Month January 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations pledged on Wednesday to combat the anti-Israel bias at Turtle Bay. “I look forward to standing with Israel, standing against the unfair targeting of… Continue Reading →
Yossi, the owner of a Jerusalem butcher shop, stepped in early to take some inventory one morning and was shocked by what he found: A man sleeping on the floor. The man, however, was not just any stranger. It was… Continue Reading →
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Linda Thomas-Greenfield called China “a strategic adversary” that threatens the world and expressed regret at a Senate hearing Wednesday on her nomination as United Nations ambassador for a speech she gave in 2019 that praised China’s… Continue Reading →
Watch this exciting new video (it was filmed yesterday!) “My personal shidduch story” by Rabbi Binyomin Pruzansky JOIN THE TEFILLAH ON THE DAY OF SEGULAH OF TU B’SHVAT – FOR FREE in 4 Holy Places!click here or visit www.YadLAchim.org or call 1-718-633-2340 AS THIS TU B’SHVAT, TALMIDEI CHACHAMIM,… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Watch this exciting new video (it was filmed yesterday!) “My personal shidduch story” by Rabbi Binyomin Pruzansky JOIN THE TEFILLAH ON THE DAY OF SEGULAH OF TU B’SHVAT – FOR FREE in 4 Holy Places! click here or visit www.YadLAchim.org or call 1-718-633-2340 AS THIS TU B’SHVAT,… Continue Reading →
A just-released study by a New Jersey-based healthcare system indicates that patients with mild symptoms of the virus who received hydroxychloroquine were “significantly less likely to end up in the hospital,” according to a published report in the Daily Record, dated… Continue Reading →
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A former teacher extradited from Israel after a six-year legal battle appeared in an Australian court Thursday to face child sex abuse charges. Israeli authorities extradited Malka Leifer this week after a long legal process that… Continue Reading →
What do the Stolin-Karliner Rebbe, Rosh Yeshivas Mir and Yair Lapid have in common? They all shared one of the last flights landing in Israel prior to the hermetic closure of Ben-Gurion Airport on Monday night at midnight. A photo… Continue Reading →
On Wednesday night, Erev Tu b’Shevat, Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky received a platter of fruit from the best of Israel’s produce. The platter came from HaRav Binyamin Krishner, one of Reb Chaim’s talmidim. HaRav Krishner used to bring the platter… Continue Reading →
An Italian doctor was indicted for allegedly murdering coronavirus patients last March in order to free up beds in the hospital’s overfilled coronavirus wards. Dr. Carlos Mosca, 47, the head of the emergency room at a hospital in the hard-hit… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (JTA) — Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel observed the finishing of a refurbished Torah scroll in an event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin on Wednesday. The 18th century Sulzbacher Torah, which survived the National Socialist Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood School District has partnered with Ocean Health Initiatives in hosting a vaccination event to assist in the efforts to vaccinate as many eligible individuals as possible. The event will take place in the Lakewood High School parking lot… Continue Reading →
California’s health director on Tuesday revealed the math behind the state’s calculation that it was safe to lift all remaining stay-at-home orders, a response to criticism that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s… Read more » The post California Discloses Math Behind Easing… Continue Reading →
Changing a foundational internet law to punish social media companies could have disastrous consequences for marginalized groups that depend on such platforms to engage in free expression online, a coalition… Read more » The post Advocates Urge Biden, Congress to… Continue Reading →
America’s new top diplomat took the helm of the State Department on Wednesday with a vow to rebuild the ranks of the foreign service and rely on its expertise as the Biden administration tries to restore U.S. global standing. On… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday paused or put under review a wide swath of Trump-era foreign policies as America’s new top diplomat took the helm of the State Department. The administration placed at least temporarily holds on… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Census Bureau is aiming to deliver the long-delayed numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by the end of April, but a holdup on redistricting data could disrupt… Read more » The post U.S. House Data Not Ready… Continue Reading →
Australia’s medical regulator has approved use of its first coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for inoculations to begin next month. The Therapeutic Goods Administration on Monday gave provisional approval for people aged 16 and over to use the vaccine developed… Continue Reading →
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that he will come up with a plan by Friday to address how New York City restaurants might reopen indoor dining, as his… Read more » The post Cuomo to Address Possible Reopening… Continue Reading →
Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of the Health Ministry’s Public Health division, condemned Israel’s policy on travel to and from the United Arab Emirates in recent months following the implementation of the Abraham Accords, Channel 13 News reported. “In two… Continue Reading →