Month November 2020
The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up without charges at the U.S. base in Cuba…. Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump isn’t abandoning his drive to overturn the election results in Wisconsin, despite state officials announcing a recount in Milwaukee County had only added to Democrat Joe Biden’s… Read more » The post Trump Vows to Press On… Continue Reading →
Carter Page, a former Trump campaign associate who was the target of a secret surveillance warrant during the FBI’s Russia investigation, says in a federal lawsuit that he was the… Read more » The post Carter APge Sues Over Russia… Continue Reading →
An investigation is underway after a dead pig was left at the doorstep of a Lakewood Rabbi. The small pig, discovered on Shabbos, was left just outside the Rabbi’s door. Lakewood’s Detective Bureau and CSI are investigating the incident- reportedly… Continue Reading →
A Republican candidate is hanging onto a single-digit lead in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District after a recount in a race that will help determine the size of Democrats’ majority in… Read more » The post Iowa GOP Congressional Candidate Holds… Continue Reading →
An Iranian diplomat suspected of masterminding a thwarted, state-sponsored bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France did not show up at a courthouse in Belgium on the opening day of his trial on terror charges Friday, invoking… Continue Reading →
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court on Saturday night threw out a lower court’s order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot in the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to thwart… Continue Reading →
The newest episode of Inside ArtScroll features Rabbi Yisroel Besser, renowned writer and biographer, who has just released a new volume on Nishmas. For the first time ever in English, Rabbi Besser gives us a whole new understanding of the magnificent words… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] You can be an artist! Jbrush Paint By Number Kits feature pictures Of Gedolim and Jewish Sites from the galleries of MD Yarmish, A Elbaz, L Karmel and others. Kits include an outlined and numbered canvas, numbered paints and… Continue Reading →
Police blocked protesters from marching in Poland’s capital as demonstrations took place across the country against an attempt to restrict abortion rights and recent police violence. Police and protesters played a game of cat and mouse in Warsaw as officers… Continue Reading →
The Bas Ayin, Harav Avraham Dov Ber of Ovritch was born in 5525/1765 in the Ukrainian town of Chmielnik. He married the daughter of the Rabbi of Ovritch and settled there. He would later take over the position as Rabbi of… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman As part of VINNEWS new podcast, Rabbi Yair Hoffman, the host, interviewed Malcolm Hoenlein. Below is a partial transcript of the podcast – filled with very valuable insights and information. — Listen to the Vos Iz… Continue Reading →
The British government appointed a vaccines minister on Saturday as it prepares to inoculate millions of people against the coronavirus, potentially starting within days. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Conservative lawmaker Nadhim Zahawi will oversee the country’s biggest vaccine program… Continue Reading →
The British government appointed a vaccines minister on Saturday as it prepares to inoculate millions of people against the coronavirus, potentially starting within days. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Conservative lawmaker Nadhim Zahawi will oversee the country’s biggest vaccine program… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and President Donald Trump late Friday appealed a federal judge’s ruling suspending service changes and requiring aggressive steps to ensure ballot… Read more » The post U.S. Appeals Ruling That Barred… Continue Reading →
The British government appointed a vaccines minister on Saturday as it prepares to inoculate millions of people against the coronavirus, potentially starting within days. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Conservative… Read more » The post U.K. Appoints Vaccines Minister to… Continue Reading →
Rav Shlomo Kanievsky and his yeshiva of over 500 students need our help to get through Covid! For this week only, all donors of $150 and up to Rav Shlomo Kanievsky’s yeshiva, Kiryas Melech – Rav Shlomo will submit your names to… Continue Reading →
The Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center raised the alarm on the rising number of new infection in a weekend report. The warning comes as Israel recorded over 1,000 new… Read more » The post Coronavirus Center Warns as New… Continue Reading →
Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday demanded the “definitive punishment” of those behind the killing of a scientist who led Tehran’s disbanded military nuclear program, as the Islamic Republic blamed Israel for a slaying that has raised fears of reignited tensions… 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 coronavirus outbreak. In some cases, elected officials are spending the… Continue Reading →
Los Angeles County announced a new stay-home order Friday as coronavirus cases surged out of control in the nation’s most populous county, banning most gatherings but stopping short of a full shutdown on retail stores and other non-essential businesses. The… Continue Reading →