Month May 2021
Hundreds of masked Hamas fighters brandishing assault rifles paraded in Gaza City and the group’s top leader made his first public appearance on Saturday. Saturday marked the first full day… Read more » The post Hamas Military Parade and Appearance… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – New coronavirus cases across the United States have tumbled to rates not seen in more than 11 months, sparking optimism that vaccination campaigns are stemming both severe COVID-19 cases and the spread of the virus. As… Continue Reading →
Ali Alaheri of Brooklyn was charged with setting fire to a yeshiva and synagogue in Brooklyn on May 19, 2021. Alaheri, age 29, was arrested Friday in Dobbs Ferry, New… Read more » The post Brooklyn Man Arrested for Arson… Continue Reading →
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of masked Hamas fighters brandishing assault rifles paraded in Gaza City and the group’s top leader made his first public appearance on Saturday, in a defiant show of strength after the militants’ 11-day… Continue Reading →
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Police in Germany say they are investigating a Jewish man’s report of being punched in the face and abused with antisemitic language while walking home in Berlin early Saturday. A Berlin police news release said the… Continue Reading →
Hackensack University Medical Center announced the birth of Baby Hawkensack, born on the roof of their Medical Center. “Team members anxiously watched for and awaited the newest member of our Hackensack University Medical Center family from a window overlooking the… Continue Reading →
Los Angeles police on Saturday announced the arrest of a suspect in an attack by a pro-Palestinian group on Jewish men outside a restaurant earlier in the week. A police… Read more » The post Police Say 1 Arrested in… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The man who was arrested for savagely beating a Jewish man in Midtown last week is showing no remorse for his actions. In fact, he would do it again given the chance. 23-year-old Waseem Awawdeh of… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police on Saturday announced the arrest of a suspect in an alleged attack by a pro-Palestinian group on Jewish men outside a restaurant earlier in the week. A police statement, which did not identify… Continue Reading →
He came from a long line of chassidic leaders, reaching all the way back to the Baal Shem Tov. He was the son of the first Bostoner Rebbe, Rav Pinchos Dovid Horowitz. He was a brilliant Torah scholar, having… Continue Reading →
Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. High above the desert… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration recently gave a bit of simple advice to businesses that are unable to find workers: Offer them more money. This recommendation, included in a White House memo about the state of the economy, gets at a fundamental… Continue Reading →
A strong, shallow earthquake shook southwestern China near the border with Myanmar, killing at least three people and injuring more than two dozen, while a separate, more intense quake early Saturday collapsed a bridge and caused other damage in central… Continue Reading →
The prospects for an ambitious infrastructure deal have been thrown into serious doubt after the White House reduced President Joe Biden’s sweeping proposal to $1.7 trillion but Republican senators rejected the compromise as disappointing, saying “vast differences” remain. While talks… Continue Reading →
Police released new surveillance images Friday night of several suspects wanted in connection with a vicious antisemitic attack in Times Square a day earlier. Joseph Borgen thought he was going to die on Thursday when a group of men beat… Continue Reading →
Pennsylvania (AP) – A winning Mega Millions jackpot ticket worth an estimated $515 million was sold in Pennsylvania, making it one of the largest lottery jackpots in the history of the game, lottery officials announced Friday. The winning numbers were… Continue Reading →
Police have arrested a primary suspect in an attack on Jewish diners at a Los Angeles restaurant earlier this week that’s being investigated as a possible antisemitic hate crime. The man, whose name has not been released, was arrested Friday… Continue Reading →
Despite party leader Naftali Bennett last week backing away from efforts to form a government that would replace Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Yamina is signaling that a coalition deal with… Read more » The post Report: Yamina Suggests Deal With… Continue Reading →
Iran on Friday displayed a home-built combat drone that it said had a range of 2,000 km (1,250 miles), naming it “Gaza” in honor of the Palestinians’ struggle against Israel,… Read more » The post Iran Displays Long-Range Combat Drone… Continue Reading →
Agudath Israel of America has condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the senseless, antisemitic attacks against Jews in New York City, Los Angeles, and elsewhere around the country. The idea that unrest in the Middle East justifies gang violence and… Continue Reading →
Egyptian mediators sought to reinforce a day-old ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, and aid officials appealed for a period of calm to start tackling a humanitarian crisis in Gaza… Read more » The post Egyptian Mediators Try to Build… Continue Reading →