Month August 2020
With medical opinion divided on the safety of opening schools on schedule September 1 despite high coronavirus rates, health and education officials were proposing a compromise on Monday that would… Read more » The post School Starts September 1—Mostly, Maybe…… Continue Reading →
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The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques had intended to burn down the mosques afterward, a prosecutor said in court Monday, while describing two of those praying as making heroic efforts to stop the mass… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The Biden campaign reportedly reaffirmed to Arab and Muslim Democrats its commitment to working with Arab Americans following its disavowal of Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. The private call with Arab and Muslim activists on Sunday was initially… Continue Reading →
City schools will be able to hold classes along the streets and in parks, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday. The “outdoor learning” system was inspired by successful school… Read more » The post New York City to Utilize… Continue Reading →
Mossad head Yossi Cohen met with a senior Sudanese official in a meeting arranged and hosted by the United Arab Emirates, Arabic media outlets reported on Friday. The meeting between Cohen and General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of… Continue Reading →
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Republican Party formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second term in the White House Monday, one of the first acts of a GOP convention that has been dramatically scaled down to prevent the spread… Continue Reading →
Eli Rozenberg, one of three investors interested in purchasing El Al but the only one so far to have received a permit to do so, has raised his bid of $75 million for a 45% stake in the airline to… Continue Reading →
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Israel on Monday, on the first leg of his Mideast trip to press the momentum of the Trump administration’s Arab-Israeli peace push. Pompeo met with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at his… Continue Reading →
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The outlook for shuls being allowed to open during the Chagim seemed to be reasonably good, despite the coronavirus, Channel 12 reported on Monday. The restrictions will be based on… Read more » The post Report: Shuls to Be Open… Continue Reading →
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Republicans are aiming to use this week’s national convention as a test bed for their efforts to reelect President Donald Trump, just weeks before the start of early voting. The Republican National Committee plans to hold more than 7,500 events… Continue Reading →
AUSTRIA (JTA) – A Syrian man was arrested Monday for attacking the president of the Jewish Community organization in Graz, Austria with a wooden bat on Saturday evening. A spokesperson for the Jewish Community said Elie Rosen, 49, had been… Continue Reading →
In a dash-cam video provided to YWN (inserted below), one can hear the absolutely incredible response time of Hatzolah. The video captured a vehicle blowing through a red light at 14th Avenue and 51 Street in Boro Park, and swerving… Continue Reading →
MICHIGAN (JTA) – Anti-Israel protests outside of a synagogue in Ann Arbor, Michigan, are protected by the First Amendment and may continue, a federal judge ruled. “Peaceful protest speech such as this – on sidewalks and streets – is entitled… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry reported 962 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday morning in the previous 24 hours. There are currently 21,914 active cases, with 411 in serious condition, of whom 116 are ventilated. The death toll has risen to 839…. Continue Reading →
South Korea’s capital on Monday ordered masks to be worn in both indoor and outdoor public places for the first time, as it battles a surge in coronavirus cases centred… Read more » The post South Korean Capital Orders Masks… Continue Reading →