Month May 2021

As the covid pandemic continues to ebb, Israeli health officials are contemplating an end to the requirement of wearing face masks indoors within two weeks. This was the latest step… Read more » The post Israel Looks to Lift Indoor… Continue Reading →

Colonial Pipeline’s CEO on Wednesday acknowledged to the Wall Street Journal that his company paid a $4.4 million ransom to hackers as executives were unsure how badly its systems were… Read more » The post Colonial Pipeline CEO Acknowledges Paying… Continue Reading →

Gordon Sondland, the Trump administration’s ambassador to the European Union and a pivotal witness in 2019 impeachment proceedings, sued former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday in an effort… Read more » The post Key Impeachment Witness Sues Pompeo… Continue Reading →

The White House said Monday that President Joe Biden is awaiting an infrastructure counteroffer from Senate Republicans after a core group of GOP negotiators rejected his latest $1.7 trillion proposal, leaving the fragile talks on a compromise at a standstill… Continue Reading →

I recently participated in a 16 hour table-top exercise training by FEMA at the Tony Canale New Jersey Regional Operations & Intelligence Center (NJ ROIC). The ROIC serves as New Jersey’s primary focal point for information sharing and intelligence production needed… Continue Reading →

Iran and the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agreed on Monday to a one-month extension to a deal on surveillance cameras at Tehran’s atomic sites, buying more time for ongoing negotiations seeking to save the country’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers…. Continue Reading →

A veteran Mossad official, who Israeli media said specialized in recruiting agents to work against Iran and its proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon, was named on Monday as the Israeli intelligence… Read more » The post Veteran Mossad Official Named Agency’s… Continue Reading →

New Jersey will no longer require masks indoors starting Friday, May 28, Governor Phil Murphy announced at a press conference on Monday. Additionally, the 6 feet social distancing requirement will… Read more » The post Murphy Announces NJ’s Mask Mandate… Continue Reading →

Stocks are broadly higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday as investors regained an appetite for risk after the market notched two straight weeks of losses. The S&P 500… Read more » The post Stocks Rise After Two Weeks… Continue Reading →

Chava Vaknin, z’l, 73, of Holon, who was seriously injured while running to a bomb shelter to protect herself from rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, died of her injuries on Sunday. The death toll from the 11-day Operation Guardian… Continue Reading →

Governor Murphy announced at his daily press conference that effective Friday, May 28th, the indoor mask mandate in New Jersey will be lifted. Murphy had been one of only a handful of governors who kept his state’s indoor mask mandate… Continue Reading →

On May 12, a Palestinian rocket struck the Ashkelon home of 88-year-old Uri Kimhi, reducing his living room to rubble. A neighbor who rushed in, yelling “You okay, Uri?” and… Read more » The post Ashkelon Resident, 88, Unbowed by… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED]  Readers around the world have followed the story of the Kirschbaum family, who lost a son in the Meron Lag Ba’Omer tragedy. Their lost son, however, is not the main source of the headlines: Six-year-old Malki Kirschbaum has a… Continue Reading →

The grandson of a pediatrician, Jacob (Coby) Fliegelman has a deep appreciation for medicine and an unwavering desire to be a physician in order to make a difference in people’s lives. As the valedictorian of Lander College of Arts and… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] The New Seminary invites you to a Virtual Open House. Learn about a Master’s Degree in Childhood & Special Education, leading to two NY state certifications from one degree! As an exclusive collaborative program of PACE University, TEAM Education… Continue Reading →

A Belarusian transportation official claimed that a Hamas bomb threat forced the diversion of a Ryanair passenger flight. The flight, heading to Vilnius, was forced by Belarusian warplanes to land… Read more » The post Belarus Claims Hamas Behind Fake… Continue Reading →

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Israel and the region will be focused on consolidating the ceasefire and coordinating reconstruction in Gaza. However, Washington is cognizant that the… Read more » The post US Will Try to Keep… Continue Reading →

Egypt’s foreign minister on Monday stressed the need to halt practices that undermine peace and escalate violence between Israel and Palestinians, including in East Yerushalayim, the foreign ministry said in… Read more » The post Egypt Urges Keeping of Ceasefire;… Continue Reading →