Month January 2021
A massive snowstorm is expected to slam into the tri-state area on Sunday night, dumping as much as a foot and a half of snow on New York and New… Read more » The post 36 Hour Snowstorm in Tri-State… Continue Reading →
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been deployed to eleven states to help set up vaccination sites after President Joe Biden ordered the agency to respond to the pandemic at… Read more » The post FEMA to Assist Vaccination Sites… Continue Reading →
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Scheiner, z’tl, Rosh Yeshivas Kaminetz and member of Degel HaTorah’s Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah, was niftar of the coronavirus on Sunday at the age of 98. The bitter news of the Rosh Yeshivah’s petirah came amid the levaya… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM(JNS) — A Palestinian terrorist was shot and killed on Sunday morning during an attempted stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction in Judea and Samaria, the Israeli military reported. “A terrorist armed with three knives attached to a stick… Continue Reading →
The Los Angeles Times reports that one of the largest vaccination sites in the nation temporarily shut down Saturday because dozen of protesters blocked the entrance, stalling hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours. Officials say… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday. Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier,… Continue Reading →
Travelers on airplanes and public transportation like buses and subways will be required to wear face masks starting next week to curb the spread of COVID-19. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a mask-wearing rule late Friday… Continue Reading →
The government’s top infectious disease expert said Friday he hopes to see some kids starting to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in the next few months. It’s a needed step to securing widespread immunity to the virus. Vaccines are not yet… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) — In a groundbreaking discovery, Israeli archaeologists have recovered scraps of fabric dyed in royal purple, also known as true purple, dating back to the era of the biblical King David. The remnants of woven fabric, a tassel… Continue Reading →
The Democratic push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has emerged as an early flashpoint in the fight for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, testing President Joe Biden’s ability to bridge Washington’s partisan divides as… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Torah world mourns the passing of Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, the last surviving son of Rabbi Yitzchak Ze’ev of Brisk, the Brisker Rov, who passed away in Jerusalem Sunday at the age of 99. Rabbi Soloveitchik… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the petirah of Harav Yitzchak Scheiner, the Rosh Yeshiva of Kaminetz and member of the Degel Mo’etzes Hatorah. He was 98.
The Torah world suffered yet another great loss on Sunday, with the petirah in Yerushalayim of Hagaon Harav Yitzchak Scheiner , zt”l, venerated Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Kamenitz in Yerushalayim… Read more » The post Hagaon Harav Yitzchak Scheiner, Zt”l,… Continue Reading →
International troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline envisaged by the insurgent Taliban’s deal with the United States, four senior NATO officials said, a move that could… Read more » The post NATO Sources: Foreign Troops to… Continue Reading →
The British government said Saturday that it does not expect any disruptions to its orders for coronavirus vaccines after the European Union emphasized it would not trigger an emergency provision… Read more » The post U.K. Sees Smooth Vaccine Supplies… Continue Reading →
Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers, Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s office announced Sunday. It was the first… Read more » The post Israel to Give Some Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
Clinical trial data on two COVID-19 vaccines show that a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa is lessening their ability to protect against the illness, underscoring the need to… Read more » The post Fresh Data Show Toll South… Continue Reading →
A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday visited the seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many… Read more » The post WHO Teams Visits Wuhan Food… Continue Reading →
Klal Yisrael is urged to daven for the refuah sheleimah of Hagaon Harav Yitzchak Sheiner, shlita, elderly Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Kamenitz in Yerushalayim, who is now listed in critical… Read more » The post Urgent Tefillos Requested as Harav… Continue Reading →
Thousands of people took to the streets Sunday across Russia’s vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up a wave of nationwide protests that… Read more » The post Russia Arrests 750 Protesters Demanding… Continue Reading →