Month December 2020
JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior member of Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party resigned Tuesday, pushing the once-formidable movement farther toward collapse ahead of March elections. The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, dissolved last week after the government failed… Continue Reading →
The United States has started vaccinating its troops based in South Korea, as its Asian ally reported its highest daily COVID-19 fatalities amid surging cases in the country. The United States Forces Korea says in a statement it started inoculating… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans on Tuesday after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defense policy bill. A total of 109 Republicans, including… Read more » The post House Including 109 Republicans, Overrides… Continue Reading →
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Democrats’ push to immediately bring President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote, saying the chamber… Read more » The post Senate GOP Blocks Democratic Push… Continue Reading →
Official figures show more people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in England than at the first peak of the outbreak in the spring. There were 20,426 patients in hospitals as of Monday morning — the last day for which figures… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – In Israel, as in the United States, haredi Orthodox communities have been hard hit by the coronavirus. Now new data from the Israeli Ministry of Health shows that one in 132 haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, adults in Israel… Continue Reading →
The stabbing attack in Lakewood today was caught on surveillance camera, and exclusively obtained by TLS. The video shows the suspect walking from the direction of MLK Drive and into the rear of the Out To Lunch shopping plaza. As… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Monday (1/04/21)Morning Rebbetzin Rochel KanarekWife Sitting in Israel R’ Shlomo Chaim KanarekSon Sitting in Lakewood at 660 9th St, 08701 R’ Yitzchok KanarekSon 718-714-1066 R’ Tzvi KanarekSon Sitting in Israel Mrs. Raizy CohenDaughter Sitting in England. Can… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Democrats’ push to immediately bring President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote, saying the chamber would “begin a process” to address the… Continue Reading →
In the days before he detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas, Anthony Quinn Warner changed his life in ways that suggest he never intended to survive the blast that killed him and wounded three other people. Warner, 63,… Continue Reading →
The launch of a second round of PPP loans brings with it not only the prospect of financial relief but also an incredible opportunity to do a mitzvah. Eastern Union, in partnership with Torah Umesorah, will be donating 20 percent… Continue Reading →
Senate Republicans have blocked an attempt to increase direct stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000, after the Democrat-led House of Representatives approved a bill to do so, with the support of President Trump. A motion by Senate Majority Leader Chuck… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] It had been a week, and Chana knew something wasn’t right. Her typically bubbly 7-year-old Rivky had been quiet. She wouldn’t eat, at night she came to her room in tears from nightmares. She stared out the window with… Continue Reading →
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced on Tuesday afternoon that the order requiring all travelers returning to Israel from abroad to quarantine in state-run hotels has been canceled. Instead, passengers will be required to take a coronavirus test in the airport… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Could we be eating fake meat in the near future? This is what the Swiss-based World Economic Forum would have us believe. The organization has been touting fake meat produced from a 3D printer as a… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] For 100 years, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath has been the mosad impacting the future generations of klal yisrael. Established by Horav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz zt”l, and Rav Binyomin Wilhelm zt”l, the yeshiva has produced legions of leaders who have guided… Continue Reading →
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge ordered local election officials in Georgia to allow voting by more than 4,000 people whose eligibility was being challenged ahead of next week’s runoff elections for the U.S. Senate. U.S. District Judge Leslie… Continue Reading →
For 100 years, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath has been the mosad impacting the future generations of klal yisrael. Established by Horav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz zt”l, and Rav Binyomin Wilhelm zt”l, the yeshiva has produced legions of leaders who have guided us…. Continue Reading →
Russia’s updated statistics on coronavirus-linked deaths showed that over 100,000 people with COVID-19 had died in the pandemic by December, a number much higher than previously reported by government officials.… Read more » The post Russia’s Updated Stats on Virus-Linked… Continue Reading →
Dozens of Israelis quarantined in a hotel in Jerusalem after returning from abroad tried to break out on Monday night, Israeli media reports said. Conflict ensued at the entrance to the Leonardo Hotel as security guards forced them back inside…. Continue Reading →
New Jersey will vaccinate its populations according to a system of categories, Fox 5 NY reported. State residents will be divided into several groups: Category 1A, Category 1B and Category… Read more » The post New Jersey Unveils Vaccine Distribution… Continue Reading →