Month August 2020
It was a hot August day in the Israeli summer last week as the Oberlander family contemplated the upcoming shloshim of their grandfather, Rabbi Moshe Yosef Oberlander. Their minds, however, could not stay fixated on the loss of the patriarch… Continue Reading →
The weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday was called off for the second time in three weeks amid the continued coalition crisis and ahead of the looming budget deadline on Monday night. However, hope is on the horizon due to a… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Granting an emergency request from the Cuomo camp, a Manhattan appeals court judge has restored the 50 person maximum on all weddings held in New York State at least temporarily. A ruling issued on August… Continue Reading →
Some U.S.-based users of WeChat are suing President Donald Trump in a bid to block an executive order that they say would effectively bar access in the U.S. to the hugely popular Chinese messaging app. The complaint, filed Friday in… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — With scores of disciplinary records already online, a federal judge on Friday said she is lifting a temporary restraining order that had barred New York City’s police watchdog agency, police department and other entities from making… Continue Reading →
It was a hot August day in the Israeli summer last week as the Oberlander family contemplated the upcoming shloshim of their grandfather, Rabbi Moshe Yosef Oberlander. Their minds, however, could not stay fixated on the loss of the patriarch… Continue Reading →
New York’s never-enforced ban on single-use plastic bags has survived a lawsuit lodged by a plastic bag manufacturer and convenience store owners, but a state judge ruled Thursday that state regulators went too far by allowing stores to hand out… Continue Reading →
New York City’s grim rise in shooting rose over the weekend. Between 10 p.m. Saturday night and 10 a.m. Sunday morning, twelve people were shot and people of the victims… Read more » The post NYC Sees Surge in Gun… Continue Reading →
The Knesset’s Finance Committee is moving forward with a critical vote which could make or break the ruling coalition government, MK Rabbi Yitzchak Pindrus (United Torah Judaism) said Sunday, giving… Read more » The post MK Rabbi Pindrus Gives Ultimatum… Continue Reading →
ANKARA (JNS) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted a large delegation of Hamas leaders in Istanbul on Saturday. According NBC News correspondent Raf Sanchez, who posted a photo of the meeting on Twitter, the delegation included Hamas deputy leader… Continue Reading →
Louisiana residents were ordered on Sunday to evacuate low-lying coastal areas as back-to-back hurricanes were forecast to bring strong winds and rain, striking the state within days of one another… Read more » The post Louisiana Orders Evacuations as Twin… Continue Reading →
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The Israel Airports Authority announced on Sunday that the current entry restrictions for foreigners into Israel, from countries not on the “green” list, will continue until at least October 1.… Read more » The post Ban of Entry of Non-Israelis… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry recorded 720 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday morning in the previous 24 hours, a typically low number recorded every Sunday following a low number of tests performed over the weekend. The number of active patients is… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Wednesday (8/26/20)Morning R` Hertzka HartsteinSon R’ Hersh Menachem HartsteinSon R` Beri HartsteinSon R’ Abi HartsteinSon
The Israel Airports Authority extended the ban on non-Israeli citizens from entering Israel on Sunday until October 1 due to the high coronavirus infection rate in the country. A surprising decision was made not to differentiate between potential visitors from… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s older sister, a former federal judge, is heard sharply criticizing her brother in a series of recordings released Saturday, at one point saying of the president, “He has no principles.” Maryanne Trump Barry was… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Attention New York residents! Are you above the age of 16 and unemployed? If so, you may be eligible for federal unemployment benefits, even if you have never worked before! Don’t wait, because these upgraded federal unemployment benefits won’t… Continue Reading →