Month July 2020
The coronavirus pandemic threw tens of millions of Americans out of work, ended the longest U.S. economic recovery on record and undermined a key argument for President Donald Trump’s re-election.… Read more » The post Trump, Biden Offer Clashing Visions… Continue Reading →
A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch center Monday at the start of a seven-month journey to Mars on the Arab world’s first interplanetary… Read more » The post UAE’s Amal Spacecraft Rockets Toward… Continue Reading →
GSK is to buy a 10% stake in German biotech company CureVac for £130 million ($163.67 million), the two companies said on Monday, in a deal that bets on new… Read more » The post GSK Buys 10% of CureVac… Continue Reading →
The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved on Sunday a bill authorizing the Shin Bet to assist in the national efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Under… Read more » The post Shin Bet Authorized to Assist… Continue Reading →
Interior Minister Rabbi Aryeh Deri (Shas) on Sunday called on Shin Bet director Nadav Argaman to increase the protection afforded to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his family, Yisrael Hayom… Read more » The post Rabbi Deri Warns Growing Incitement… Continue Reading →
Signs emerged that leaders of northern European Union countries were willing to compromise on a €1.8 billion ($2 billion) coronavirus stimulus plan on Monday as talks in Brussels extended to… Read more » The post EU Leaders Show First Signs… Continue Reading →
Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible COVID-19 vaccines from an alliance of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, and French group Valneva, the Business Ministry said… Read more » The post Britain Secures 90 Million Possible… Continue Reading →
Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are set to walk off the job Monday in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and… Read more » The post Thousands to Walk Off Job… Continue Reading →
Israel saw less than 1,000 new daily coronavirus cases for the first time in two weeks, health officials confirmed on Monday. Over the past few weeks Israel had been seeing… Read more » The post First Time in Two Weeks,… Continue Reading →
Mossad director Yossi Cohen is one of the options being considered as the government prepares to appoint a new coronavirus commissioner, according to Channel 12. Cohen may have come up… Read more » The post Report: Mossad Chief Contender for… Continue Reading →
An Iranian accused of spying for U.S. and Israeli intelligence was executed on Monday, according to Iran’s official IRIB news agency. Last month, the judiciary said Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, who was… Read more » The post Iran Executes Man Accused of… Continue Reading →
Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting at the home of a New Jersey judge this evening. According to reports, the son of Judge Ester Salas opened the door for the gunman, who was said to have been dressed as a… Continue Reading →
Anti-Semitism in the sports and entertainment worlds became the topic of much discussion in recent days, with figures in both fields expressing ugly and false tropes about Jews. One rapper… Read more » The post Some Meaningful Pushback Against Anti-Semitism… Continue Reading →
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A gunman shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge in New Jersey and shot and injured her husband Sunday at the family home, the state’s chief district judge said. The shootings occurred… Continue Reading →
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West, in his first event since declaring himself a presidential candidate, ranted against historical figure Harriet Tubman on Sunday, saying the Underground Railroad conductor “never actually freed the slaves, she just had them work… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – Israel-related and Jewish communities expressed their condolences over the passing of civil-rights icon and longtime congressional Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) on July 17 after a six-month battle with pancreatic cancer. “It is with inconsolable grief and enduring sadness that… Continue Reading →
Starting at 10:00pm EST tonight Topic: If everything on the outside is so beautiful why am I so miserable on the inside Rabbi YY Jacobson Zoom ID 645572066 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/645572066 Meeting ID: 645 572 066 phone: 929-205-6099 Meeting ID: 645572066## The… Continue Reading →
The prevailing “minhag” in Lakewood seems to be to not wear a mask in public — not in Shul and not in stores. Despite clearly posted signs in many stores requiring masks upon entry, the visitor who enters will witness… Continue Reading →
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Twitter says the hack that compromised the accounts of some of its most high-profile users targeted 130 people. The hackers were able to reset the passwords of 45 of those accounts. The San Francisco=based company said… Continue Reading →
David Brim and his family were doing everything they could to keep themselves out of harm’s way from the spreading Coronavirus. They were shocked then, when David was diagnosed with another deadly disease. A young David is the father of… Continue Reading →
Rebbetzin Reichel Berenbaum, a”h, almanah of Harav Shmuel Berenbaum, zt”l, the longtime Rosh Yeshivah of Mir Flatbush, was niftar on Motzoei Shabbos, 27 Tammuz. The daughter of Harav Avrohom Kalmanowitz,… Read more » The post Rebbetzin Raichel Berenbaum, A”h appeared… Continue Reading →