Month January 2021
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook lambasted social media companies, though without naming them, accusing them of prioritizing user attention and data collection at the cost of allowing and even rewarding dangerous conspiracies, extremism and polarization. “Too… Continue Reading →
Q: How should we celebrate Tu B’shvat? A: There was a minhag in Yerushalayim – I don’t know if they do it there today, but in the olden days there was a minhag that chachomim came together the night of Chamisha Asar… Continue Reading →
When the U.K. surpassed 100,000 coronavirus dead this week, it was much more than just a number to Justin Fleming. Lying in a hospital bed with COVID-19, he knew how easily he could have become one of them, were it… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — NBC has removed a report about hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby group, by a top Biden security official’s family foundation, saying the article did not meet its standards. The article,… Continue Reading →
The 28 members of the state Assembly Republican caucus sent a letter Thursday to Speaker Craig Coughlin urging legislative hearings on the effects of the pandemic on residents and the state. Republicans called for a half-dozen meetings to hear personal… Continue Reading →
Jordan has lodged a protest with Israel over alleged interference with its restoration work at the al-Aqsa mosque compound on Har Habayis, according to The Media Line on Thursday. What… Read more » The post Jordan Protests Alleged Israeli Interference… Continue Reading →
The mutant strain of the coronavirus that emerged in South Africa has arrived in the United States. Two cases were diagnosed in South Carolina in people who did not come… Read more » The post South African Strain Found in… Continue Reading →
Oregon health workers who got stuck in a snowstorm on their way back from a COVID-19 vaccination event went car to car injecting stranded drivers before several of the doses… Read more » The post Health Workers Stuck in Snow… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Teachers at a Jerusalem school began to be concerned about children from the ‘Cohen’ family, as they arrived at school in increasingly tattered and mismatched clothing. When one seven year old girl came with only bread for her lunch,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — One of Joe Biden’s first acts as president was to issue an executive order cancelling the Keystone XL oil and gas pipeline project approved by his predecessor. The pipeline was to carry millions of gallons of… Continue Reading →
Juicy news! The Mystery Fruitday Giveaway is still on! It’s still Tu B’shvat isn’t it? Yes, you can win up to 40X Your Tickets today too! Don’t miss out on this fruitful opportunity. Orange you excited? The mystery fruitday giveaway… Continue Reading →
The dissolution of the Joint Arab List became official on Thursday as the Knesset registered the decision of the four parties in the alliance to run separately in the March… Read more » The post Joint List Breakup Becomes Official… Continue Reading →
Iraqi security forces have killed Abu Yaser al-Issawi, an Islamic State commander who had claimed to be the leader of the group in Iraq and its “deputy caliph”, Prime Minister… Read more » The post Senior Islamic State Figure Killed… Continue Reading →
HONG KONG (AP) — A 72-year-old bottle of Glen Grant single malt whisky from Scotland is expected to fetch more than $38,000 in an auction in Hong Kong on Friday. It is the first time that the 1948 Glen Grant… Continue Reading →
BAGHDAD (JTA) – On Jan. 27, 1969, nine Jews were hanged in Tahrir Square in the center of Baghdad as half a million people looked on. It was the climax of a campaign of persecution that followed the establishment of Israel, which in turn… Continue Reading →
Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party won the preliminary stage of its fight to double fines for violators of coronavirus regulations, as a Knesset committee on Thursday voted to report… Read more » The post Knesset Doubles Down on Corona… Continue Reading →
Israeli leaders played down on Thursday a possible Biden administration review of U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates that girded the Gulf power’s rapprochement with Israel. Washington said… Read more » The post Israel Plays Down Possible Biden… Continue Reading →
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — When Liz Cheney, the third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, decided to vote to impeach a president from her own party, she knew she’d cause some waves. She might not have expected the seismic impact… Continue Reading →
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that lawmakers will begin work on a robust COVID-19 relief package as early as next week, while the White House denied… Read more » The post U.S. Senate to Begin Work… Continue Reading →
A Russian court on Thursday rejected opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal of his arrest while authorities detained several of his allies and issued warnings to social media companies after tens… Read more » The post Navalny Defiant as Russian Court… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden will act Thursday to get more people health insurance in the middle of the raging coronavirus pandemic, a down payment on his pledge to push the U.S.… Read more » The post New Biden Healthcare Orders Begin… Continue Reading →