Month August 2020
Family getting up: R’ Chezkel RosenbergHusband R’ Yosef BronnerBrother R’ Yankel BronnerBrother R’ Yosef Chaim Meir RosenbergSon R’ Mordechai Yehuda RosenbergSon R’ Shaul Yitzchok RosenbergSon R’ Yaakov Dovid RosenbergSon R’ Hersh RosenbergSon Mrs. Malky SpiraDaughter Mrs. Baila Pessy UngerDaughter Mrs…. Continue Reading →
One of the State University of New York’s campuses will shut down for two weeks after more than 100 people in the college community tested positive for the coronavirus, officials announced Sunday. The positive cases at SUNY Oneonta represent about… Continue Reading →
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general has received a long-awaited FBI ballistics report in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. Attorney General Daniel Cameron tweeted Sunday that there is additional analysis needed now that the report is in… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Democrats chose Florida to roll out their newest Jewish star, Kamala Harris’ Jewish husband, Douglas Emhoff. The vice presidential nominee’s partner opened up on Friday about growing up Jewish and his Jewish involvement today in a webinar… Continue Reading →
The head of the Finance Ministry’s budget department quit in anger Sunday, charging that professional considerations have been swamped by politics. “I can’t lend a hand to poor conduct taking… Read more » The post Budget Head Resigns in Anger… Continue Reading →
Education Minister Yoav Gallant says that schools will open as scheduled on September 1. But teachers and parents say it won’t happen unless there are changes in the plan… Read more » The post School Openings in Doubt As… Continue Reading →
An airliner carrying Israeli and U.S. delegations to the UAE on Monday will fly over Saudi Arabia, according to a source familiar with the itinerary, in what would be… Read more » The post Israeli Delegation Plane Will Fly… Continue Reading →
TAIPEI (VINnews) — A 3-year-old Taiwanese girl was caught in the strings of a kite during a kite-flying festival in Taiwan. The unidentified girl was taking part in a kite festival Sunday in the seaside town of Nanlioao when she… Continue Reading →
The blast at the port of Beirut, caused by a stockpile of ammonium nitrate stored there for years, appears to be a result of longtime government mismanagement. No direct connection… Read more » The post Hezbollah Hit by Political Backlash… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart may be the world’s largest retailer but it has mostly failed in its efforts to break Amazon’s online dominance. Could TikTok, a fast-growing 3-year-old app filled with goofy videos, be the answer? TikTok’s U.S. business… Continue Reading →
Scores of police supporters gathered Sunday in downtown Kenosha where protesters have been demonstrating against police brutality since the shooting of Jacob Blake last weekend. Some attending the rally in the Wisconsin city wore “back the blue” shirts. Others carried… Continue Reading →
When Roei made the decision to go off the Derech, and to travel to the Far East to start a new life he couldn’t imagine what he was getting himself into. He suddenly has to deal with corrupt police officer,… Continue Reading →
“It was the day of my wedding, and my father and sisters and I were almost ready to leave for the hall. Down the hallway I heard my sister scream, and saw that my father was on the floor. He… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA/Binyamin Rose) — Only 6% of voters who cast ballots for Barack Obama in 2008 voted for Donald Trump in 2016. I’m one of them. Political affiliation played no role in my decision. I’m a registered Democrat who often… Continue Reading →
Senior German officials on Sunday condemned attempts by far-right protesters and others to storm the parliament building following a protest against the country’s pandemic restrictions. Hundreds of people, some waving… Read more » The post German Leaders Condemn Far-Right Attempt… Continue Reading →
A famous public figure once remarked that in askanus, there are no market corrections. That statement was crystallized over the last year for Rabbi Avi Schnall, Agudah’s New Jersey Director. Just a few, long pre-Corona months ago, the… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Get your copy before it sells out! If you’ve been thinking about purchasing Super-Agent Gizmo 3: Operation Egghead, now’s the time to click and buy. The third comic book in the popular Super-Agent Gizmo series will have your children… Continue Reading →
At 1 o’clock in the morning on Sunday, August 30, an Israeli delegation departed for California to assist in managing a massive wave of wildfires. The delegation includes 10 officers and firefighters from Israel’s Fire and Rescue Authority, chosen by… Continue Reading →