Month December 2020
JERUSALEM (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin) – He and his wife have been warned never to return to New York. He’s been mocked and demonized, as well as blamed for every bad thing that has happened in the last four years, including… Continue Reading →
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reviewed the agenda for an important ruling party congress set for early next month, state media reported Tuesday, dispelling outside speculation the North might delay the meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The… Continue Reading →
The U.S. warned Wednesday it won’t allow a Pakistani man who was convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl to evade justice after a… Read more » The post U.S. Says It Won’t Allow… Continue Reading →
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is weighing setting up the Javits Center in Manhattan as an emergency field hospital “out of an abundance of caution,” NBC New York reported on… Read more » The post Javits Center May Be Reutilized… Continue Reading →
The British government said on Wednesday more areas of England would be placed under the strictest COVID-19 restrictions as a highly infectious variant of the virus is spreading across the… Read more » The post U.K. Imposes Further English Lockdowns… Continue Reading →
Luke Letlow, Louisiana’s incoming Republican member of the U.S. House, died Tuesday night from complications related to COVID-19 only days before he would have been sworn into office. He was… Read more » The post Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dead… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – The U.S. policy of requiring products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank as “Made in Israel” took effect last week, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP published a notice in The Federal Register,… Continue Reading →
Iran’s Cabinet on Wednesday allocated $150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January, the official IRNA news… Read more » The post Iran Allocates $150,000 for Families… Continue Reading →
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. warned Wednesday it won’t allow a Pakistani man who was convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl to evade justice after a provincial court in Pakistan ordered his release…. Continue Reading →
By Tzivy Reiter, LCSW Resilience. It’s a word we’ve been hearing a lot during COVID-19. How can we build resilience during this crisis? There are no easy answers for how to cope, what to do, and how to keep it… Continue Reading →
The New York City Police Department is asking the public for help identifying a man who vandalized four different shuls in Midwood between 12:20 and 1:30 a.m. on December 26.… Read more » The post NYPD Searching for Man Who… Continue Reading →
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At least 16 people were killed and… Continue Reading →
Bitcoin on Wednesday jumped to a record $28,599.99, after the digital currency almost quadrupled in value this year amid heightened interest from bigger investors. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency was… Read more » The post Bitcoin Jumps to Record $28,600… Continue Reading →
The NYPD are searching for a man who allegedly wrote “derogatory phrases” at four Shuls over the past weekend. The NYPD tells YWN that that on Shabbos, December 26, 2020, between 12:20AM and 1:30AM, an unknown individual made graffiti using… Continue Reading →
It is with great sadness we inform you of the Petirah of Hayeled Alter Yerachmiel Gordon Z”L, of Lakewood. Alter Yerachmiel Z”L, son of R’ Sruly and Yochever, suffered from the Machlah for approximately four years. He was 9. The… Continue Reading →
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is signaling lawmakers have the votes to override President Trump‘s veto of a mammoth defense policy bill as soon as Wednesday. “The House voted to reapprove the conference report on this must-pass legislation. Today the Senate will set… Continue Reading →
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli jets fired missiles on targets near Damascus early on Wednesday, killing one Syrian soldier and wounding three, Syria’s military said. The after-midnight attack in the Zabadani region in the Damascus countryside targeted a Syrian air… Continue Reading →
A planned visit to Israel by Vice President Mike Pence was called off just days before he was due to arrive, the U.S. Embassy in Israel confirmed Wednesday. No reason… Read more » The post VP Pence’s Final Visit to… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A week after the tragic death of Ahuvia Sandak, who was killed when a police car rammed into the car he was travelling in during a high-speed chase, the affair is still making waves in Israel. Settlers… Continue Reading →
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, one of the founders of Blue and White, announced Wednesday that he would not run in Blue and White in the upcoming elections. Ashkenazi said he… Read more » The post Gabi Ashkenazi Quits Blue and… Continue Reading →