Month January 2021
At his daily press conference today, Governor Phil Murphy said that New Jersey desperately needs more vaccine doses for the state to be able to ramp up its program, which he asserts is working well, despite the amount of time… Continue Reading →
My parents, Tzvi Zev and Rivka Rahsha Zylberman, married in World War I, and, out of a total of 50 family members, only 3 survived the ravages of the Second World War. My father ran a successful fabric business, with… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning of the potential for lingering violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after President Joe Biden’s election. The department did not cite a specific threat,… Continue Reading →
The United Nations has joined other critics of Israel in accusing it of denying coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinians while it inoculates its own population, a charge that Israel vehemently… Read more » The post Israel Refutes Accusations of Vaccine… Continue Reading →
The Justice Department announced it had reached a settlement deal with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, concluding the federal government’s investigation into corruption among union leaders in the manufacturing city of Detroit.… Read more » The post Justice Department Reaches Settlement with… Continue Reading →
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump has lost his social media megaphone, the power of government and the unequivocal support of his party’s elected leaders. But a week after leaving the White House in disgrace, a large-scale Republican defection… Continue Reading →
HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky’s grandson, Reb Gedalia Honigsberg, spoke about how the difficult situation in the Chareidi sector in Israel is making itself known in the Gadol HaDor’s home in recent days, in an article published last week in HaBama…. Continue Reading →
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The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security has issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin today after consultation with the intelligence community and law enforcement partners. “There is currently a heightened threat environment across the United States that is likely… Continue Reading →
U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to the U.N. condemned the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel during her Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a… Read more » The post Nominee for UN Ambassador Condemns… Continue Reading →
President Biden has commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a statement Wednesday that nodded to the prevalence of anti-Semitism today, including a reference to Charlottesville. “We must pass the history of the Holocaust on to our grandchildren and their grandchildren… Continue Reading →
The Luxembourg government signed a deal Wednesday to restitute dormant bank accounts, insurance policies and looted art to Holocaust survivors. The agreement announced on International Holocaust Remembrance Day will provide… Read more » The post Luxembourg Signs Restitution Deal for… Continue Reading →
At the pandemic’s peak, the housing market slowed to a temporary crawl, but every month since then it’s been making up for lost time. The year-end data from 2020 upholds the anecdotal evidence of a very competitive, ever-changing market. Comparing… Continue Reading →
(January 27, 2021 / JNS) In the wake of the Abraham Accords and in honor of International Holocaust Memorial Day on Jan. 27, individuals from the group Sharaka held an event to memorialize victims of the Holocaust and to promote… Continue Reading →
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The Luxembourg government signed a deal Wednesday with the World Jewish Restitution Organization to pay reparations and to restitute dormant bank accounts, insurance policies as well as looted art to Holocaust survivors. The deal announced on International… Continue Reading →
A North Korean diplomat who served as the country’s acting ambassador to Kuwait has defected to South Korea, according to South Korean lawmakers who were briefed by Seoul’s spy agency. Ha Tae-keung, a conservative opposition lawmaker and an executive secretary… Continue Reading →
The Knesset voted on Wednesday to approve lockdown rules over objections from the Blue and White party, which is seeking to raise the fines on violators. MKs voted 34 to… Read more » The post Knesset Votes to Extend Lockdown… Continue Reading →
Israel’s population in Yehuda and Shomron has grown at a far higher rate than the country as a whole over the last four years, a right-wing group said Wednesday, a… Read more » The post Report: Yehuda and Shomron Population… Continue Reading →
A survivor of the Holocaust and a young Jewish immigrant spoke about their lives in Germany at a special parliamentary session Wednesday commemorating the victims of the Holocaust 76 years… Read more » The post Germany Remembers Auschwitz Liberation in… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden will take a batch of executive actions on Wednesday to combat climate change, including pausing new oil and gas leases on federal land, cutting fossil fuel subsidies… Read more » The post Biden to Target Drilling, Fossil… Continue Reading →