Month April 2021
A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation’s capital the 51st state.… Read more » The post DC Statehood Approved by House… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Two days before a Syrian surface-to-air missile flew into southern Israel in response to reported Israeli airstrikes on targets in the Damascus area, two suspicious Iranian cargo planes landed at Damascus International Airport, likely carrying advanced weapons,… Continue Reading →
As nuclear talks in Vienna continue, the tension between Israel and the Biden administration continues to grow, Axios reported on Wednesday. Both sides are frustrated about a “lack of trust, coordination, and transparency,” the report said. US and Israeli officials… Continue Reading →
Over 300 Rabbonim, Mashpiim, and the entire student body of Yeshiva in Morristown, New Jersey gathered Sunday night, Iyur 6, to celebrate a Siyum Hashas by a bochur of the yeshiva – Menachem Wagner. With the inspiration of his teachers… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who says she was shackled by police for hours while in active labor has settled a lawsuit against New York City for $750,000, her lawyers announced Thursday. The woman, who filed the lawsuit anonymously,… Continue Reading →
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DALLAS (AP) – A piece of copper that was struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in 1794 and was a prototype for the fledgling nation’s money will go up for auction Friday. Businessman and Texas Rangers co-chairman Bob Simpson… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday that a Syrian missile that reached deep into Israeli territory and set off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor was the result of a misfire and not a deliberate… Continue Reading →
In light of the recent attacks by Arabs against Jews in the city of Jerusalem during the recent week of Ramadan, police have raised their alert level in fear of reprisal attacks by Jewish teens against Arabs. According to a… Continue Reading →
Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday admitted the attempt to shoot down a Syrian missile, which was fired hours earlier and exploded in mid-air near Israel’s nuclear reactor, was “unsuccessful.”… Read more » The post IDF Investigating Syrian Missile Miss… Continue Reading →
Jordan released 16 people detained earlier this month over an alleged foreign-backed conspiracy linked to a former crown prince after King Abdullah II requested they be let go in honor… Read more » The post Jordan Releases Alleged Plotters Following… Continue Reading →
Turkey has invited Israel’s energy minister for a conference scheduled for June, which would be the highest-level visit of an Israeli official in many years. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu… Read more » The post Turkey Invites Israeli Energy Minister… Continue Reading →
TORONTO (AP) — Ontario Premier Doug Ford apologized Thursday for a failed attempt to ban playgrounds and allow police to stop and question people who were not in their homes — measures that created a backlash from police forces, health… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense minister on Thursday ordered troops back to their permanent bases following massive drills amid tensions with Ukraine, but said that they should leave their weapons behind in western Russia for another exercise later this year…. Continue Reading →
Following the decision of the High Court of Justice and the slow down of the process of making the Meoras HaMachpela accessible to disabled people, film student and social activist Ariel Livna from Sapir College set up a protest outside… Continue Reading →
All individuals released on parole could vote in New York under a bill that passed the Assembly on Wednesday and is now on its way to the governor. The legislation… Read more » The post All New Yorkers Released From… Continue Reading →
Calling a proposed New Jersey Natural Gas increase “preposterous” the Ocean County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution opposing the 25 percent rate hike. “Ocean County is home to one of the largest senior citizen populations in the state. Many… Continue Reading →
A judge sentenced a Bangladeshi immigrant whose pipe bomb mostly misfired in a busy New York City subway station in 2017 to life in prison on Thursday, calling the crime… Read more » The post Man Whose NYC Subway Pipe-Bomb… Continue Reading →
The world’s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly health care crisis. India is massive — it’s the world’s second-most populous country with nearly 1.4… Continue Reading →
HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida police motorcycle officers are facing charges that they issued dozens of bogus tickets to drivers they never pulled over. Hialeah officers Ernesto Arias Martinez, 23, and Armando Perez, 40, are facing multiple counts of… Continue Reading →