Month January 2021
NEW YORK (JNS) – As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage throughout the world and within Jewish communities—and especially in light of the new virus variants discovered in the United Kingdom and South Africa—public-health guidance dictates continued mask-wearing and social… Continue Reading →
An individual named Moshe Meisels wrote the attached letter to President Trump asking for Eli Weinstein to be pardoned. The man says he is owed $23 Million by Weinstein, but still wrote to the President pleading to have Weinstein pardoned…. Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted a full pardon to Aviem Sella, the handler of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, as part of the outgoing president’s spree of clemency actions in his last hours in office. Pollard, a former Navy… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States at noon. The ceremony will begin at 11 AM. Watch live below.
THULASENDRAPURAM, India (AP) — People in a tiny Indian village surrounded by rice paddies flocked to a Hindu temple, burst crackers and uttered prayers Wednesday hours before its descendant, Kamala Harris, takes her oath of office to become the U.S…. Continue Reading →
President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in on Wednesday as the next president of the United States on an Inauguration Day that will look like no other in modern history. In a major break with tradition, President Donald Trump and… Continue Reading →
A New York City police officer will face disciplinary charges for the shooting death of an unarmed man during a traffic dispute. Wayne Isaacs will face second-degree assault charges from… Read more » The post NYPD Officer to Be Charged… Continue Reading →
Q: What do you think about the election of Carter to be our next President? A: I haven’t the slightest knowledge about Carter. But I hope that Hakodosh Boruch Hu will give Him His blessings and give him success. Now… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — His term at an end, President Donald Trump said farewell to Washington on Wednesday but also hinted about a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter divisions in the country he led for four years…. Continue Reading →
Coronavirus patients in New York hospitals have reached their highest numbers since May, as the state begins to run out of vaccine doses. State hospitalizations stand at 9,236, and in… Read more » The post NY Hospitalizations Highest Since the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, television networks left the mute button unused. They covered Trump’s farewell address at Joint Base Andrews, the opening event of a most unusual inauguration day, from beginning to end… Continue Reading →
One person was missing after a building collapsed in a central Madrid explosion, Telemadrid broadcaster said on Wednesday. A reporter for TVE public broadcaster said several people had been injured,… Read more » The post Building Collapses in Central Madrid… Continue Reading →
French President Emmanuel Macron hoped on Tuesday that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will show a greater military commitment to fight against Islamic extremists in several theaters of conflict and especially in the Middle East. Macron, who made his New Year’s… Continue Reading →
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery players will have another shot at the third-largest jackpot in U.S. history after Tuesday night’s drawing didn’t turn up a winner. The Mega Millions top prize climbed to an estimated $970 million, the biggest… Continue Reading →
By Yehudit Garmaise On Sunday, Jan. 10, Kapayim of Boro Park, which provides support to families in medical crises, made a special event of appreciation for the organization’s longtime supporter, Reb Moshe Mendel Mendlowitz, a”h, who passed away in April. … Continue Reading →
Israel is set to scrap the age limit for vaccinations against coronavirus with a meeting on the issue scheduled for later in the day, a senior Health Ministry official said… Read more » The post Israel Mulls Scrapping Age Limit… Continue Reading →
Hatzolah’s Auction is back and better than ever with Winning Wednesday. Today only, if you enter to win one of our amazing prize packages for $100 or more, we will double your tickets automatically for FREE. Yes, that means that… Continue Reading →
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, the Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovezh, has been asked a number of questions recently regarding vaccinations against COVID-19. The first question concerned a woman in the fourth month of pregnancy who was advised by… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has spent much of his long career casting Israel’s Arab minority as a potential fifth column led by terrorist sympathizers, is now openly courting their support as he seeks reelection in the… Continue Reading →