Month January 2021
Q:Can a person pass up his basherte? I mean, is it possible for a person to let go of an opportunity for marriage that was ordained by Hashem? A: Now that’s a question that many people are confused about. Let’s… Continue Reading →
President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people… Read more » The post Biden to Propose 8-Year Citizenship… Continue Reading →
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it would not take into account calls by some Western countries to impose additional sanctions on Russia over the detention of opposition politician Alexei Navalny,… Read more » The post Kremlin Says Unfazed by Calls… Continue Reading →
Those under consideration include such disparate figures as Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former New York Assembly speaker, and the rapper Lil Wayne, who pleaded guilty last month to a gun charge. Rudolph W. Giuliani says he does not expect one, and… Continue Reading →
Extreme cold has hit large parts of Europe, with freezing temperatures cracking railroad tracks in Poland, snow blanketing the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul and smog spiking as more coal was being burned to generate heat. In Switzerland, a skier who… Continue Reading →
Nearly half of people in the U.K. hold some anti-Semitic views, according to a recent poll. Researchers from YouGov, a well-respected global polling company, and King’s College London (KCL) found… Read more » The post Poll: Nearly Half of Brits… Continue Reading →
Israel is giving weekly data updates on its COVID–19 outbreak to vaccine maker Pfizer under a collaboration agreement that may help other countries fine–tune their inoculation campaigns and achieve herd… Read more » The post Israel Sharing COVID-19 Data With… Continue Reading →
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was criticized in Parliament on Monday for refusing to commit to the renewal of a temporary welfare payment increase brought in last year to help… Read more » The post U.K.’s Johnson Criticized Over Lack… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump at this point is opting not to issue a pardon for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations for release… Read more » The post Trump Expected to Issue Some… Continue Reading →
Frustrated by the flow of coronavirus vaccine from the federal government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday floated the idea of buying shots for New Yorkers directly from one of the… Read more » The post Gov. Cuomo Explores Buying Vaccine… Continue Reading →
Housing Minister Rabbi Yaakov Litzman launched an attack on New Hope Party Chairman Gideon Saar following his statement in an interview Monday that he will allow supermarkets to remain open… Read more » The post Rabbi Litzman: Saar’s Intent to… Continue Reading →
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Israel on Monday recorded more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases. The Health Ministry said on Tuesday that 10,021 confirmed cases… Read more » The post For First Time, Daily Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
The acting Pentagon chief said on Monday the FBI is assisting the U.S. military in vetting more than 25,000 National Guard troops being deployed to assist in protecting the U.S.… Read more » The post Acting Pentagon Chief: No Indication… Continue Reading →
Following the report last week of the left-wing Israeli human rights group B’Tselem describing Israel as an “apartheid” state, Education Minister Yoav Gallant announced on Sunday that groups that dub Israel with false and derogatory names are barred from entering… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) The United States and Morocco signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Friday to combat all forms of anti-Semitism. The MOU was signed by Elan Carr, who leads the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Special Envoy to… Continue Reading →
Doctors at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem performed an emergency C- section on a pregnant woman ill with the coronavirus, delivering the baby in critical condition. Sadly, the baby died two days later, on Motzei Shabbos, Kan News… Continue Reading →
As coronavirus cases continue to soar in Israel despite the current strict lockdown, with the positivity rate on Monday standing at 9.1%, the highest in over two months, the Israeli government is considering banning all non-urgent travel from Israel. In… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry on Sunday published the full data-sharing deal it signed with Pfizer in response to criticism of the deal due to privacy concerns. Israel struck a deal with Pfizer, promising to share vast troves of medical data with… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry on Sunday published the full data-sharing deal it signed with Pfizer in response to criticism of the deal due to privacy concerns. Israel struck a deal with Pfizer, promising to share vast troves of medical data with… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing criticism over efforts to produce citizenship data to comply with an order from President Donald Trump, U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said Monday that he planned to resign with the change in presidential administrations. Dillingham… Continue Reading →
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) went on CNN on Monday, and made two statements that are simply outrageous, and we encourage our readers to watch both of the videos in this article. The CNN host asked Rep. Cohen whether rioters received… Continue Reading →