Month October 2020
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization’s Europe director said Thursday that the 54-country region has again reached a new weekly record for confirmed cases, with more than 1.5 million confirmed last week and more than 10 million since the… Continue Reading →
Following Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s statements on Tuesday that Holocaust denial is not banned on Twitter, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted: “Why is it a crime to raise doubts about the Holocaust?” Khamenei also claimed that Mohammad caricatures… Continue Reading →
Just days before the elections, Ivanka Trump today met privately with Misameach family members in Philadelphia, where she spoke with patients, and took individual pictures with them before signing the Misameach book. [Photo Credit: Yossi Rosenthal]
Governor Murphy announced that New Jersey voters have cast 3,006,541 ballots already in the upcoming election, which represents nearly 50% of the state’s registered electorate and is 76% of the total turnout in 2016. With 5 days to go before… Continue Reading →
SHECHEM (VINnews) — In an historic event at Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem, a Bris was performed at the site for the first time in two decades. The Tomb, which was ransacked by Palestinians in October 2000 at the beginning of… Continue Reading →
KAZRIN, ISRAEL (VINnews) — In the wake of last months normalization of ties between Irael and the UAE, The Golan winery announced that it has signed a deal to sell it wines in the United Arab Emirates. The distinguished Israeli… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Talk to the folks who handled the Israel file and who were close to Joe Biden between 2009 and 2017, and his boss, Barack Obama, more often than not comes up, even if not by name. Biden… Continue Reading →
With a change in the condition of Harav Dovid Soloveichik, shlita, a request has gone out for people to say Tehillim for Meshulam Dovid ben Alte Hendel b’soch sh’ar cholei Yisrael. The post Tehillim Requested for Harav Meshulam Dovid Soloveichik, Shlita appeared… Continue Reading →
The newest episode of Inside ArtScroll features a special interview with Naftali Horowitz, Managing Director and Financial Advisor with J.P. Morgan and author of the brand new book, You…Revealed. As a managing director of the nation’s largest investment bank, Naftali… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] When Malky, a hardworking single mother and sole provider for her children, was in a terrible car accident, her family’s life as they knew it fell apart. Malky was hit by a car this Chol Hamoed in Lakewood, and… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mrs. Diane SchmeltzSister R` Moshe GreenwaldSon R` Dovid GreenwaldSon Mrs. Ora LernerDaughter Mrs. Bassie FinkDaughter
Family getting up: R’ Yom Tov ArkingHusband R’ Moshe ArkingSon R` Avraham ArkingSon Mrs. Batsheva HeineyDaughter R` Chaim ArkingSon
Family getting up: R’ Yitzchok ProfesorskeFather Mrs. Rochel ProfesorskeMother Ms. Devorah ProfesorskeSister
The 2020 presidential election is widely expected to be unique in the annals of this quadrennial American tradition. With tens of millions expected to vote by absentee ballot due to… Read more » The post The Longest Election Day? appeared… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to pull back the veil on health care costs to encourage competition, the Trump administration on Thursday finalized a requirement for insurers to tell consumers up front the actual prices for common tests and procedures. A… Continue Reading →
It appears the Boro Park community really wants to show the MAGA support. Residents woke up on Thursday morning to find flags draped all across many street corners of 13th Avenue – in the heart of the Jewish community. Flags… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – American citizens born in Jerusalem are now allowed to list Israel as their place of birth on their U.S. passport, announced U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday. “Consistent with President [Donald] Trump’s Jerusalem Proclamation of… Continue Reading →
In heartening news regarding its ongoing litigation on behalf of shuls in New York State, Agudath Israel of America announced today that four amicus curiae (friend of the court” briefs) have been filed in the United States Court of Appeals… Continue Reading →
A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) is setting up a compensation fund for people in poor nations who might suffer any side-effects from COVID-19 vaccines, aiming… Read more » The post Under Pressure, WHO Plans COVID-19… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – With the final moments ticking down until Election Day, members of the New York area’s Jewish communities are planning a massive Trump rally on Sunday, with organizers hoping for a turnout of 10,000 people supporting… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – With the final moments ticking down until Election Day, members of the New York area’s Jewish communities are planning a massive Trump rally on Sunday, with organizers hoping for a turnout of 10,000 people supporting… Continue Reading →