fitness tracking and pilot navigation services offline. It said systems would be fully restored in the next… Continue Reading →
LONDON (JNS) – International Jewish groups are joining in a 48-hour abstention from Twitter in solidarity with Jews in the United Kingdom after British rap star Wiley, who has hundreds of thousands of followers, went on an hours-long social-media rant… Continue Reading →
They have the largest economies in the world. They spend more than anyone else on their militaries. From high-tech chips to control of the high seas, their interests are closely intertwined. The ongoing sharp deterioration in U.S.-China ties poses risks… Continue Reading →
Federal militarized officers will remain in Portland until attacks on the U.S. courthouse cease, a top official said Monday after a night of violence. And more officers may soon be on the way. “It is not a solution to tell… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intent on Monday to nominate retired U.S. Army Col. Douglas Macgregor as U.S. ambassador to Germany to succeed Richard Grenell, despite the veteran’s views of Jews and the Iranian threat. In… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers filed fresh arguments Monday to try to block or severely limit a criminal subpoena for his tax records, calling it a harassment of the president. Lawyers filed a rewritten lawsuit in Manhattan… Continue Reading →
Gathered in the small assembly hall in Little Rock, Arkansas, their chairs spaced 6 feet (1.83 meters) apart, the business leaders listen admiringly to the nation’s chief law enforcement official. They ask Attorney General William Barr about elder fraud. They… Continue Reading →
As if the escalation on Israel’s northern border isn’t enough, an explosive balloon was spotted in Israel’s south on Monday. “A balloon with a suspected object attached to it was found in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council,” Israel… Continue Reading →
BOSTON (JTA) – More than 350 years ago, a plague took a deadly toll on Hamburg, Germany. As the High Holidays approached, fear and panic set in and many of the city’s Jewish families fled. Among them were Glikl and… Continue Reading →
Former Lakewood Board of Education member Moshe Raitzik is seeking a seat once again on the Board this election cycle. The deadline to file to run for the Board was 4PM today. Three current Board members are seeking re-election; Ada… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS/STEPHEN M. FLATOW) – If you thought Tisha B’Av was about the destruction of the holy temples and two Jewish states in ancient times, think again. According to J Street, the real meaning of the day is that… Continue Reading →
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a national cemetery and handed out commemorative pistols to army officers, state media reported Monday, as he pushes to muster public support for efforts to contain a potential coronavirus outbreak. On Sunday,… Continue Reading →
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Amid a devastating second wave of the coronavirus in Iran with daily fatalities surging to record numbers, a bris milah was held on Sunday, with Chief Rabbi of Tehran Rav Yehudah Grami serving as the mohel, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. The… Continue Reading →
Please daven for Chana Feiga bas Nechama Yehudis, a young Lakewood mother of 4 who is desperately awaiting a heart transplant. She needs Rachamei Shamayim Merubim. The family asks that you do all you can in her zchus for her refuah sheleima. חנה… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of Notre Dame has become the second university to withdraw as the host of one of this fall’s three scheduled presidential debates amid the coronavirus pandemic. The university was set to host the inaugural face-off… Continue Reading →
New York and the U.S. Northeast is getting a string of hot days this week, with temperatures that may topple daily records in Manhattan and Boston dating to the 19th… Read more » The post New York Swelters Challenging 19th… Continue Reading →
Citing concerns over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the University of Notre Dame on Monday pulled out as host of the first 2020 U.S. presidential debate, which will instead be held… Read more » The post Host Notre Dame Pulls Out… Continue Reading →