Month July 2020
The annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations is going virtual this year for the first time in its 75-year history because of the COVID-19 pandemic — except for the likely personal appearance by President Donald Trump. “We’re… Continue Reading →
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The arrest July 21 of powerful Republican House Speaker Larry Householder and four associates in a $60 million federal bribery case has upended both politics and policy-making in Ohio. The Ohio House removed Householder from his post Thursday in a… Continue Reading →
John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history. Three former presidents joined in the eulogies after… Continue Reading →
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama used Rep. John Lewis’ funeral on Thursday to issue a stark warning that the voting rights and equal opportunity the late civil rights icon championed are under increasing threat heading into the 2020… Continue Reading →
Frustrated negotiators of a massive coronavirus relief bill face heightened pressure with Thursday’s brutal economic news and the rapidly approaching lapse in a $600 per-week expanded jobless benefit that has… Read more » The post Stakes Rise For Virus Talks… Continue Reading →
Many New Jerseyans who receive food assistance through the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (NJ SNAP) will receive additional benefits in August to help address critical food needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. An additional estimated $38.5 million will be… Continue Reading →
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone a nonsurgical medical procedure in New York City and expects to be released from a hospital there by the end of the week, the… Read more » The post Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Medical… Continue Reading →
The post Rabbi Mordechai (Motel) Nitzlach, Z”l appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Rabbi Mordechai Neustadt, Z”l BD”E — Rabbi Mordechai Nitzlich, Z”l Rabbi Binyamin Mordechai Altschuler, z”l Rabbi Mordechai Tzvi Susna, z”l Rabbi Shneir Zalman Aber, Z”l –… Continue Reading →
The post Rabbi Henoch Cohen, Z”l appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: BD’E — Rabbi Henoch Cohen, Z”l Rabbi She’ar Yoshuv Cohen, Z”l, Chief Rabbi of Haifa Harav Yossel Weinberg, Z”l – Rabbi Yisroel Shmiel Cohen, Z”l Reb Yeshaya… Continue Reading →
The post Harav Hagaon Avraham Mordechai Isbee, Zt”l appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: BD’E — Harav Avraham Mordechai Hakohein Isbee, Zt”l Baruch Dayan Haemes: Hagaon Harav Mordechai Krauss, zt”l Tefillos Urged as Hagaon Harav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Has… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin) – Maybe everything would be better if we could all go for walks in the woods with people who say or tweet hateful and deeply offensive things. Then again, maybe the Jewish community would be… Continue Reading →
The coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy plunging by a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate last quarter and is still inflicting damage across the country, squeezing already struggling businesses and forcing a wave of layoffs that shows no sign of abating…. Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — A controversial exhibition of Prime Minister Netanyahu sitting at the ‘Last Supper’ has raised spectres of political assassination in Israel, just a day after a direct threat was made on the prime minister’s life in a… Continue Reading →
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NEW YORK (AP) — While deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. are mounting rapidly, public health experts are seeing a flicker of good news: The second surge of confirmed cases appears to be leveling off. Scientists aren’t celebrating by… Continue Reading →
LINK FOR TOPIC / KINNA LIST: Every year, hundreds of people gather at Ohel Wosk on Moshav Matityahu to hear Rabbi Zev Leff, Morah D’Asra of the Moshav, expound on various aspects of the kinnos on a relevant theme. This… Continue Reading →
LINK FOR TOPIC / KINNA LIST: Every year, hundreds of people gather at Ohel Wosk on Moshav Matityahu to hear Rabbi Zev Leff, Morah D’Asra of the Moshav, expound on various aspects of the kinnos on a relevant theme. This… Continue Reading →
It is a fact that has long baffled doctors: Cancer in the small intestine is quite rare, whereas colorectal cancer, in a neighboring though much smaller organ, is one of… Read more » The post Hebrew U. Team Identifies Anti-Oxidants… Continue Reading →
Vice President Mike Pence was involved in a “minor fender bender” with a dump truck while en route to a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Thursday, according to a White… Read more » The post Pence Involved in Minor Crash… Continue Reading →
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday issued a statewide mask mandate amid a spike in coronavirus cases, setting up a conflict with Republican legislative leaders who oppose such a requirement and successfully sued to kill the… Continue Reading →