Month September 2020
It was 13 years ago, in the middle of a frigid winter, when my well-ordered world turned upside down. I watched my husband breathe his last while trapped in a living tomb: a wrecked car on the side of the… Continue Reading →
The walls of Ben-Gurion airport are witness to a sight not seen in months as Israelis fill the airport like the pre-coronavirus days of yore. It seems as if tens of thousands of Israeli booked tickets out of the country… Continue Reading →
Luis Fux, the first Jewish justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court, who was unanimously chosen in June to be the Chief Justice of the court, ended his swearing-in ceremony speech with the Hebrew words “Baruch Hashem,” a JTA report said. “May… Continue Reading →
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fielding compelling questions about voters’ real-world problems, President Donald Trump denied during a televised town hall Tuesday that he had played down the threat of the coronavirus earlier this year, although there is an audio recording of… Continue Reading →
MANAMA (JTA) – Ebrahim Dahood Nonoo, the leader of Bahrain’s tiny Jewish community, was among the Gulf country’s approximately 50 Jews who thought peace with Israel would never arrive “in our lifetimes.” “It just didn’t seem possible,” Nonoo told the… Continue Reading →
The city of Louisville agreed to pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced Tuesday, months after Taylor’s slaying by police thrust the Black woman’s name to the forefront… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – CNBC’s Jim Cramer apologized Tuesday for calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “crazy Nancy” during an interview, saying he was trying to make a point about Washington intolerance that fell flat. The fast-talking former hedge fund trader,… Continue Reading →
New York will begin allowing visitors to see loved ones at nursing homes that have been coronavirus-free for 14 days, up from 28 days under previous rules, the health commissioner said Tuesday. The policy goes into effect Thursday, Health Commissioner… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – Abraham Foxman, the former longtime leader of the Anti-Defamation League, has broken his tradition of not endorsing political candidates to back Joe Biden, arguing that President Donald Trump is a “demagogue” whose reelection would be a… Continue Reading →
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — At least seven people have died in connection to a coronavirus outbreak that continues to sicken people in Maine following a wedding reception held over the summer that violated state virus guidelines, public health authorities said…. Continue Reading →
Not many American Yeshivas in Israel have been around for 40+ years. Ohr David has! Part of that success and siyata dishmaya comes from the fact that we have never turned a student away for financial reasons. If we can… Continue Reading →
Not many American Yeshivas in Israel have been around for 40+ years. Ohr David has! Part of that success and siyata dishmaya comes from the fact that we have never turned a student away for financial reasons. If we can… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Even though Scientific American had never endorsed a presidential candidate in the magazine’s 175-year history, its top editor said Tuesday there was little internal debate over a decision to back Democrat Joe Biden. Editor-in-Chief Laura Helmuth… Continue Reading →
A detailed look at COVID-19 deaths in U.S. kids and young adults released Tuesday shows they mirror patterns seen in older patients. The report examined 121 deaths of those younger than 21, as of the end of July. Like older… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed a record-breaking 4,973 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday morning. The number of active cases is 40,689, with 533 seriously ill patients, of whom 140 are ventilated. The death toll has risen to 1,141. Transportation regulations for… Continue Reading →
Businessman Meir Gurvitz announced that he is giving up on his bid to acquire El Al Airlines, Globes reported on Tuesday. “In the circumstances that have arisen, and in the light of the opposition of the Finance Ministry to a… Continue Reading →
Watch R’ YY Jacobson LIVE this Wednesday, 8:30 NY TIME on Zoom for Yad L’Achim. Also live Q&A after event TOPIC: Hidden Secrets from the Arab Villages for Rosh Hashana Visit WWW.YADEVENT.COM to join the event live or click on the image below… Continue Reading →
William H. Gates Sr., a Seattle law firm founder and civic leader who helped his son, tech billionaire Bill Gates, establish what became the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one… Read more » The post William Gates Sr. Dies at… Continue Reading →
The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, asked members of his government to contact Ukrainian authorities in order to obtain an assurance of “safe passage” for the Chassidim currently sitting on the border between the two countries. According to a report… Continue Reading →
The Mayflower is taking to the water in Plymouth harbor. It’s not the ship that left this southwest England port 400 years ago carrying Pilgrim settlers to America. The sleek… Read more » The post 400 Years Later, a New… Continue Reading →