Month August 2020
Upon applying to most yeshivas, bochurim are called for a farher, a test. The boy will be asked to say over a Gemara and Tosfos that he has prepared, either reading from the text or explaining it “outside”. It is… Continue Reading →
Sudanese Foreign Minister Omar Qamar al-Din Ismail fired Haider Badawi Sadiq, a spokesperson for the Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday for stating on Tuesday that Israel and Sudan were engaged in normalization talks. Ismail stated that the government was “astonished”… Continue Reading →
The newest episode of Inside ArtScroll features an interview with Rabbi David Sutton, author of a new commentary on Beis HaLevi on Bitachon. Rabbi Sutton, of the Yad Yosef Torah Center in Brooklyn, shares fascinating details about the manuscript of the Beis HaLevi that remained… Continue Reading →
As the budget deadline which can spell the end of the current coalition looms on the horizon in mere days, a Knesset Finance Committee meeting on Wednesday to vote on an extension of the budget deadline ended without a vote… Continue Reading →
As the budget deadline which can spell the end of the current coalition looms on the horizon in mere days, a Knesset Finance Committee meeting on Wednesday to vote on an extension of the budget deadline ended without a vote… Continue Reading →
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook says it will restrict the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon and will no longer recommend that users join groups supporting it, although the company isn’t banning it outright. Facebook said Wednesday it is banning groups and… Continue Reading →
Since leaving the White House nearly four years ago, former President Barack Obama has repeatedly called for a new generation of political leaders to step up. On Wednesday, he’ll implore Americans to vote for Joe Biden, a 77-year-old who has… Continue Reading →
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A white police officer who slammed a Black man to the ground and broke his wrist denies wrongdoing, saying he mistakenly believed the man had an outstanding arrest warrant and used force because the man resisted,… Continue Reading →
A 14-year-old boy was airlifted to the Albany Trauma Center, after suffering serious head injury after what appeared to be a rotten tree limb fell and struck the boy on… Read more » The post Camper Airlifted After Being Hit… Continue Reading →
The Trump administration on Wednesday suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements with Hong Kong covering extradition and tax exemptions, the latest in a series of U.S. moves in response to China’s imposition of strict national security laws over the former… Continue Reading →
A Jewish mother and her 6 children flying from Orlando to Newark Airport were thrown off the plane over a mask issue involving a toddler. The father tells YWN that the mom and 5 of the children were all masked-up… Continue Reading →
Save the lives of Esther and Samuel. To Help save Esther and Samuel Click Here Now! A popular proverb says: “Trouble comes in threes”, but even it did not mean it that way. The heartbreaking story of Shmuel and Esther,… Continue Reading →
Abu Dhabi’s G42 Healthcare has signed a preliminary agreement with Israel’s NanoScent to develop, distribute, and manufacture a test that detects COVID-19 from exhaled air, UAE state news agency WAM… Read more » The post UAE-Israel Project to Develop COVID-19… Continue Reading →
An outbreak of the coronavirus has been reported at Laniado Hospital in Netanya, where 24 elderly patients were diagnosed with the disease and confined to a special isolation ward, according… Read more » The post Coronavirus Outbreak at Laniado Hospital… Continue Reading →
A quarter century after Israeli spies, a Canadian activist and a Syrian rabbi smuggled nine rare medieval Jewish manuscripts out of Damascus, an Israeli court decided the books will remain… Read more » The post Israeli Court: Damascus Chumashim to… Continue Reading →
The Ocean County Department of Health visited Lakewood on Monday to assess and review the Lakewood School District’s plan to reopen in September. The visit, which was made at the request of district officials, included an extensive review of documentation,… Continue Reading →
BORO PARK (VINnews) — After Sunset Park in Brooklyn saw a spike in COVID cases, Boro Park has followed suit, announced Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday. The mayor said that Boro Park has seen 16 new cases in recent… Continue Reading →
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a Camille Pissarro painting a Jewish woman traded to the Nazis to escape the Holocaust in 1939 may remain the property of a… Read more » The post Appeals Court Rules Spanish Museum… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, disavowed Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour after she appeared at an online meeting of Muslims who will be campaigning for Biden for president. “Joe Biden has been a strong supporter of Israel… Continue Reading →
Thousands of people were under orders to evacuate in areas surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area Wednesday as nearly 40 wildfires blazed across the state amid a blistering heat wave now in its second week. Smoke blanketed San Francisco. Police… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged people to boycott tires from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., tweeting that the Ohio-based company had “announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS.” But the… Read more » The post Trump Lashes Out at Goodyear… Continue Reading →