Month September 2020
Twelve devastated children gathered at the Sanhedria cemetery last night to mourn the passing of their father, 48-year-old Rav Menashe Schiff. Schiff lost his life to coronavirus complications. The Schiff family has been shaken not once or twice, but three… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, there were the RBG bobbleheads, the Halloween getups, the lace collars, the workout videos. The “I dissent” T-shirts, the refrigerator magnets, the onesies for babies or costumes for cats. And yes, the face masks, with… Continue Reading →
Twenty new coronavirus-related fatalities were reported across Israel over Rosh Hashanah. These deaths included sixteen people who were reported to have died of the disease on Shabbos and another four on Sunday. The total mortality rate due to complications with… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to White House, has been arrested at New York-Canada border, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Sunday. The letter had… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court and a tireless advocate for gender equality, has died at 87. A fierce jurist known for her outsized presence and outspokenness, Ginsburg died from… Continue Reading →
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the United Nations will not support reimposing sanctions on Iran as the United States is demanding until he gets a green light from the Security Council. The U.N. chief said in a letter to the council… Continue Reading →
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says the committee is scheduled to depose a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower on Friday, pushing the closed-door testimony back four days due to a dispute with the Trump administration over his appearance…. Continue Reading →
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away over Rosh Hashana from pancreatic cancer at the age of 87. Ginsburg, a Jewish feminist who was nominated to the Court by President Bill Clinton in 1993, quickly became a progressive fixture… Continue Reading →
New York Attorney General Letitia James promised Sunday to expedite the release of body camera footage in cases of alleged police misconduct that her office investigates. Speaking in Rochester, which has been in turmoil since the footage of Daniel Prude’s… Continue Reading →
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the United Nations will not support reimposing sanctions on Iran as the United States is demanding until he gets a green light from the Security Council. The U.N. chief said in a letter to the council… Continue Reading →
U.S., Emirati and Sudanese officials are to hold a decisive meeting in Abu Dhabi on Monday on a possible normalization agreement between Sudan and Israel, Walla news reported on Sunday, citing unnamed Sudanese officials. In addition to economic aid, the… Continue Reading →
The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran‘s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, a senior U.S. official said, putting teeth behind U.N. sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed… Continue Reading →
Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu warned Sunday night that virus numbers were reaching “emergency” levels that could see the country face 600 deaths a month and ordered hospitals to add new virus wards. In an interview with Channel 12 news,… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will nominate a woman to sit on the Supreme Court, a move that would tip the court further to the right following the death of liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “I will be putting… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden on Sunday slammed President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to jam through a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and urged more senators to stand with a pair of GOP colleagues who oppose… Continue Reading →
Three passengers suffered minor injuries Sunday when a New York City subway train derailed after hitting construction debris that had been thrown onto the tracks, authorities said. The derailment happened at about 8:15 a.m. at the 14th Street and Eighth… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed 8,325 new coronavirus cases over Rosh Hashanah. There are currently 52,262 active cases, with 643 seriously ill patients, of whom 170 are ventilated. Twenty more fatalities were recorded, raising the death toll to 1,236. Coronavirus czar… Continue Reading →
It’s legacy time for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Fulfilling the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the fall election is as much about McConnell’s goal of securing conservative majority on the… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said Saturday he’s given his “blessing” to a proposed deal that would see the popular video-sharing app TikTok partner with Oracle and Walmart to become a U.S. company. Trump has targeted Chinese-owned TikTok for national security and… Continue Reading →
A second Republican senator came out in opposition to filling a vacant Supreme Court seat before the Nov. 3 election while Speaker Nancy Pelosi asserted without details that the Democratic-led House has “options” for stalling or preventing President Donald Trump… Continue Reading →
A second Republican senator came out in opposition to filling a vacant Supreme Court seat before the Nov. 3 election while Speaker Nancy Pelosi asserted without details that the Democratic-led House has “options” for stalling or preventing President Donald Trump… Continue Reading →