Month September 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China were blocked Monday from shipping their products to the U.S. because of their suspected reliance on forced labor from people detained as part of a massive campaign against… Continue Reading →
בס”ד יום א’ סליחות תש”פ Dear Friends ! While the world was grieving the terrible Panademic, there has also been an awful financial impact for our Mekubolim at our Holy Yeshiva. The inability to raise money around the world and listening… Continue Reading →
The two largest lenders in the United Arab Emirates and Israel, Emirates NDB and Bank Hapoalim, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) as the two countries move to forge ties,… Read more » The post Bank Hapoalim Signs MoU with… Continue Reading →
Hospitalized Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is making further progress and has been completely weaned off mechanical ventilation, Berlin’s Charite hospital said on Monday. “He is currently undergoing mobilization and is… Read more » The post Navalny Making Further Progress Recovering… Continue Reading →
Verizon, the country’s largest phone company, is buying prepaid phone seller Tracfone for up to $6.9 billion, expanding its low-income customer business. Tracfone, a subsidiary of Mexico telecom giant America… Read more » The post Verizon to Buy Prepaid Phone… Continue Reading →
Further details are emerging on the signing of the normalization agreements planned for the White House on Tuesday, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahus’ plans during the visit.… Read more » The post 1,000 People to Attend Signing… Continue Reading →
At least ten pro-Iran militants were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes near the Syria-Iraq border on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. The SOHR said that at least six powerful explosions occurred in the Deir Ezzor region… Continue Reading →
An American lawyer told an extradition hearing in Britain for Julian Assange on Monday that the WikiLeaks founder faces decades in prison if he is convicted on spying charges in… Read more » The post US Lawyer Says Assange Faces… Continue Reading →
Main streets were less crowded as Indonesia’s capital began two weeks of social restrictions Monday to curb a rise of coronavirus infections that has pushed its critical-care hospital capacity to… Read more » The post Indonesia’s Capital Under Virus Order,… Continue Reading →
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ISRAEL (JTA) – Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue will be closed during the High Holidays for the first time since it opened more than 60 years ago. In a statement on Sunday, the synagogue cited the risk of worshippers passing the coronavirus… Continue Reading →
Usually when a young girl becomes kallah, it’s an occasion to wish her a hearty “Mazel Tov”. For Malka Raz who recently got engaged, wishing her “Mazel Tov” might cause her to cry rather than smile. That is because her… Continue Reading →
Double Whammy: TSA officers found this gun-looking knife in a passenger’s carry-on at Newark Airport
TSA officers today detected this knife among a traveler’s carry-on items at Newark Airport. The knife folds into its sheath, which is shaped like a gun. “Let’s review: No knives on planes and no replica guns on planes. Double whammy!”… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s largest bank announced on Monday that it had signed an agreement with the biggest bank in Dubai ahead of the establishment of formal diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Israel and the UAE… Continue Reading →
Ebrahim Dahood Nonoo, the head of the tiny Jewish community in Bahrain, welcomed the announcement of the country’s peace deal with Israel, saying: “This is a historic moment that we have never expected to see in our lifetime.” The statement… Continue Reading →
She was Moser Nefesh for Torah and her father,and her life today is in real danger. One of the Rebbetzin Leah Kolodetzkys’ Nieces, A single 24 Year old Bais Yaakov Teacher assumed responsibility for the finances of her fathers yeshiva… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – The company that runs New York Sports Club and Lucille Roberts gyms filed for bankruptcy protection with COVID-19, still prevalent in man parts of the U.S., gutting membership rolls at fitness companies nationwide. Gold’s Gym sought… Continue Reading →
The latest statistics on building starts in Israel add another layer of gloom to the economic picture: New home construction was down in the second quarter of 2020 some 27… Read more » The post Building in Israel Starts Down… Continue Reading →
Israel should not protect a former Mexican official believed to be residing there, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Monday, adding that Israel had been informed of an… Read more » The post Mexico Seeks Arrest of Former… Continue Reading →
We thought when we stood in shul last year on Rosh Hashana saying the words of U’nesane Tokef that we understood the full meaning of the prayer penned by Rabbi Amnon on his deathbed in Mainz centuries ago. How wrong… Continue Reading →
We thought when we stood in shul last year on Rosh Hashana saying the words of U’nesane Tokef that we understood the full meaning of the prayer penned by Rabbi Amnon on his deathbed in Mainz centuries ago. How wrong… Continue Reading →