Month July 2020
Iran‘s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday foreign governments may have been behind recent cyberattacks on Iranian facilities, but played down the possibility of them having a role in a series… Read more » The post Iran: Foreign States May Have… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com As we begin the Nine Days, knowing the historical background of the churban helps us mourn its destruction. Tisha B’Av is the culmination, of course, of two national tragedies: the loss of the first… Continue Reading →
Israel has topped 2,000 new coronavirus patients in one day, according to statistics released by the Health Ministry. The Health Ministry reported that on Wednesday 2,032 people tested positive for… Read more » The post Israel Tops 2,000 Daily New… Continue Reading →
Senate Republicans and the White House reached tentative agreement for more testing funds in the next COVID-19 relief package, but deep disagreements over the scope of the $1 trillion in… Read more » The post White House, GOP Agree on… Continue Reading →
The Knesset late Wednesday night passed a law granting the government special powers for dealing with the spread of the coronavirus. Under the terms of the so-called “major corona law,”… Read more » The post Knesset Passes “Major Coronavirus Law,”… Continue Reading →
China launched its most ambitious Mars mission yet on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing a spacecraft on the red planet. Engines blazing… Read more » The post China Launches Ambitious Attempt to… Continue Reading →
The IDF said Thursday it was reinforcing the country’s northern border with infantry troops “in accordance with the situational assessment.” The announcement comes after Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group threatened to… Read more » The post Israel Reinforces Lebanon Border After… Continue Reading →
Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with the region’s biggest market in Tokyo closed for a four-day weekend. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong, Sydney and Shanghai but fell in… Read more » The post Shares Mixed in Asia After… Continue Reading →
Laboratories across the U.S. are buckling under a surge of coronavirus tests, creating long processing delays that experts say are actually undercutting the pandemic response. With the U.S. tally of infections at 3.9 million Wednesday and new cases surging, the… Continue Reading →
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd was charged Wednesday with multiple felony counts of tax evasion, according to criminal complaints that allege he and his wife didn’t report income… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of Chareidim took to the streets on Wednaday night, protesting the 100th day of the incarceration of a man named Binyomin Friedman. As YWN has previously reported, Friedman was arrested for being in a Shul during COVID-19 when he… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was the country’s “first” racist president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came during a virtual town hall organized by the Service Employees International Union. When a questioner complained… Continue Reading →
The Trump administration will pay Pfizer nearly $2 billion for a December delivery of 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine the pharmaceutical company is developing, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced Wednesday. The U.S. could buy another… Continue Reading →
Amid a surge in gun violence and protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, the nation’s third-largest city is on edge, waiting for possible greater tension in the form of a plan by President Donald Trump to dispatch dozens… Continue Reading →
New York Blood Center, the Hasidic and Orthodox Jewish Community, Ahavas Chesed and COVID Plasma Initiative partnered for a convalescent plasma drive on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. The drive took… Read more » The post New York Blood Center and… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – Twitter has clarified its stance at using the Star of David imagery after some users who display it in their profile pictures were locked out of their accounts for using “hateful imagery.” According to the Campaign Against… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – A group of 10 Jewish organizations has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a discrimination case from the 1970s that involved a Jewish employee who couldn’t work on Saturdays—Shabbat or the Jewish Sabbath. The amicus curiae… Continue Reading →
In recent weeks, the prospect of traveling to Israel has seemed to grow more and more gloomy. Coronavirus cases are soaring, health experts are predicting a collapse of the health care system and the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) just announced… Continue Reading →
PARIS (JTA) – On April 27, Youssef Tihlah left his home near Paris planning to avenge what he later called “the situation in Palestine.” Over the past decade, that has been the motivation for multiple perpetrators of anti-Semitic terrorist acts… Continue Reading →
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My sister and her family, the KELLER FAMILY is dealing with a financial crisis and can use your help now. The Kellers have 8 kids (a few with special needs) and are under a huge pressure as their 14 year… Continue Reading →