Month March 2021
Germany has committed millions of dollars in extra funding to help ensure all Holocaust survivors are able to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, an organization that handles claims on behalf of Jewish victims said Wednesday. By virtue of their ages… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – As Americans slowly return to flying, airlines are dropping some of the changes they made early in the pandemic. Southwest Airlines has gone back to boarding passengers in lots of 30. During the pandemic, it restricted… Continue Reading →
Italy was dubbed “the land of death” this past year and the Jewish community celebrated Pesach last year under a dark shadow of gloom. Unfortunately, this year Italy has not yet fully emerged from the crisis, and Pesach will be… Continue Reading →
With the memory of the pandemic’s toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief law is offering states a generous funding boost for home- and community-based care as an alternative to institutionalizing disabled people. Advocates hope the estimated $12.7… Continue Reading →
No matter who you are or where in the world you live, one thing is clear: The year that passed from last Pesach to this one has been… unique. Corona-related lockdowns have had a particularly devastating impact on Israel’s… Continue Reading →
NY Gov. Cuomo and NY Health Commissioner Zucker directed health officials to prioritize the governor’s own family and figures with ties to his administration in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the Albany Times-Union reported. Cuomo’s brother, mother and… Continue Reading →
Chinese government officials are planning on inviting the Israelis and Palestinians to carry out peace talks in China, the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV channel reported on Wednesday. The report quoted Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi who is currently on a tour… Continue Reading →
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — An employee of the Colorado supermarket where a gunman killed 10 people watched as the assailant opened fire, and she narrowly escaped his notice while joining with other bystanders in a desperate scramble to get away…. Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declined to say Wednesday what his office is doing to ensure a safe work environment for two female aides who have accused him of sexually harassing or groping them. Speaking to… Continue Reading →
After 21 and a half years of marriage, a baby girl was born on Shabbos to a couple from Beit Shemesh nine months after fulfilling the instructions of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky. A year and a half ago, Itzik and… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden has asked Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the administration’s efforts to handle the wave of migrants on the United States’ southern border, putting her in charge… Read more » The post Vice President Kamala Harris Will… Continue Reading →
JARRATT, Va. (AP) — The governor signed legislation Wednesday making Virginia the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, a dramatic shift for the commonwealth, which had the second-highest number of executions in the U.S. The bills were the culmination… Continue Reading →
Bernard Offen knows hunger and despair. From ages 10 to 16, he survived five concentration camps during the Holocaust. Now 92, Offen divides his time between California and Poland, where… Read more » The post Organization Helps A Surprising Number… Continue Reading →
Ikea’s French subsidiary and several of its former executives went on trial Monday over accusations that they illegally spied on employees and customers. Trade unions reported the furniture and home goods company to French authorities in 2012, accusing it of… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] The Tidbits Haggadah provides clear and concise instructions for every step of the Seder including the shiur of a kezayis based on how many matzos are in your box. Download your free copy at klalgovoah.org/haggadah
ATLANTA (AP) — Police arrested a man who walked into an Atlanta grocery store with five guns and body armor on Wednesday, just days after a mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket, authorities said. Police were called shortly after 1:30… Continue Reading →
U.S. Supreme Court justices returned to the contentious issue of police powers on Wednesday as they grappled with whether to make it easier for officers to enter a home without… Read more » The post Supreme Court Wary of Limiting… Continue Reading →
The top Republican in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday blasted a sweeping election reform bill passed by the Democrat-led House of Representatives earlier this month as a “partisan power grab.”… Read more » The post Top Senate Republican Blasts Sweeping… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Of all the dilemmas Prime Minister Netanyahu could have faced after yet another inconclusive election, the possibility of teaming up with Ra’am, Mansour Abbas’s United Arab List (UAL), is the most poetic and poignant. Just six years… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — From the point of view of C-SPAN, the 2024 presidential campaign begins this Friday. The network is sending its cameras to suburban Des Moines, Iowa, to tape former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking to a… Continue Reading →