Month November 2020
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Former Zappos CEO and tech entrepeneur Tony Hsieh has died from injuries incurred after a fire broke out in a Connecticut house where he was visiting family. The 46-year-old Hsieh, who recently retired from Zappos, had… Continue Reading →
An opinion piece published by a hard-line Iranian newspaper on Sunday suggested Iran should attack the Israeli port city of Haifa if Israel carried out the killing of a scientist linked to its disbanded military nuclear program. Though the hard-line… Continue Reading →
An opinion piece published by a hard-line Iranian newspaper on Sunday suggested Iran should attack the Israeli port city of Haifa if Israel carried out the killing of a scientist linked to its disbanded military nuclear program. Though the hard-line… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that if the coronavirus infection rate continues to rise the government will halt the easing of lockdown curbs and tighten the ones that have… Read more » The post Netanyahu Warns of Halt to… Continue Reading →
Sixty-two people were involved in the plan to eliminate the “father” of Iran’s nuclear program Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, according to Iranian journalist Mohamad Ahwaze, who discovered the information through leaks of senior Iranian officials, The Sun reported. Ahwaze reported that according… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — While Prime Minister Netanyahu and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had hoped to achieve a Saudi agreement for normalization with Israel during last week’s secret meeting, Saudi crown prince Mohammed Ben Salman had other ideas. The results… Continue Reading →
Iran on Friday announced that all government offices will effectively close and operate with only essential staff, further tightening coronavirus measures as the country struggles to contain its most widespread wave of infection yet. Starting this Saturday — the first… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court on Monday is set to take up President Donald Trump’s unprecedented and contentious effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate House of… Read more » The post Supreme Court Weighs Trump Bid… Continue Reading →
Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com, who spent years working to transform the city’s downtown area, has died. He was 46. Hsieh was with family when he died Friday, according to DTP Companies, which… Continue Reading →
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — ZAKA volunteer Chaim Rechnitzer, one of the founders of the Tel Aviv section of the ZAKA organization which is devoted to maintaining the honor of the dead, collapsed and died while performing Taharah on a deceased… Continue Reading →
Ethiopia’s military has gained “full control” of the capital of the defiant Tigray region, the army announced Saturday, and the prime minister said the taking of Mekele marked the “completion” of an offensive that started nearly four weeks ago. The… Continue Reading →
Another top New Jersey official is in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 — this time the state’s top health official. Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, 71, will work from home until Dec. 8 after a staffer tested positive… Continue Reading →
Q: Should a wealthy father-in-law support his son-in-law in Kollel even if he’s not such a serious learner? A: You have to know that today, when you leave the yeshiva, it’s like going out of the teivah of Noach. Suppose… Continue Reading →
When Turkey changed the way it reports daily COVID-19 infections, it confirmed what medical groups and opposition parties have long suspected — that the country is faced with an alarming surge of cases that is fast exhausting the Turkish health… Continue Reading →
The defiant Rebbe of the chasidic sect that held a massive secret wedding in Brooklyn told his followers days later, “We won’t surrender.” Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, the spiritual leader of the Satmar sect in upstate Kiryas Joel, was just as… Continue Reading →
The defiant Rebbe of the chasidic sect that held a massive secret wedding in Brooklyn told his followers days later, “We won’t surrender.” Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, the spiritual leader of the Satmar sect in upstate Kiryas Joel, was just as… Continue Reading →
Acclaimed magician & mentalist Marc Garfinkel will be back with even more NEVER SEEN BEFORE MAGIC TRICKS streaming online TODAY Sunday, November 29th at 12pm EST and 5pm EST! Access to the show is only $9.99 for an entire family!… Continue Reading →
Faulting inaction in Washington, governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the widening… Read more » The post With No Action by Washington,… Continue Reading →
Britain has secured two million doses of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, to be available in Europe as early as the spring, the government said on Sunday, in addition to… Read more » The post U.K. Secures Two Million More… Continue Reading →
The budget framework for 2021 has been completed, Finance Minister Yisrael Katz announced on Motzoei Shabbos. Katz said he will present the framework itself, as well as a package of… Read more » The post Finance Minister Katz: 2021 Budget… Continue Reading →