Month September 2020
While the rest of the world has been focused on historic deals between Israel and the UAE, the city of Yuma, Arizona and Ramat Hanegev Regional Council also quietly signed… Read more » The post Ramat HaNegev and Yuma Sign… Continue Reading →
The Justice Department explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against city officials in Portland, Oregon after clashes erupted there night after night between law enforcement and demonstrators, a department spokesperson said Thursday. The revelation that… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is claiming “resounding vindication” from an independent commission’s report on the coronavirus crisis in nursing homes, but some panel members say that’s a misinterpretation of their conclusion that much remains to be done to… Continue Reading →
Amid intense debate over the coming lockdown, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the nation on Thursday evening to say that it is a matter of life and death, and that… Read more » The post Netanyahu Defends Coming Lockdown appeared… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Reb Daniel Shore z”l was a fixture in the Kensington community for many years, his smile lighting up the faces of all who knew him. He and his large family were close to Rav Chaim Epstein zt”l and davened… Continue Reading →
Ahead of Rosh Hashana 5781, President Reuven Rivlin sent a Shana Tova greeting to Israelis and to Jewish communities around the world. President Rivlin’s remarks in full: “Dear friends,… Read more » The post President Rivlin’s Rosh Hashana Remarks… Continue Reading →
Bahrain may have won international praise for following in the United Arab Emirates’ footsteps and establishing ties with Israel, but the dramatic move by the close U.S. ally could stir… Read more » The post In Bahrain, Normalization May Energize… Continue Reading →
Jewish travelers to Dubai can look forward to kosher food on the Tel Aviv-Dubai route, Globes reported on Thursday. The Emirate Airlines meal service company Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) is… Read more » The post Fly the Friendly Kosher Skies… Continue Reading →
In response to delays in coronavirus testing and test results, New York City will be opening a testing lab in Manhattan, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced at a Thursday press… Read more » The post New York City to Open… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – The Canary Mission, an anti-Semitism watchdog group, has launched a new way to track Jew-hatred in the medical field. According to Canary Mission, the new database will serve as “a resource dedicated to helping the public become… Continue Reading →
With a three-week, nationwide lockdown less than 24 hours away, already jittery Israelis learned that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was holding a last-minute meeting with health officials to discuss… Read more » The post Netanyahu Holds Last-Minute Meeting Before… Continue Reading →
Attorney General William Barr drew sharp condemnation Thursday for comparing lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery. In remarks Wednesday night at Hillsdale College in Michigan, Barr had called the lockdown orders the “greatest intrusion on civil liberties in… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a humorous clip released in honor of the New Year, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu meets a group of Israeli schoolchildren and tries to persuade them to keep their distance from their elderly relatives and maintain the… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of workers at COVID-19 laboratories in France went on strike on Thursday, a trade union said, angry over poor working conditions as the coronavirus testing system buckles under huge… Read more » The post Burned Out: French COVID-19 Testers… Continue Reading →
Japan’s new prime minister has gotten the word out to the president of the International Olympic Committee that he is behind next year’s delayed Tokyo Games. Yoshiro Mori, the head… Read more » The post New Japanese PM Supports Tokyo… Continue Reading →
New Jersey residents earning more than $1 million a year will face higher income taxes, and about 800,000 lower- and middle-income families will get a $500 tax rebate, under a… Read more » The post Murphy, Lawmakers Agree to Tax… Continue Reading →
Colleagues of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that a bottle of water with a trace of the Novichok nerve agent was found in his hotel room in the… Read more » The post Navalny Team Alleges Novichok Posion… Continue Reading →
PALM TREE, NY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Hours after the Orange County Health commissioner slapped a violations notice on Kiryas Joel’s main synagogue, the village’s Office of Emergency Management COVID-19 Special Team issued a page long bulletin calling for vigilance in… Continue Reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has imposed a three-week lockdown, beginning on Friday afternoon — just hours before Rosh Hashana starts. Israel’s first lockdown, in March and April, put… Read more » The post Under Lockdown, Israel Faces a… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel has signed diplomatic agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, two of its Arab neighbors, and the word “historic” has been used a lot. For Israel and the region, the so-called Abraham Accords signings truly were historic: There was a big ceremony… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Board of Education is resuming the distribution of weekday and weekend food boxes for Lakewood children today, after the USDA announced it would be extending the program. There will be weekday and weekend boxes available for pickup, free-of-charge…. Continue Reading →