Month August 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters and U.S. agents assigned to protect federal property in Portland clashed late Wednesday outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building in another night of violence for Oregon’s largest city. Some people in a crowd… Continue Reading →
The number of people applying for jobless benefits in New Jersey last week fell to just over 20,000, a 21% drop compared with the prior week, the state Labor Department… Read more » The post 20K Seek Jobless Help in… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korean hackers stole millions of dollars from virtual currency accounts and then laundered the stolen funds in hopes of making the crime untraceable, according to a Justice Department civil forfeiture complaint filed Thursday. The complaint, filed… Continue Reading →
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain seemingly rejected US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s push for normalizing ties with Israel on the latter’s trip to the Middle East to propel the momentum of the UAE-Israeli peace deal. Al-Khalifa… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] An arsonist torched a University of Delaware’s Chabad Center, investigators revealed Wednesday. On Tuesday, shortly after 11 p.m., a fire damaged the building on the 200 block of South College Avenue which houses the Chabad Center. Firefighters arrived at… Continue Reading →
Israel’s former police commissioner, who played a key role in the investigation of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has expressed confidence that he will surely be convicted, but that was less… Read more » The post Former Top Cop Says PM… Continue Reading →
Israel’s High Court on Thursday issued an order for the dismantling and evacuation of the community of Mitzpeh Kramim in the Shomron, within three years. The community is located near… Read more » The post Outrage at Court Order to… Continue Reading →
From the tech newbies to the ultra savvy, Mei Chaya Mushka Mega Auction has something that can enhance your life! Our exciting, diverse selection of Hi-tech prizes features: iPhone 11 Pro Apple AirPods Google Home Package (includes the Nest, the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jared Kushner criticized NBA players for boycotting their playoff games in response to the police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, of Jacob Blake, a Black man. “Look, I think that the NBA players are very fortunate that they… Continue Reading →
The shared moped service Revel, which suspended service in New York City after three deaths, is returning to city streets with new rules including a 21-question safety test, the company announced Thursday. “Revel was born and bred in New York… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo committed an “egregious violation” of the Hatch Act by delivering a video-taped speech from Israel to the Republican National Convention, according to a complaint filed by two law professors with the State… Continue Reading →
Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 180. The Order extends the Public Health Emergency that was declared on March 9, 2020 through Executive Order No. 103, which was previously extended on April 7, May 6, June 4, July 2, and August… Continue Reading →
Shiva for Rav Yosef Dovid Neuschloss Zatzal will be taking place at 3 Central Avenue (Corner South Lake Drive). Shachris 8:00 AM, Mincha 7:15 PM, and Maariv 9:00 PM. The family will be getting up on Tuesday morning. Parking along… Continue Reading →
NEW ZEALAND (JTA) – A Jewish couple in New Zealand couldn’t get a mohel to perform a bris for their son — so they decided to take on the responsibility themselves. Noam and Elisheva Fogel have been emissaries from the… Continue Reading →
Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are “absurd and silly.” “If they want to protest, I don’t think we care,” Marc Short told CNN’s… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] There is no Sukkos like Sukkos in Yerushalayim. The feelings of festivity are almost tangible. Prior to the Yom Tov, the streets are filled with vendors selling daled minim and all sorts of Yom Tov paraphernalia. Then, once Yom… Continue Reading →
The New Jersey Senate voted 39-0 a short time ago to confirm Fabiana Pierre-Louis, 39, to the state’s Supreme Court. Pierre-Louis, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, will become the first black woman to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court,… Continue Reading →
WISCONSIN (JTA) – “Free Palestine” was spray-painted in the driveway of the Wisconsin city’s historic synagogue amid the ongoing protests there. A reporter for the conservative news website Townhall said he filmed a protester painting the words in black in the driveway… Continue Reading →
WESTLAKE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Police say they’re responding to a chlorine leak at a company that makes chemicals along Interstate 10 just west of Lake Charles, La., which was hard-hit when Hurricane Laura slammed into the Gulf Coast… Continue Reading →
An outpost assembled to honor the memory of Rabbi Shai Ohayon, Hy”d, who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist on Wednesday, was evacuated by Border Police on Thursday afternoon, according… Read more » The post Maale Shai Outpost Evacuated, Demolished… Continue Reading →
The U.S. economy shrank at an alarming annual rate of 31.7% during the April-June quarter as it struggled under the weight of the viral pandemic, the government estimated Thursday. It… Read more » The post U.S. Economy Plunged an Annualized… Continue Reading →