Month January 2021
BELGIUM (JTA) — Organizers of Belgium’s Aalst carnival have defended the mocking of Jews there as a good-natured satire at a counterculture parade that takes swipes at people of all faiths and races. But according to a recent complaint submitted… Continue Reading →
A rare gold coin made by a noted craftsman in New York in 1787 has sold at auction in Dallas for $9.36 million. Heritage Auctions offered the New York-style Brasher… Read more » The post Rare Gold Coin Sells for… Continue Reading →
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives will deliver an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, rejecting Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s request for a… Read more » The post House to Deliver Trump Impeachment… Continue Reading →
New York City’s Port Authority bus terminal, long ridiculed for leaky ceilings, dirty bathrooms and frequent delays, could be in for a major overhaul. The Port Authority of New York… Read more » The post Loathed Port Authority Bus Terminal… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of existing homes rose 0.7% in December, pushing the entirety of 2020 to a pace not seen in 14 years and providing one of the few bright spots for a U.S. economy mired in a global… Continue Reading →
The Senate on Friday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee, retired Army General Lloyd Austin, to serve as Secretary of Defense – the first black American in the role. The vote… Read more » The post Senate Confirms Lloyd Austin to… Continue Reading →
Fortune struck one man in the bakery aisle at the supermarket. Two others were working the night shift at a Subway sandwich shop. Yet another was plucked from a list… Read more » The post Lucky Few Hit COVID-19 Vaccine… Continue Reading →
The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $970 million ahead of Friday night’s drawing after more than four months without a winner, thanks to bad luck,… Read more » The post Nearly $1B Mega Millions Prize… Continue Reading →
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced the New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) was awarded $591,502,656 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution across the state. The Senators… Continue Reading →
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, launching the start of the former president’s trial on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly… Continue Reading →
The Religious-Zionist party Bayit Yehudi on Tuesday elected a female party head for the first time in its history – Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Chagit Moshe. Moshe received 472 votes, solidly defeating her competitor Nir Orbach, who won only 369 votes…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci says a lack of candor and facts about the coronavirus pandemic under President Donald Trump “very likely” cost lives because it delayed getting sound scientific advice to the country. “You know, it very likely did,”… Continue Reading →
A lot of controversy was recently stirred up when a TLS opinion piece largely blamed real estate agents for driving up the price of homes beyond the financial means of most Lakewood families. Some agreed with Mr. Bergman’s assertions, while… Continue Reading →
We are getting kicked out of our apartment!! Our family will soon be evicted from our apartment because we were not able to pay the rent for over half a year. My husband always worked hard to support us, but… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s main bus terminal, long ridiculed for leaky ceilings, dirty bathrooms and frequent delays, could be in for a major overhaul. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey unveiled a plan Thursday… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — Police in London said Friday that they have broken up a wedding attended by 400 people — despite a nationwide lockdown that bars households from mixing. The venue was a school whose principal died from the coronavirus… Continue Reading →
As YWN reported, the United Arab Emirates last week helped reunite two more Jewish Yemeni families who had been separated for 21 years. Rav Berel Lazer, the Chief Rabbi of Russia, who is currently visiting the UAE, used his personal… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] It is well known that the Jackson communities have had their fair share of legal struggles preventing them from building any proper Shuls or Mikvaos to service the communities. Bais Shabsi, located within the Lakewood municipality, but situated near… Continue Reading →
Members of the National Guard have been allowed back into the Capitol Complex after a slate of lawmakers voiced their outrage at guardsmen being banished to a parking garage as a rest area, multiple news outlets are reporting. The Guard… Continue Reading →
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — In an unprecedented display of violence, police last night lashed out at Bnei Brak residents after a clash with a local yeshiva which was open illegally had left two policemen lightly injured. The policemen used stun… Continue Reading →